Defence Executive Council

Chair

Giuseppe Targia
Chair
“DIGITALEUROPE established the Defence Executive Council at a pivotal moment in the digital transformation of defence technology…”

Vice-Chair
Agostino Santoni

Agostino Santoni
Vice-Chair
“Technology plays a pivotal role in strengthening defence capabilities…”

Vice-Chair
Andreas Conradi

Andreas Conradi
Vice-Chair
“By joining the Defense Executive Council within DIGITALEUROPE, we take an active role in shaping the future of defense technology…”

“As we face critical security challenges, embracing defense digitalization is essential for Europe…”

Karen Florschütz
Executive VP Connected Intelligence, Airbus Defence and Space
“Current geo-political conflicts show the importance of collaboration within and beyond Europe…”

Angus MacGregor-Millar
General Manager for Worldwide Defence & Intelligence, Microsoft
“Being part of DIGITALEUROPE’s Defence Executive Council allows us to engage with key stakeholders…”

“Cybersecurity is crucial in modern warfare, especially for protecting critical infrastructure…”

“Now, we have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront and shape a resilient, agile defence industry…”

Bryan Rich
Global AI Practice Lead, Accenture

Bryan Rich leads Accenture’s Global AI Practice for Health and Public Sector and in this role is responsible for designing and implementing the core operating model for our data and AI in health and public sector. In his executive role he is responsible for the design and execution of our health and public sector strategy world-wide. He is also the Global AI lead for Agentic solutions for Government, Defense and Public Sector having developed a low code no code Sovereign AI multi agent architecture solution for Europe.

Beatriz Soriano
West-South Europe & A&D Europe Area Director, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

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