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Speaking & Executive Advisory

Available for conferences, executive forums, universities, and professional events — and for direct advisory engagement with leadership teams who need cyber risk translated into decisions they can actually make.

Dr. Yawo O. Kondo
Speaking topics

Eleven subjects I speak on regularly

Each can be shaped to the audience — from a board that needs the strategic picture to a technical room that wants the detail underneath it.

01Cybersecurity & Digital Development
02Digital Trust in Emerging Economies
03Cyber Resilience
04Cyber Risk Forecasting
05AI & Cybersecurity
06Zero Trust for Government & Enterprise
07Cybersecurity Governance
08Financial-Sector Cyber Resilience
09Cybersecurity Workforce Development
10Cybersecurity for Nonprofits
11Secure Digital Transformation
Formats

Six ways to bring me in

The format matters as much as the topic. These are the shapes an engagement usually takes.

Keynote
A main-stage address setting the strategic frame for a conference or summit — typically 30 to 45 minutes.
Panel & Moderation
Participating in or chairing a panel, keeping the discussion on the questions the audience actually came with.
Executive Briefing
A closed session for a board or leadership team on the cyber risks specific to their sector and posture.
Workshop
A working session — tabletop exercises, governance design, or risk prioritisation done with the team rather than presented at them.
University Lecture
Guest lectures and seminars for cybersecurity, IT and public-policy programmes, drawing on active research.
Media & Interviews
Commentary on cybersecurity, technology, Africa, and digital development for broadcast, print and podcasts.
Audiences

Who I usually speak to

Executives & Boards
Leadership teams who need cyber risk in the language of decisions, budgets and accountability.
Government & Development
Public institutions and development organizations working on digital transformation and resilience.
Universities
Students and faculty in cybersecurity, information technology and public policy programmes.
Professional Associations
Industry bodies and practitioner communities in security, IT, healthcare and financial services.
What audiences take away

Not another threat-landscape talk

The aim is that people leave able to do something differently — not merely more alarmed than when they arrived.

Risk framed as a business question
Cyber risk expressed in terms of institutional consequence, not vulnerability counts.
A sense of what comes next
Forward-looking risk rather than a recap of last year's breaches.
A development perspective
Why security shapes economic opportunity and institutional trust, especially in emerging economies.
Something practical to act on
Concrete next steps sized to the organization in the room, not a generic maturity model.
Executive advisory

Beyond the stage: direct engagement

Some conversations need more than a talk. Advisory engagement means working directly with a leadership team on the specific risk picture in front of them.

Where an engagement requires a delivery organization — assessments, implementation, or sustained capacity-building — that work runs through Lausey Advisory Firm.

Board & executive risk guidance
Helping leadership understand material cyber risk and where to place attention.
Cybersecurity strategy review
An independent read on whether the current strategy matches the actual exposure.
Governance & oversight design
Giving boards a defensible structure for overseeing cyber risk over time.
Digital transformation advisory
Security built into a transformation programme from the start rather than retrofitted.
Booking

Everything an organizer needs

For event organizers

What to include in your enquiry

The more of this you can share upfront, the faster I can confirm availability and shape the session properly.

  • Event name, date and location (or virtual)
  • Format — keynote, panel, briefing or workshop
  • Audience profile and expected size
  • Topic or theme you have in mind
  • Session length and any Q&A
Speaker resources

Bio, headshot & topic list

A speaker kit with biography, high-resolution headshot, credentials and the full topic list, ready for your programme and promotional material.

  • Short and long-form biography
  • High-resolution headshot
  • Credentials and areas of expertise
Download Speaker Kit

Let's put it in the diary

Whether it's a keynote, a closed executive briefing, a university lecture, or a direct advisory conversation — tell me what you have in mind.