10 BNY security leaders
Marc Alramahi, Head of Information Risk, Cybersecurity and Privacy at BNY, is one of ten BNY security leaders listed here, alongside senior directors and directors in cybersecurity, information protection, cyber risk, cyber assessments and business information security. A reader can learn how security leaders work at BNY from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adrian Benvenuti
LinkedInExperience: Director, AI & Cyber Security · BNY
Adrian Benvenuti has been Director, AI & Cyber Security at BNY since May 2026. They were Senior Director, Security Architecture and Engineering at Fitch Group, Inc. (2020–2026), VP, Information Risk and Security Architecture at Moody's Corporation (2016–2020) and Director, Information Security, Risk and Compliance at Broadridge (2015–2016). The listing places them in the New York City Metropolitan Area.
Alison McSweeney
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cyber Security · BNY
Alison McSweeney has been Director, Cyber Security at BNY since February 2022. At BNY they were also Global Head, Cyber Incident Response (2019–2022) and Vice President - Senior Information Security Analyst (2017–2019), and at Bank of Ireland they were Security Monitoring Lead (2016–2017) and IT Security Analyst (2015–2016). The listing places them in Ireland.
Dominic Valerio, CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Director - Information Protection · BNY
Dominic Valerio, CISSP has been Director - Information Protection at BNY since January 2026. At BNY they were also SVP - Network Security Architecture (2024–2026), VP, Network Security Architecture (2021–2024) and VP, Lead Info Security Analyst (2018–2021), and they were Cyber Security Specialist at PNC (2016–2018). The listing places them in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Heather Dean
LinkedInExperience: Director, Business Information Security Officer · BNY
Heather Dean has been Director, Business Information Security Officer at BNY since June 2021. They were Senior Vice President, Global Privacy Compliance at BNY (2019–2021) and Senior Vice President, Privacy Compliance at BNY Pershing (2018–2019). The listing places them in the United States, and their headline names BNY and Pershing.
Marc Alramahi
LinkedInExperience: Head of Information Risk, Cybersecurity and Privacy · BNY
Marc Alramahi has been Head of Information Risk, Cybersecurity and Privacy at BNY since January 2017. They were Regional Head of Information Security Risk at HSBC (2010–2017), Head of IT Security at J.P. Morgan (2008–2010) and Lead Technical Information Security Consultant at Mizuho (2005–2008). The listing places them in Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Mark Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Cybersecurity · BNY
Mark Johnson has been Senior Director, Cybersecurity at BNY since March 2026. They were Executive Director at J.P. Morgan (2017–2025) and Programme Director - Agile and DevOps Control Framework at HSBC (2017), and at Barclays they were Agile Adoption - Controls Lead (2016–2017) and Principal Risk and Control Assurance Manager (2011–2016). The listing places them in the United Kingdom.
Michelle Wraight, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Cybersecurity / Privacy / Client Trust · BNY
Michelle Wraight, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE has been Senior Director, Cybersecurity / Privacy / Client Trust at BNY since April 2021. At BNY they were also Director, Global Head of Enterprise Privacy & Data Protection Privacy Operations (2018–2021) and Director, Chief Privacy Officer, BNYMellon, Pershing LLC & Affiliates (2013–2018). The listing places them in Monroe, New Jersey, United States.
Pratap Singh Shekhawat
LinkedInExperience: Director Cyber Risk · BNY
Pratap Singh Shekhawat has been Director Cyber Risk at BNY since March 2026 and was VP Cyber Risk there (2022–2026). They were Assistant Vice President at Barclays (2019–2022) and SOC Manager at Happiestminds technologies Pvt Ltd (2016–2017). The listing places them in Pune Division, Maharashtra, India.
Rasheed Azeez
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cyber Assessments · BNY
Rasheed Azeez has been Director, Cyber Assessments at BNY since March 2024. At BNY they were also Senior Vice President & Principal, Cyber Governance Risk & Control (2022–2024) and Vice President, Cyber Governance Risk & Controls (2019–2021), and they were Vice President & Audit Manager, Global Technology & Operations at Bank of America (2012–2019).
Vinod Duggirala
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Information Security · BNY
Vinod Duggirala has been Senior Director, Information Security at BNY since July 2026. At Visa they were Sr. Director & Chief Security Architect Global Technical Head Cryptography & Data Protection (2014–2026). They were also Senior Security Architect - Enterprise Security Solutions at Wipro (2012–2014) and Principal Engineer at RSA Security (2007–2012).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current security role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you weigh new security controls against the needs of the teams that have to work with them?
- 03What did you carry over from previous roles that changed how you lead security work?
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