The London Event Every Product And Cybersecurity Professional Should Know About
Introducing BUILT DIFFERENT: a panel and mixer for product and cybersecurity professionals happening in London on October 2, 2025.
Hosted by us at POCIT in partnership with GitLab, this event brings together industry leaders to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: building at speed without sacrificing trust.
A panel and mixer
For today’s product and cybersecurity leaders, the stakes couldn’t be higher. On one hand, teams are under pressure to ship faster, experiment more, and stay ahead of competitors. On the other hand, threats to data security, user privacy, and organizational resilience are growing by the day.
BUILT DIFFERENT is confronting these realities head-on, bringing together voices from across product and cybersecurity. Expect candid stories about shipping features securely, balancing speed with user trust, and the everyday decisions that make or break great products.
Just as importantly, there will be space for the community to come together, swap ideas, share stories, and forge meaningful connections over drinks, light bites, and good energy.
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Meet your MC
The evening will be moderated by Abadesi Osunsade, CEO of Hustle Crew, award-winning entrepreneur, Techish podcast host, and author of Dream Big. Hustle Hard.
Osunsade built her career in growth and product at Amazon, Product Hunt, Elpha (YC S19), HotelTonight (acquired by Airbnb), and Groupon, where she joined as one of the first London employees before the record-breaking IPO.
As Brandwatch’s first Global VP of Community & Belonging, she led initiatives that increased Black hiring by 800% year on year. Today, she’s recognised globally as a voice for inclusion, impact, and leadership in tech.
Meet your panel
Yetunde Dada – Senior Director of Product Management at Astronomer
As Senior Director of Product Management at tech unicorn Astronomer, Yetunde helps data teams build and scale pipelines for analytics and AI. She has over a decade of experience in product management and previously led product strategy at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, where she helped create Kedro, the company’s first open-source product. In 2023, Women Who Code named her one of its 100 Technologists To Watch.
Seun Afolayan – Senior Product Manager & Executive Director
A former software engineer, Seun now leads product strategy with a focus on integrating AI agents and building end-to-end solutions that help engineers manage web applications with ease. She’s known for bringing hazy ideas into sharp focus through clear strategy, high-quality execution, and creative problem-solving. Beyond her product work, Seun is the co-founder of Dara London, a community and social wellness club for Black women.
Ayoub Fandi – Security Assurance Automation Team Lead at GitLab
He’s reimagining governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) with a product mindset, engineering solutions that deliver strong governance without slowing innovation. Ayoub also runs the GRC Engineer podcast and newsletter, a go-to source of fresh GRC ideas for hundreds of security leaders.
Get on GitLab’s Radar
The event is powered by GitLab, the open core software company behind the most comprehensive DevSecOps platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations, including over half of the Fortune 100.
GitLab is actively hiring London-based product and cybersecurity professionals. Known for its fully remote culture, competitive pay, excellent benefits, and deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, GitLab is one of the most attractive employers in tech today. For attendees, the event is not just about insights and networking; it’s a rare opportunity to get noticed by their hiring managers.
Who Should Attend?
BUILT DIFFERENT is for mid-to-senior level Product Designers, Product Managers, and cybersecurity professionals who care about craft, culture, security, and community. Whether you’re actively exploring new opportunities or want to be in a room full of sharp minds, BUILT DIFFERENT is for you.
BUILT DIFFERENT takes place on October 2, 2025, in London. Attendance is free, but space is limited.
