
Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Investor
André Pienaar
André Pienaar is the Chief Executive and founder of C5, a specialist venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity, space and nuclear energy with offices in Washington DC, London and Luxembourg.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Biography
André serves on the boards of IronNet Cybersecurity, listed on the New York Stock Exchange; BlueVoyant in the USA; Reduxio and Panoply in Israel; the Haven Group in Luxembourg and ITC Secure in London. He previously served on the Boards of Omada, Balabit and Shape Security which C5 exited successfully.
André started his career at Kroll Inc in 1996 where he became the youngest managing director until the successful sale of the company to Marsh & McLennan. In 2004 André founded G3, an international consulting firm that advises global companies and international law firms on cybersecurity. In 2011 he sold G3 to Europe’s leading technology investment holding company.
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André advised the 6th Duke of Westminster on the establishment of the new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) in the United Kingdom as a state-of-the-art centre for the rehabilitation of injured British military veterans.
André serves on the Advisory Council of the US Institute for Peace (USIP), a US government agency dedicated to conflict resolution globally. He is a member of the Atlantic Council Task Force on Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity. André set up the Cyber Alliance to Defend Our Healthcare, a voluntary coalition of 36 cybersecurity companies to protect the healthcare sector from cyberattacks during global pandemics.
André’s charitable interests include the role of Director of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the Limitless Space Institute (LSI), a non-profit organization that develops leaders and technologies, which in turn enables space exploration.
André is a lawyer and an expert on cyber law and cybercrime. He holds two law degrees and a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Recent Posts
Unstoppable Africa
Andre Pienaar speaks at the inaugural Global Africa Business Initiative, designed to place Africa in its proper spot on the world stage, bringing to focus a roadmap for Africa that is sustainable, inclusive, just, and managed by Africans for Africans.
Andre Pienaar dedicates funding to the Endowment of the United States Institute of Peace to honor Nelson Mandela
I am delighted to contribute to the Endowment of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) to support the work that the USIP do to continue Mandela’s...
Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022!
Join me in supporting the impact of the Commonwealth Games in August 2022 in Birmingham with the exciting new Commonwealth Sport Foundation. Mandela...
The Future of Cyber Security is in Space
Press Release: IronNet Launches First Collective Cyber Defense Community for the Commercial Space Industry Intuitive Machines joins IronNet’s...
Press Release for the Cyber Alliance for the Protection of our Healthcare
Press Release for the Cyber Alliance for the Protection of our Healthcare on the Ongoing Cyber Attack on South Africa’s Port Operations 27th July...
Bloomberg Interview with IronNet’s GEN (Ret) Keith Alexander on Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack
IronNet Cybersecurity CEO GEN (Ret) Keith Alexander appeared on Bloomberg on May 10th to talk about the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack in the US....
ITC Secure Achieves a Microsoft Gold Competency for Security
ITC Secure demonstrates best-in-class capability and market leadership through demonstrated technology success and customer commitmentMay 05, 2021...
Space Investment Landscape at America’s Future Series Space Innovation Summit
About the Event: On April 7, 2021, investment experts and high-level decision-makers came together at America’s Future Series Space Innovation...
IronNet Cybersecurity to be listed on NYSE through a merger with LGL Systems Acquisition Corp.
Congratulations to co-CEOs General Alexander and Bill Welch and the IronNet team on completing a successful merger with LGL. This transaction...