MARTÍN CORTÉS BARRADAS

Senior Security & Service Transformation Manager @ worldline

Brussels, Belgium

Cybersecurity Risk and Governance leader with 15+ years of experience in regulated banking, fintech, and telecom environments, driving cyber risk management, security assurance, compliance, resilience, and remediation across complex organizations. Proven track record in partnering with business and IT leaders to identify and prioritize cyber risks, strengthen control frameworks, support audit readiness, and translate regulatory and technical requirements into practical, business-aligned actions. Strong experience with NIS2, ISO 27001, DORA-aligned governance, incident follow-up, control evidence, remediation tracking, and executive reporting, with the ability to influence stakeholders across technical, operational, and leadership levels. Recognized for combining structured governance, business engagement, and risk-to-solution thinking to improve cyber posture, resilience, and operational trust.

Top roles

Cybersecurity Engineer> 10 years

Miscellaneous

Project Management

ITIL

Security

Cybersecurity

ETL Datawarehouse

DataStage

Back-end

Django

Language

Native Spanish

Spanish

Native

English

Fluent

French

Fluent

Dutch

Average

Work experience

Since 2007

Senior Security & Service Transformation Manager @ worldline

01 September 2023 -

Led cross-functional transformation initiatives to improve service resilience, operational efficiency, and governance maturity across large-scale service environments.

Head of Cyber Governance, Process Standardization & Operational Excellence @ worldline

01 September 2022 - 01 September 2023

Led cyber governance and process standardization initiatives across multiple European entities, ensuring security actions, remediation plans, and compliance requirements were consistently implemented and tracked.

Head of Business Continuity, Security Resilience & Incident Coordination @ BNP Paribas Fortis

01 April 2019 - 01 August 2022

Led the governance of IT business continuity and resilience for critical business services, ensuring structured recovery planning, continuity readiness, and regulatory alignment.

IT Business Continuity & Risk Officer (IT, Cyber, Information Security & Data Protection) @ BNP Paribas Fortis

01 April 2014 - 01 April 2019

Conducted structured threat- and vulnerability-oriented security risk assessments and control reviews, translating findings into action plans and monitoring follow-up to closure.

IT Service Manager & Service Architecture Lead @ BNP Paribas Fortis

01 September 2010 - 01 March 2014

Owned and maintained the IT Service Catalogue as the single authoritative source of all IT services offered to business units, ensuring transparency, traceability, and alignment with organizational strategy and transformation objectives.

Head of IT Service Operations & Cyber Incident Coordination (SOC) @ BNP Paribas Fortis

01 September 2007 - 01 August 2010

Lead Operations (Monitoring & Resolution) and ensured high availability and stability of critical network (LAN/WAN/Wireless), security (Firewalls, VPN, NAC, ZTNA) and voice services (Telephony, VoIP) in a cross-border operational environment.

Education experience

Since 1988

Electronic Systems @ Tecnológico de Monterrey

01 August 1993 - 01 June 1995

Master's degree in Electronic Systems.

Industrial and Electronic Engineering @ Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz

01 January 1988 - 01 January 1992

Engineering degree in Industrial and Electronic Engineering.