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10 Truist security leaders
These ten current and former Truist security leaders have held director-level and head-of cybersecurity roles at Truist. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Truist from people who have held the role.
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01—10Alex Gilelach
LinkedInExperience: SVP Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence · Truist
SVP Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Truist since December 2019. Other roles shown are GVP Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting at SunTrust (2018–2019), Director - Security Architecture at Equifax (2016–2018) and Sr. Security Engineer at IHG Hotels & Resorts (2010–2014).
Arul Karthikeyan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Security Engineering Director · Truist
Senior Vice President - Security Engineering Director at Truist since June 2026, after serving as Senior Vice President - IAM Technical Director at Truist from 2024 to 2026. Other Truist roles shown are Senior Vice President - IAM Platform Solutions Delivery (2022–2024) and Sr Director - Software Engineering (2019–2022).
Brad Wallace
LinkedInExperience: Director, Identity & Access Management · Truist
Director, Identity & Access Management at Truist since June 2024; the profile headline lists privileged access, IGA and cloud identity. Other roles shown are Senior Manager Information Security at USAA (2022–2023), Senior Security Program Manager at Wolfspeed (2023–2024) and Cyber Security Manager at Truist (2019–2021).
Irina Shor
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cyber, GRC | Vulnerability & Threat | AppSec | Offensive Security | Cyber Awareness · Truist
Director of Cyber, GRC | Vulnerability & Threat | AppSec | Offensive Security | Cyber Awareness at Truist since July 2024. Other roles shown are Director, M&A | Vulnerability & Threat Management at BMO (2022–2024), a cyber strategy and vulnerability director role at Charles Schwab (2018–2022) and Director, Security Engineering at TD (2016–2017).
Mike Lewis
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of AI Security | Senior Director · Truist
Former Head of AI Security | Senior Director at Truist (January to July 2026); the profile says Mike Lewis built an AI security review process that vetted more than 300 AI use cases with legal, privacy, third-party risk and the lines of business. Other Truist roles shown are Cyber Security Group Manager (2024–2025) and Cyber Security Senior Manager (2022–2024).
Paul A C.
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Data Protection and Insider Threat Director · Truist
SVP - Data Protection and Insider Threat Director at Truist since May 2026; the profile headline describes a focus on data security and AI security. Other roles shown at Huntington National Bank are VP - Internal Security Manager Senior (2023–2026), Internal Security/Data Protection Manager (2021–2023) and Data Protection Consultant (2019–2021).
Paul Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Business Information Security Officer, SVP · Truist
Business Information Security Officer, SVP at Truist since March 2024, after serving as Truist Divisional-CISO, SVP from 2019 to 2024. Other roles shown are Information Security Officer, SVP (2015–2019) and Information Security Client Service Manager (2010–2015) at BB&T.
Shaun A.
LinkedInExperience: Director - Information Security Risk · Truist
Director - Information Security Risk at Truist since April 2025, based in Richmond; the profile describes leading cybersecurity risk oversight across security defense, governance, BISO, DLP and insider threat, cloud security, cyber fraud and AI security. Other roles shown are Cybersecurity Risk Officer at Wells Fargo (2019–2025) and a BISO role at Bank of America (2017–2019).
Tamara Fernandez Alonso
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cybersecurity Risk Management · Truist
Director of Cybersecurity Risk Management at Truist since August 2024; the profile headline gives the title as SVP - Director of Cybersecurity Risk Management. Other roles shown are Manager - Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance at Santander US (2019–2024) and Manager IT Risk - Financial Services at EY (2013–2015).
Wayne Hilt
LinkedInExperience: Head of Business Information Security Office · Truist
Head of Business Information Security Office at Truist since May 2025. Other roles shown are Chief Information Security Officer, SVP at Huntington National Bank (2019–2024) and Executive Director - Executive Advisory, Office of the CISO at Optiv (2017–2019); the profile describes leadership in cybersecurity and information risk management.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large bank set up business information security officers to work with its lines of business?
- 02How does a bank review new AI use cases for security risk before they go live?
- 03How do bank security teams run identity and access management across thousands of applications?
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