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European Security & Defence 2015
Berlin Security Conference
Speakers and experts Colonel Rizwan Ali Team Leader for Task Force Cyber at SHAPE
Colonel Ali is the Team Leader for Task Force Cyber at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. In this position, Col Ali leads a multi-agency team that provides cyberspace situational awareness, program management, operational support and exercise development expertise to SACEUR and SACEUR’s five subordinate commands. Col Ali is a US Air Force officer with extensive field and operational experience in both Space and Cyberspace units. Prior to his assignment in NATO, he was commander of the US Air Force’s largest cyber security and cyber engineering center, with over 1,000 personnel.
Dr Michèle Alliot-Marie MEP, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, French Republic
Née le 10.09.1946 Expérience politique: Fonctions dans un parti politique: 1993 – 99: Membre du bureau politique du RPR 1999 – 2002: Présidente élue du RPR 2002: Membre du bureau politique de l’UMP Fonctions dans des organes locaux de gouvernement: 1995 – 2002: Maire de Saint Jean de Luz 2002 – 2014: 1er adjointe au maire de Saint Jean de Luz Fonctions dans un Parlement national: 1986 – 1993, 1995 – 2002, 2011 – 2012: Députée à l’Assemblée nationale française Fonctions dans un gouvernement national: 1986 – 88: Secrétaire d’État à l’Enseignement 1993 – 95: Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports 2002 – 07: Ministre de la Défense et des Anciens combattants 2007 – 09: Ministre de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-mer et des Collectivités territoriales 2009 – 10: Ministre d’État, ministre de la Justice et des Libertés – Garde des Sceaux 2010 – 11: Ministre d’État, ministre des Affaires étrangères et européennes Fonctions au PE: 1989 – 1993, depuis 2014: Députée au parlement européen Membre du Groupe du Parti Populaire Européen (PPE)
Jean Asselborn Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Minister of Immigration and Asylum
Born on 27 April 1949 in Steinfort. Following the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Jean Asselborn joined the government as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration on 31 July 2004. Upon the return of the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, he retained the offices of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 July 2009. In October 2012, at his instigation, Luxembourg was for the first time elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2013 and 2014. Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, he was appointed Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Asylum on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the LSAP and the Green Party. As of July 2004, Jean Asselborn represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in its Foreign Affairs and General Affairs configurations. He is currently the longest-serving minister among the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union. At national level, Jean Asselborn was elected to Parli-
ament for the first time in 1984 while standing for the LSAP in the constituency of the South. He served as a Member of Parliament until 2004. He assumed the role of chairman of the LSAP parliamentary group from 1989 to 1997 and that of vice-president of Parliament from 1999 to 2004.
Major General Chris Badia Commander of the European Air Transport Command
Major General Chris Badia actively served the German Air Force for many years, both domestic and abroad. As of 2003, the focal point of his career was in the politico-military arena with various staff positions with the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin, amongst which a few years working directly under the Deputy Minister of Defence in Berlin, first as a staff officer then as his personal staff officer. Just before taking on the responsibility as Commander of the European Air Transport Command in the Netherlands in 2014, General Badia was closely engaged in the future planning of the German Armed Forces, the foundations of the German Armed Forces such as we know it today.
Dr Christina Balis Principal, Director of European Operations, Avascent
Dr Balis heads the European operations of Avascent, the leading strategy and management consulting firm serving clients operating in aerospace, defence and government-driven markets. Based in Paris, she supports corporate and financial clients operating out of or looking to expand to Europe and adjacent geographies. She has experience providing strategic advisory services, assessing market opportunities, and supporting merger and acquisition activities across a diverse set of defence, civil government, and commercial markets. In-between her consulting career across both sides of the Atlantic, Dr Balis worked as vice president for strategy and corporate development at Serco Inc., the US subsidiary of international services company Serco Group plc. Prior to her consulting career, she was a fellow in the Europe Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. She holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna and Washington, DC) and a joint B.A. degree in European Business Administration from the ESB Business School (Reutlingen) and Middlesex University (London).
Patrick Biewer CEO of LuxGovSat, Luxembourg
Patrick Biewer was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LuxGovSat in July 2015. Patrick has held a number of senior positions within SES since he joined in 1993, and has accumulated some impressive leadership experience during his career. More recently, he held the position of Managing Director with SES Broadband Services (SBBS). As CEO of the new Public Private Venture, Patrick reports directly to the LuxGovSat Board of Directors. In his new role, he assumes the responsibilities for all of LuxGovSat’s business activities, building customer relationships with international institutions, such as the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) or the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Patrick Biewer is a Luxembourg national, was educated in France and the UK and holds an MBA from the Open University as well as a Master degree in telecommunications.
Lieutenant General Heinrich Brauss Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning
General Brauss was appointed Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning on 4 October 2013, having joined the International Staff of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in September 2007 as Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Policy and Planning. Prior to joining NATO he served at the EU, first in the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) as Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations & Exercises Division and then as the Director of the Civilian/Military Cell and the EU Operations Centre. In 2001 he assumed command of an Armoured Brigade in Potsdam/Germany. He also deployed for operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he served as Chief of Staff in the Headquarters of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR). Other appointments included, inter alia, Chief of Staff of a Mechanised Infantry Brigade and Commander of an Armoured Artillery Battalion. He first gained international experience as a member of the Staff of the German Military Representative in the Military Committee of NATO and EU/WEU in Brussels, where his responsibilities covered NATO’s strategy, enlargement, command and force planning. He also served as Branch Chief in the Planning and Advisory Staff to the former German Minister of Defence, Volker Rühe, in Bonn/Germany.
Siegfried Bücheler Vice President Programs and Supply Chain Management and Member of the Board of MBDA Germany
In this role he is deputy of the managing director. He is responsible for acquisition and management of national and international programs, logistic and customer relationship. With regard to supply chain management he is responsible for the procurement strategy, subcontractor management and offset. He also represents MBDA Germany as a member of Board of Directors in various Joint Ventures. Previously, he was CEO of Bayern-Chemie, the Center of Excellence for solid propulsion rocket motors in Germany. Prior to this role, Bücheler was Head of Supply Management and Member of the Board of LFK Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH. Bücheler spent also three years as a Head of Production. In this role he was responsible for all production activities at different production plants. In his role as a program manager for the European Stinger Production program with a volume of more than 1.3 bn Euro he was responsible for the acquisition, production and delivery of more than 13.000 Stinger to German and international customers. As a CFO for the business unit Security Systems of Dornier GmbH, he had among others the financial responsibility for the sale, development, production and logistic of security devices and systems for civil and military customers. Siegfried Bücheler received his degree as Industrial Business Manager.
Prof Dr John L. Clarke Professor of leadership, management and defense planning at the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
He directs the Program on Civil Security there. Dr Clarke is recognized as a leading expert on the role of military forces in Homeland Security and Homeland Defence issues. He has developed and taught numerous courses on homeland security, crisis management, and stability operations, as well as developing scenario-based exercises and simulations. He recently led a major research project on European Approaches to Homeland Security. He has
