Jean-Francois Simons

Jean-François Simons has been working in IT for about 26 years, the past 13 years focused in Information Security. While working as a CISO at Brussels Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, he actively engaged in the Aviation ISAC community as well as other knowledge exchange initiatives such as The Star Alliance Information Security Group, close collaboration with Eurocontrol, and regulation review meetings with EASA before joining the ISAC in November 2021. He is a strong believer in the value of knowledge sharing and collective cyber security efforts and was recently appointed chair of the European Council of ISACs. He advocates the power of sectorial exchanges throughout his network.