10 CISOs in Oil and Gas
Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, Peru, Uruguay and the United States are where these oil and gas CISOs are based, five of them in the US and each in the job today. One carries an OT CISO title at ExxonMobil and two more list operational technology or IT/OT security work, so the group can compare how refiners, producers and an LNG operator split plant and pipeline security from corporate IT.
Professionals to explore
Annessa McKenzie
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President Enterprise Architecture IT Corp Business Apps · ConocoPhillips
Annessa McKenzie has been Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President Enterprise Architecture IT Corp Business Apps at ConocoPhillips since May 2022 and an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma. McKenzie was Chief Security Officer VP of Supply Chain at Calpine (2015 to 2022) and Chief Information Security Officer at Baker Hughes (2006 to 2015), so comparing the security chief job across ConocoPhillips, Calpine and Baker Hughes is a natural topic.
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Antoinette Jago (GAICD)
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Woodside Energy
Cloud security and the vendor-to-operator move are good subjects for Antoinette Jago (GAICD), Chief Information Security Officer at Woodside Energy since December 2024, after Head of Cyber Delivery & Performance there from July to December 2024. Jago spent 2013 to 2024 at Microsoft, including Enterprise Security Exec - Cybersecurity Solutions Group (2021 to 2022) and Modern Work and Security Specialist (2018 to 2021).
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Clinton Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · HF Sinclair
Clinton Wilson has been Chief Information Security Officer at HF Sinclair since October 2024, responsible for enterprise cybersecurity, technology risk and operational resilience at a refining, lubricants and marketing organization. Wilson's Marathon Petroleum Corporation titles include Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure (2022 to 2024) and Director, Critical Infrastructure and Operational Technology - Midstream (2018 to 2022), a fit for refinery and midstream OT questions.
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Joao Neves
LinkedInExperience: CISO - GM Governance & Risk · Shell
Security governance and risk questions suit Joao Neves, CISO - GM Governance & Risk at Shell since March 2025, after Global Information & Digital Services and Operations Manager - Shell Mobility (2023 to 2025). Neves also held Shell information risk roles covering Projects and Technology, Upstream, Integrated Gas, Renewables & Energy Solutions (2021 to 2022) and Integrated Gas, New Energies and Upstream (2020 to 2021).
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Joni Richardson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Continental Resources
Continental Resources has been Joni Richardson's employer since 2013, with a path from IT Advisor - SharePoint (2013 to 2017) and Data Security Advisor (2017 to 2020) to Information Security Manager, Senior Information Security Manager and, since October 2024, Chief Information Security Officer. Richardson suits questions on moving from IT and data security roles into the CISO job at the same company.
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Marco Antonio Cabrera Ovando
LinkedInExperience: CISO (Responsable de Seguridad de la Información) · Pluspetrol
Audit, compliance and security across Latin American operations suit Marco Antonio Cabrera Ovando, CISO (Responsable de Seguridad de la Información) at Pluspetrol since November 2021, after CISO roles at GeoPark (2018 to 2021) and Newsan (2016 to 2018). Cabrera Ovando also worked as Chief IT Audit at AXION energy (2014 to 2016) and Senior Systems Auditor at Petrobras Argentina SA (2007 to 2014).
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Mary Rose Martinez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure · Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Sector information sharing is a natural topic for Mary Rose Martinez, Board Member and Treasurer of the Oil and Natural Energy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONE-ISAC) from 2019 to 2025. Martinez has been Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure at Marathon Petroleum Corporation since May 2024, after Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer there (2021 to 2024), and was briefly CISO at Halliburton in 2021.
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Milton Guerrero
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Hunt LNG Operating Company S.A.C.
Milton Guerrero has been Chief Information Security Officer at Hunt LNG Operating Company S.A.C. since December 2021 and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Hunt Services Company since March 2025. Guerrero held networking and cybersecurity roles at Hunt LNG from 2009 and describes designing and executing enterprise-wide IT/OT cybersecurity programs, including 18 years in oil and gas, a fit for LNG plant security.
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Shazad Shafi
LinkedInExperience: OT Chief Information Security Officer (OT CISO) · ExxonMobil
Pipeline OT security fits Shazad Shafi, OT Chief Information Security Officer (OT CISO) at ExxonMobil since December 2023, a role focused on cybersecurity resilience for safe and secure operations and protecting critical infrastructure. Shafi's earlier ExxonMobil Pipeline Company titles were Operations Manager - Cental South and North West Region (2014 to 2017) and Engineering Manager - US North East and Central (2012 to 2014).
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Sindre Skjønsberg
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Equinor
Disaster recovery and the move from analyst work to the CISO seat fit Sindre Skjønsberg, Chief Information Security Officer at Equinor since January 2026 after a decade of security roles there: IT Disaster Recovery Officer (2023 to 2026), Lead Information Security Analyst (2021 to 2023), Principal Information Security Analyst (2018 to 2021) and Senior Information Security Analyst (2015 to 2018).
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Choose the right perspective
For plant and pipeline control systems, Shazad Shafi, Clinton Wilson and Milton Guerrero are the closest fits; refining questions suit Mary Rose Martinez or Clinton Wilson. Sindre Skjønsberg, Joni Richardson and Milton Guerrero each moved into the CISO job at the company where they already worked, while Antoinette Jago spent eleven years at Microsoft first and Marco Antonio Cabrera Ovando and Annessa McKenzie have held the CISO title at more than one company.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you divide responsibility for OT security between the CISO, plant operations and engineering at refineries or pipeline sites?
- 02Which industry information-sharing groups and regulators shape your security program in oil and gas, and what do you actually get from them?
- 03How do you test incident response and disaster recovery for a production site without disrupting operations?
About this directory
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