Nicolas Villatte

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Chief Information Security Officer at Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Overview

Nicolas Villatte is the Chief Information Security Officer at the Banque centrale du Luxembourg. An expert in cyber defense and risk management with an MBA from Vlerick Business School, he began his career at SWIFT and has held leadership roles at POST Luxembourg and Verizon. Colleagues describe him as talented, knowledgeable, and solutions-oriented.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Assertive

Example Seeker

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

Financial Cybersecurity
As CISO for Luxembourg's central bank and with early career experience at SWIFT, he focuses on protecting critical financial systems.
Incident Response
Has extensive experience leading incident response and consulting services, from his time with Verizon's VTRAC team to heading POST Luxembourg's CSIRT.
Digital Forensics
An award-winning expert in this field, recognized as a "SANS Lethal Forensicator" and having previously managed Verizon's EMEA forensics lab.

Media Appearances

Nicolas has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Chief Information Security Officer at Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL)
1-2024 - 2-2025
Head of CyberDefense at POST Luxembourg
1-2023 - 12-2023
Head of CSIRT at POST Luxembourg
10-2009 - 12-2022
EMEA Labs Manager | Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center at Verizon Enterprise Solutions Group
1-2008 - 9-2009
Professional Services Principal Consultant - Security Services at Verizon Enterprise Solutions Group

Education

2015 - 2016
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Vlerick Business School
2013 - 2013
Reverse Engineering with IDA Pro (Std & Advanced) from Hex-Rays Training

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Insights For Selling To Nicolas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nicolas is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nicolas

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nicolas move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Nicolas take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Nicolas

Personality Compatibility


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