Mykola Mikheiev serves on the ASIS Europe Board of Directors as Secretary/Treasurer and ex-chair of the ASIS Ukraine Chapter, leading security professionals through Europe's most challenging contemporary crisis since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. With over 25 years of progressive experience spanning governmental service, international posting, and high-threat corporate security, he brings unique practical expertise in organizational resilience, personnel verification, and crisis management. His governmental career includes cross-border crime investigations, legal extraditions, diplomatic protection leadership, deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Balkan states, where he managed security operations in an active combat environment. He held a number of positions with intergovernmental organizations in addition to the national security sector. In the private sector, Mikheiev protected personnel and commodities for the gas and oil industries and maritime security. His corporate security expertise includes legal investigations, due diligence, compliance, and risk management. On February 24, 2022, Mikheiev drew on his Kabul evacuation experience to lead his office's evacuation to western Ukraine before returning to continue security operations under wartime conditions. This practical crisis leadership directly informs his current guidance of security professionals managing organizational continuity, personnel security, and insider threat detection during active conflict. Mikheiev holds a Master of Arts in International Studies (King's College London), Juris Doctor (Ukraine), and a UK Military Academy degree. He is board-certified by ASIS as CPP®, PSP, PCI;by ACFE as CFE;by PMI as PMP;and by ISACA as CISM. He is licensed to practice law in Ukraine and certified in adult education by the UK BTEC Pearson. He was an ASIS Europe 2023, 2024, and GSX speaker as well as a pre-GSX CPP Review Program facilitator, where he has demonstrated commitment to advancing the security profession.