Casper Klynge is Zscaler’s Vice President, Head of EMEA Government Partnerships. Casper leads the public policy work and the strategic relationships with governments, international & regional organizations and senior leaders across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As part of the Global Government Partnership team, Casper is responsible for helping countries, organizations and critical infrastructure operators mitigate cybersecurity issues as well as promote data protection and digital sovereignty requirements.

Prior to joining Zscaler Casper was the Senior Vice President in the Danish Chamber of Commerce, responsible for several priority issues ranging from technology, digitalization, media, telecommunications, financial services to creative industries.

From 2020-2023 Casper was Microsoft’s Vice President for European Government Affairs with responsibility for government affairs, across the European continent, leading a team based in Brussels and in European capitals dealing with EU institutions, NATO, European governments, commercial partners and other key stakeholders. Casper reported to Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President and served on the senior leadership team of the Corporate, External and Legal Affairs Group.

Casper previously had a career in foreign affairs spanning several roles in the EU, NATO, and in government with geographical and operational experience from Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. His experience includes serving as Denmark’s (& the world’s first) Ambassador to the global tech industry (2017-2020), heading a diplomatic representation with a global mandate based in Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia.

Casper was the Ambassador to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste & ASEAN (2014-2017), and the Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus (2013-2014). In 2010-2011, Casper was the Senior Civilian Representative & Deputy Head of Mission of NATO’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. From 2003 he worked out of Brussels in various positions under the EU’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy setting up crisis management missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Sudan (in support of the African Union’s military operation in Darfur) and Kosovo, followed by an appointment as Head of Mission of the EU’s civilian crisis management planning mission in Kosovo (2006-2008) charged with taking over the responsibilities of the UN Rule of Law mission. From 2008-2010 he led the Secretariat for the ’Africa Commission’ chaired by the Danish Prime Minister and comprising of eg. the President of Tanzania, the Managing Director of the World Bank as well as the chairperson of ECOWAS.

Casper holds a M.Sc. in Political Science, supplemented by an executive education from Stanford University. He is a 2009 Marshall Memorial Fellow and was in 2018 named among the World’s 100 most influential people in digital government. He is a member of the ECFR Council and serves on the Advisory Boards of Bluetown and Think Tank Europe. In 2021 he joined the GLOBSEC Future Security and Defense Council (FSDC) chaired by General John Allen, advising NATO on geopolitics as it developed its new Strategic Concept. He is a former member of the Danish Governments Digitalization Council, a board member of the Security Tech Space initiative and chairman of the board of the D-Seal – a cybersecurity certification scheme. From 2020-2022 he served on the Executive Board of Digital Europe in Brussels.