Álvaro Azofra Martínez is the Head of Expertise and Stakeholder Management Unit of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol. After receiving his BSc in Computer Science, he started his professional career in the private sector as a software engineer. Years later, he joined the Spanish National Police working on cyber domains of counter terrorism and national critical infrastructure protection. He joined Europol’s EC3 in 2017, where he has supported international Law Enforcement investigations, managed pan-European Law Enforcement projects and developed partnerships with public and private stakeholders.

His Unit is responsible of the management and steering of the Industry and Academic Advisory Groups of EC3, the coordination of Cyber (Offender) Prevention and Awareness campaigns, e-Governance and Lawful Access to Data initiatives, Policy analyses and drafting of strategic reports like the Europol’s flagship report on cybercrime known as Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA), research and development of new technologies like AI and Quantum and capacity building projects among other commitments.