Not every security leader has “CISO” alone on the door. In some organizations, cybersecurity sits within a CIO’s portfolio alongside modernization and AI. In others, it shares a title with privacy and fraud. The five cyber leaders below, two in the US and three in Canada, show different ways those responsibilities come together, at a market intelligence firm, a verification platform, a provincial liquor and lottery corporation, a health system, and one of Canada’s largest banks.
Rozel Audric Kouadio – Global CISO, Data Privacy & Fraud Risk Officer, Veriv
Rozel Audric Kouadio’s title at Veriv names three jobs: chief information security officer, data privacy officer, and fraud risk officer. Veriv announced his appointment in October 2026 as it built out its verification and compliance platform, citing 20 years of security leadership across financial services, insurance, and other regulated industries, including work with US federal and state law enforcement. He came from Reyes Holdings, where he was in the global deputy CISO management office, and before that spent seven years at Kraft Heinz in global information security risk management, application security, and certificate and cryptographic key management, and has led cyber-risk due diligence on billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and funding rounds. Earlier, as head of information security at NowSecure, he directed mobile security and forensics R&D contracts for the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. He started as a software engineer and IT consultant, with clients including the Ivorian government and Atlantic Bank Group, and holds a black belt in Hayashi-ha Shitoryu-kai karate.
Dave McKenna – CIO, IDC
Dave McKenna has been a CTO, a CISO, and now a CIO whose remit still includes cybersecurity. He joined IDC in January 2024 as CISO and vice president of infrastructure and became CIO in March 2025, with IDC describing his role as covering IT operations, cybersecurity, and the company’s enterprise AI automation and modernization initiatives. Before IDC, he served as VP of platform engineering and CISO at Monster, VP of IT and CISO at Upland Capital Group, and chief technology officer of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, after a decade in insurance technology leadership at Narragansett Bay Insurance and Selective Insurance. He is a US Army veteran who served in Iraq in 2003 as a sergeant with the Army Reserve. He holds a PhD in information technologies from Capella University and CISM, CDPSE, and PMP certifications.
Tim Clark – Group Head & CIO, Scotiabank
Tim Clark leads technology at Scotiabank, from the bank’s innovation strategy and global technology delivery to technology risk and information security. As group head and CIO since November 2024, he was quoted in June 2026 when the bank expanded its enterprise AI capabilities through Scotia Intelligence, an announcement that also described mandatory AI risk training and the review of AI use cases for fairness, transparency, and accountability. He spent nearly 13 years at TD, rising to executive vice president and CIO for Canadian retail, capital markets, and corporate, after a career in capital markets technology at Citi, JPMorgan, and Deutsche Bank across the UK, Australia, and the US. Originally from Scotland, he studied computer science and artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Outside work, he is an avid cyclist, a member of the philanthropic cycling community Les Domestiques, and chair of the Mattamy National Cycling Centre management committee.
Scott McKenna – CIO, Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
In October 2025, Scott McKenna was named Canadian CIO of the Year, recognized for advancing interoperability and modernizing digital health infrastructure across Nova Scotia. As CIO for Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health since October 2022, he oversees day-to-day IM/IT operations and digital modernization, and has led the development of a Digital Health Strategy built around architecture, data standards, clinical enablement, and a citizen-centric focus. In March 2026, he issued a cybersecurity reminder to the province’s physicians. He came to Nova Scotia Health after 32 years with the federal government, starting in informatics support in 1990. Most recently he was CIO of both Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, leading more than 600 people and supporting the Government of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kevin Trombo – CIO & Vice President, Information Technology, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
Kevin Trombo began in hands-on technical support and system development. In January 2026 he became CIO and vice president of information technology at Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, responsible for the corporation’s enterprise-wide IT strategy, cybersecurity, and digital transformation agenda, and leading a workforce of more than 200 employees and contractors. The appointment caps more than three decades of progressive leadership with the organization, during which he moved into enterprise architecture, operations, product planning, and large-scale technology transformation, including more than 15 years as director of information technology. A certified engineering technologist, he holds a Management Certificate from the University of Winnipeg and Prosci change management certification.
Many Titles, One Responsibility
Two of these leaders have held the CISO title, and three reached their roles through software, government informatics, and enterprise IT. Their portfolios range from fraud risk to digital health strategy to bank-wide AI adoption. In each case, cybersecurity is part of the job, even when it isn’t the whole of it.
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John Kevin Hao is a news and feature writer covering cybersecurity, technology, and business targeted for professional audiences.