In this capacity he leadsthe ABB Group Cyber Security Council which is a cross-disciplinary team staffed with resources from various business area’s and corporate functions. Additionallyheis responsible for the cyber security aspects ofABB’s Digital initiative and ABB Ability™platform. ForABB Ability™platformhe leads a team of cyber security specialists dealing with the different aspects of security in the ABB Ability™platform,additionally he is responsible for security operations and threat intelligence around ABB Ability™. He is the chair of one of theworking groups within the OT Cyber Security Alliance.From 2011 till early 2017 he was the Head of Cyber Security for ABB’s Power Grids division, between 2007 and 2010 he was responsible for cyber security in the Power Generation business unit, before he started to focus on cyber security in 2005 he was responsible in the Benelux organization for Technology and System Support as well as consulting customers on automation system architectures including their networks and interconnections.