Dr Eirini (Irene) Karapistoli, MBA, background combines over 10 years of advanced research and innovation project delivery in cybersecurity, covering domain areas such as data privacy, network intrusion detection, threats and vulnerabilities assessment, decision-making based on cost-benefit analysis, and mathematical optimisation.

Irene holds a diploma degree and a PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where she was also the recipient of a postdoctoral research grant focusing onto tackling security issues in wireless sensor networks. Irene also holds an MBA degree from the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.