Cyber Risk Oversight – Transforming the Board Agenda from Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Claudette McGowan

Claudette McGowan is a global information technology leader with more than 20 years of success leading digital transformations, optimizing infrastructure, and designing new approaches that improve service and security experiences. She has worked in the technology industry for several organizations such as Deloitte, Metropolitan Police Services, North York General Hospital, Bank of Montreal and TD Bank.
 
Claudette completed her studies in Canada and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration and certificates in Artificial Intelligence, IT Management, Project Management and Smart Buildings.  
 
In 2020, Toronto Life recognized Claudette as one of the city's Top 50 Most Influential Torontonians. Women's Executive Network also recognized her as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and the Digital Finance Institute honored her as one of the Top 50 Canadian Women in FinTech.

Bob Zukis

Bob Zukis is the founder and CEO of Digital Directors Network (DDN). He is one of the world’s leading advocates, educators, and advisors on systemic risk and digital and cybersecurity governance. Mr. Zukis founded DDN to address the lack of digital transformation and cybersecurity expertise in the corporate boardroom and help directors and their companies more effectively address the strategic, litigation, and business risks of digital technologies. He is a Senior Fellow of the Conference Board’s ESG Center and member of its Cyber Advisory Group; adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business; emeritus board member of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors; and former PwC advisory partner, IT strategy and operations practice leader, and member of the global and APAC leadership teams. Mr. Zukis is coauthor of The Great Reboot: Succeeding in a World of Catastrophic Risk and Opportunity and the author of Social Inc.: Why Business Is the Next Social Opportunity Worth Trillions.

Karinna Neumann

MBA, QTE, C.Dir.

Karinna Neumann is a Non-Executive Director and former Global Head of Marketing with over ten years of board-level experience with expertise in the manufacturing, chemical, software, and technology industries. At the board level, Karinna grows businesses by leveraging decades of international leadership experience across global technology publicly-listed large-cap to privately held entrepreneurial organizations. In an executive capacity, Karinna’s experience includes Nymity (now TrustArc), where she took a proactive, leading role in transforming the company into a recognized global data privacy compliance software leader. Earlier, Karinna spent 17 years at BASF, the world’s largest multinational chemical company, in progressive functional and general management roles. Karinna has spoken internationally on governance and is passionate about innovation and long-term value creation. Finally, Karinna has an MBA and is a Chartered Director and Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert.

Jacoline Loewen