René Engstler

Passion for protecting people and businesses

Liechtenstein

About

Development and realization of a modern holistic Security Management system @ a Tier1 global supplier in the Automotive Industry! More than 20 years of business experience as Corporate Security Manager and Chief Security Officer. Expert in Risk Management and Business Continuity Management as well as tackling numerous crisis scenarios as Task Force Leader (f.i. actual pandemic event). In addition Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Trade Secrets Officer and Data Protection Officer (DPO) using an effective and highly efficient method to combine all activities within one holistic approach. ISO 27001 & ISO 22301 Lead Auditor (self developped highly effective audit programs) as well as TISAX experience with passing respective audits worldwide! Furthermore, sponsor / co-ordinator of the groupwide Cyber Security platform considering relevant current and arising standard requests (f.i. UNECE WP29...) with the purpose to prepare our organisation accordingly for future challenges.

Experience

  • Vice President CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) at thyssenkrupp Automotive
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • thyssenkrupp Presta AG (20 yrs 11 mos)
    • Vice President Corporate Security
      Oct 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for all security related topics within thyssenkrupp Steering group, following an holistic approach based on a specific Security Strategy as well as Security Governance focusing on all aspects regarding running a successful Business Protection. Therefore, striving for protecting people (and knowledge), assets, products, competitiveness & values within the organization in order to support a smooth & highly resilient operation best possible.

    • Chief Security Officer (+ Chief Information Security Officer + Data Protection Officer)
      Jan 2017 - Sep 2022 · 5 yrs 9 mos

      Running a Corporate Security Management successfully in a highly dynamic and vulnerable environment whilst establishing a Information & Cyber Security Management as well as Crisis Management across the company.

    • Head of Corporate Security Management
      Dec 2004 - Dec 2016 · 12 yrs 1 mo

      The area of responsibility includes worldwide (17 legal entities, approx. 8.000 employees) the major following subjects: - Risk Management (ONR 49000, ISO 31000) - Crisis Management - Business Continuity Management - Compliance Management - Insurance Management - Information Security / ISO (ISO 27001/TISAX) - Cyber Security Management - Trade Secrets - Data Protection / DPO - International Security - Travel Security - Internal Control System - Plant Security - Physical, technical & organizational Security The department as well as all interfaces to all internal and external stakeholders have completely been created/built up from zero to a highly effective Corporate Security Management in a very dynamic and extremely challenging segment! Several approaches and tools are self-created, highly effective and unique! Special projects/tasks - Interim CFO - M&A activities - Highly innovative (self developped) solvency checks for stakeholder including execution of fully self developped highly reliable Financial Audits - Lead Auditor of Information Security (ISO 27001) and Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301) (conduction of ISec and Business Resilience Audits based on completely self developped highly reliable/effective systems) - Information Security Officer - Data Protection Officer - Internal Control Manager - Trade Secrets Manager

  • Internship "Multi-Project-Controlling" at BMW AG
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2003 · 1 yr

    Balanced Scorecard / Knowledge Management

  • Controller at Norsk Hydro Aluminium
    1999 - 2000 · 1 yr

    Monthly/quarterly/year-end closure Reporting etc.

  • Controller at Kraft Jacobs Suchard
    1995 - 1999 · 4 yrs

    Cost Accounting / Calculation of worldwide products Reporting etc.