Thabet Bakheet
Head of Information SecurityCentral Bank of UAE

Thabet Bakheet Thabet, a UAE National with a passion in Cyber Security, with more than 17 years of experience in oil & gas, telecommunication, and banking sectors in building, and operating secure telecom and customer services.

He holds a Msc in Information Security & Computer Crimes from Glamorgan University in UK, BSc in Business Information Technology from HCT – UAE, an industry certified Information security professional (CISSP), and holds MSc in Banking & Finance from Paris Sorbonne University.

He was appointed as Head - Information Security to lead the Cyber Security Initiatives and program for Central bank of UAE.

Thabet Bakheet is an active member in the information security field, and regularly attends and participates in different information security events.