Joanna Świątkowska

Dr. Joanna Świątkowska is Secretary General of the European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO), the leading European, private-public association representing the continent’s cybersecurity ecosystem. She serves on the Research Council of NASK, Poland’s National Research Institute, and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of Cyber Meridian, a UN-focused initiative advancing global cybersecurity cooperation.
Joanna also served on ENISA’s Advisory Group (2025–2026). She is proud to hold the honorary distinction of Godmother of the Regimental Colours of the Regional Computing Centre Kraków, a unit of the Polish Cyberspace Defence Forces.

With experience spanning industry, public policy, ecosystem building and academia, Joanna has held senior leadership roles at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology and strategy. Before joining ECSO, she served as Director in the Supply Chain Cyber and Information Security team at UBS (2020–2022). Her academic background includes a position as Assistant Professor at AGH University of Science and Technology (2018–2020).

Joanna is also the creator, co-founder and former Programme Director of the European Cybersecurity Forum – CYBERSEC (2014–2019), which has become one of Europe’s most influential cybersecurity and digital policy forums.
Notably, she served as a member of the Advisory Group for Cybersecurity of the Republic of Poland at the National Security Bureau of the President of Poland (2016–2017).

A recognised cybersecurity expert and international speaker, Joanna has been honoured with numerous distinctions, including a nomination by Forbes Women Polska for Woman of the Year 2025, recognition among the 100 Eastern Europe’s Emerging Technology Stars by the Financial Times and New Europe 100 (2017), and inclusion in the Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity by the Women in Tech Summit (2019). In 2016, she participated in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Cybersecurity and Government Interoperability.