Toronto anchors Canada’s financial, retail, and technology sectors, with a cybersecurity leadership community shaped by the demands of banking regulation, critical infrastructure protection, and large-scale digital transformation. The CISOs below bring experience spanning transit systems, national retail, enterprise software, professional bodies, and consulting.
Derek Sutton — Chief Information Security Officer, Toronto Transit Commission
Derek Sutton serves as Chief Information Security Officer at the Toronto Transit Commission, where he leads enterprise cybersecurity strategy protecting transit operations, customer data, and corporate systems across one of North America’s largest urban networks. His work spans risk management, governance, incident readiness, and modernising controls across IT and OT environments, following prior leadership roles at SickKids Foundation, Sanofi Pasteur, and ING Bank.
Clinton McFadden — Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Canadian Tire Corporation
Clinton McFadden serves as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Canadian Tire Corporation, bringing 20 years of international cyber security and risk management experience. He previously held senior security architecture and engineering leadership roles at RBC and spent six years at IBM X-Force leading global threat research teams. He also serves on the board of the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange.
Alex Manea — Chief Information Security Officer, Coveo
Alex Manea serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Coveo, where he oversees the security operations centre, governance, risk and compliance, penetration testing, information technology, business intelligence, and enterprise architecture. He previously served as Chief Security and Privacy Officer at Georgian and spent more than 12 years at BlackBerry, culminating in the role of Chief Security Officer.
Dave Freedman — Executive Vice-President, Chief Information Security and Data Officer, CPA Ontario
Dave Freedman serves as Chief Information Security and Data Officer and Acting CIO at CPA Ontario, holding accountability for enterprise IT, cybersecurity, and data governance under a single mandate. He brings more than 20 years across government, defence, and financial services, including building the CISO function at Questrade Financial Group and leading payments resilience work at RBC.
Ayhan Tek — Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Cyber Electra
Ayhan Tek serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Cyber Electra, a provider of cybersecurity services and security architecture solutions. His background spans senior security roles at TD, BMO Financial Group, CIBC, and Hudson’s Bay Company, with expertise across ISO 27000, NIST, threat risk assessment, cloud security, and application security. He also lectures at International Business University.
Cybersecurity Leadership Across Toronto
Toronto’s security leaders operate across some of Canada’s most regulated and operationally complex environments, from banking and payments through to public transit and national retail. The professionals featured here reflect that range, bringing decades of combined experience to the organisations and infrastructure they protect.
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