Summary
Iraklis Mathiopoulos is a senior cybersecurity executive with over two decades of experience leading crisis response, security operations, and resilience programs for 50+ financial institutions across Europe and the Middle East. As Chief of Services at Obrela and a CREST EU Council member, he blends hands-on technical leadership—shaped by a background in penetration testing and application security—with board-level advisory on continuity, compliance and risk. He is a trusted incident advisor to CEOs and boards during major cyber events and has deep expertise in DORA/NIS2 alignment and threat-led testing. Educated at LSE and York, he pairs rigorous academic foundations with practical delivery, having progressed from founding a web-security consultancy to global head roles. Notably, he maintains a practitioner’s perspective despite executive responsibilities, often translating technical test outcomes into business-impacting risk reductions.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Software Engineering, MSc, Software Engineering at University of York
London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Lincoln
German, English