Patryk Pawlak heads the Brussels office of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and leads the Institute’s work on cyber and digital issues. He is a Project Director for the European Cyber Diplomacy Initiative - EU Cyber Direct. Patryk has extensive experience in cyber capacity building, including as a former Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise. Patryk holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence.