Cheri McGuire

Cheri McGuire is a global cyber security risk and advisory leader with more than 30 years in strategy, policy, and operations, and spanning the financial, technology, consulting and government sectors. She currently serves as a non‐resident scholar and advisor to the FinCyber Programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a global think tank. She also is a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s International Cyber Security Advisory Panel, and sits on the board of directors for the Cybercrime Support Network, a non-profit helping individuals and small businesses respond and recover from the impacts of cybercrime. From 2016 to 2019, she served as managing director and group CISO for Standard Chartered PLC in London. Previously, she served as vice president of global government affairs and cybersecurity policy at Symantec, director for critical infrastructure and cybersecurity in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group, director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT, programme manager at Booz Allen Hamilton, and as a Congressional staffer. She also has served on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Cybersecurity, the Europol Advisory Group on Financial Services, the UK Cyber Defence Alliance Board, and the Industry Executive Subcommittee of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. She has testified numerous times as an invited expert before the US Congress. In addition to Garrison, she currently serves on the board of directors and advisory boards for several other technology firms.