10 CISOs in Banking

Experience: EVP, Chief Information Security Officer · Apple Bank

EVP, Chief Information Security Officer at Apple Bank since July 2025, where his profile says he serves as the enterprise security executive for a $19B regional bank, leading a 10-person information security team across 12 program domains and overseeing the security budget and a portfolio of security technology vendors. He was previously SVP, IT GRC Director at Apple Bank (2020–2025).

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Head of Information Security · Türkiye İş Bankası

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Head of Information Security at Türkiye İş Bankası since April 2024; his profile describes it as the largest private bank of Turkiye. His earlier roles at the bank include Information Security & IS Risk Management Unit Manager (2022–2024), Information Security Manager (2017–2021) and Senior Information Security Architect (2014–2017).

Experience: Global Chief Information Security Officer · Santander

Global Chief Information Security Officer at Santander since June 2023. At Santander she was previously Global Head of Cyber GRC & CISO Central Services (2021–2023) and CISO Central Services & Head of IT SOX (2020–2021), and she was Chief Information Security Officer at Santander Digital Services (2018–2021). Before Santander she was Global CISO at Dufry (2017–2018).

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Banc of California

Chief Information Security Officer at Banc of California since December 2025. He was previously Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at First Republic (2013–2025) and Chief Information Security Officer at East West Bank (2007–2013), after operations and program management roles at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (2000–2007).

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Bank OZK

Chief Information Security Officer at Bank OZK since June 2022, after serving there as Director of Information Security (2021–2022), Information Systems Security Officer (2019–2021) and Third Party Risk Officer (2018–2019). His profile says he is responsible for enterprise-wide cybersecurity, cyber fraud risk, data privacy, third-party risk and AI governance programs for a $40B+ publicly traded financial institution, reporting to the Chief Risk Officer.

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · Bank of America

Chief Information Security Officer at Bank of America since April 2023. Before that he was Deputy CISO and Head of Cyber Security Operations (2022–2023), Cyber Security Defense Executive (2019–2022) and Business Information Security Officer (2014–2019) at Bank of America. His profile describes responsibility for leading the bank's Cyber Security Defense function and lists membership on the FS-ISAC Board of Directors.

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · First Financial Bank

Chief Information Security Officer at First Financial Bank since July 2024. He was earlier Chief Information Security Officer at Fifth Third Bank (2009–2013) and later Senior Vice President, Technology & Security Business Controls there (2015–2017), then held security and technology risk oversight leadership roles at U.S. Bank from 2017 to 2023.

Experience: Chief Information Security Officer · KeyBank

Chief Information Security Officer at KeyBank since April 2026. His earlier KeyBank roles include SVP & Deputy CISO - Head of Corporate Information Security (2023–2026), SVP & Deputy CISO - Head of Information Security Governance (2021–2023) and SVP & Senior Director - Head of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk Oversight (2016–2021).

Experience: SVP & Chief Information Security Officer · Flushing Bank

SVP & Chief Information Security Officer at Flushing Bank since August 2018, a role in which the profile says he oversees and coordinates security efforts across the enterprise. He was previously Managing Director at Barracuda SKOUT Managed XDR (2013–2018) and Chief Information Security Officer at the US Capitol Police (2009–2013).

Experience: EVP, Chief Information Security Officer · Customers Bank

Former EVP, Chief Information Security Officer at Customers Bank (2022–2024), where he also served as SVP, Deputy CISO (2021–2022) and Vice President of Digital Compliance and Architecture (2019–2024). He has been Chief Information Security Officer at Provident Bank since August 2024. His profile cites over 16 years of cybersecurity experience across financial services, government and higher education.