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10 AstraZeneca security leaders
These ten current and former AstraZeneca security leaders have held director-level cybersecurity roles at AstraZeneca. A reader can learn how security leaders work at AstraZeneca from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aaron Nasi
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Global Cyber Defense · AstraZeneca
Executive Director, Global Cyber Defense at AstraZeneca since July 2026, leading application security, cyber threat intelligence, data security, detection engineering, incident response, insider threat and vulnerability management according to the profile. Another role shown is Vice President, Cyber Risk & Defense at Albertsons Companies (2025–2026).
Anandavelu V
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cyber Security · AstraZeneca
Director of Cyber Security at AstraZeneca since September 2024, based in Chennai; the profile headline lists cyber security architecture and innovation, threat modelling, cloud security and data protection. Other roles shown are Principal Security Architect at Cue Health (2022–2024) and Information Security Manager at Oracle (2005–2011).
Balasubramanian M
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cyber Security Operations · AstraZeneca
Director of Cyber Security Operations at AstraZeneca since December 2024; the profile describes overseeing the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of the SOC IR and leading a SOC team across India and China. Other AstraZeneca roles shown are Associate Director - CyberSecurity Defense Ops (2022–2024) and Senior Manager - Identity and Access Management (2015–2022).
Enrique Lara, CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cyber Security Tooling · AstraZeneca
Director, Cyber Security Tooling at AstraZeneca since December 2024, after serving as Cyber Security Tooling Associate Director from 2022 to 2024. Other AstraZeneca roles shown are Cybersecurity Service Delivery Lead IT Security (2019–2022) and IT Security Subject Matter Expert, New Technologies and Integrations (2017–2019).
Julia Lemonte Svanström
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cyber Security Business Operations · AstraZeneca
Director, Cyber Security Business Operations at AstraZeneca since September 2025, based in Gothenburg, after serving as Associate Director, Cyber Security Business Operations from 2024 to 2025. Other AstraZeneca roles shown are Enterprise Data & AI Governance Manager (2022–2024) and Cyber Security Operations Engineer (2022).
Kasiananthan Chinniah
LinkedInExperience: Director Cyber Security Governance · AstraZeneca
Director Cyber Security Governance at AstraZeneca since December 2024; the profile says they led the global cyber security governance team, overseeing IT security assessments, M&A assessments and third-party incident governance. Other AstraZeneca roles shown are Associate Director Cyber Security Governance (2022–2024) and Senior Manager Cyber Security Governance (2020–2022).
Mariangela Taylor
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Insider Threat · AstraZeneca
Former Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Insider Threat at AstraZeneca (2023–2026), based in Gaithersburg; the profile says they built and led two global capabilities, cyber threat intelligence and insider threat management. Now Senior DoD Counter-Intelligence Specialist (Insider Threat) at Amentum since 2026.
Matthew Lomas
LinkedInExperience: Cyber Security Risk Director · AstraZeneca
Cyber Security Risk Director at AstraZeneca since November 2022, based in Macclesfield, after serving as Cyber Security Governance Manager at AstraZeneca from 2020 to 2022. Other roles shown are Group Information Security Manager at Bodycote (2016–2020) and Head of Security at APS Group (2015–2016).
Mike Brookes
LinkedInExperience: Global Cyber Seurity Operations Centre Director · AstraZeneca
Global Cyber Seurity Operations Centre Director at AstraZeneca since March 2024; the profile headline describes the role as Senior Director Threat Management. Other roles shown are Cyber Operations Threat Management Director (2021–2024) and Cyber Operations Intelligence Director (2017–2021) at Barclays, and Reserve Officer - Cyber & Intelligence in the British Army (2007–2024).
Ross R.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Cybersecurity · AstraZeneca
Senior Director Cybersecurity at AstraZeneca since September 2026. Other roles shown are Managing Director IT - Information Security at FedEx (2018–2026), where the profile describes managing senior security architects and engineers for FedEx International divisions, and Manager IT - Information Security and IT Architecture at FedEx (2015–2018).
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