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Simon Collins
Casey Essary
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Simon Collins

Title: Managing Director, Head of Security & Resilience( CISO)
Company: Allianz Global Investors Industry: Financial Services
Simon acts as MD and Head of Security & Resilience at Allianz Global Investors, serving as the firm’ s global CISO. He manages physical, cyber and operational risk frameworks across international investment offices. Simon focuses on protecting institutional client data, securing trading platforms and ensuring strict financial regulatory compliance worldwide.

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Casey Essary

Title: VP & Chief Information Security Officer
Company: Bill. com Industry: Financial Services
Justin is the CISO at SolarWinds, bringing over two decades of cybersecurity, threat intelligence and risk management experience across both public and private sectors. He previously served as Deputy CISO at OneTrust and held senior cybersecurity roles at CME Group and iSIGHT Partners. Justin was also an intelligence officer in the US Air Force.
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