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James Johnson
Rebecca Cox
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James Johnson

Title: Chief Information Security Officer VP Company: Deere Industry: Agriculture
Deere relies on CISO James to safeguard its multi-billion-dollar global manufacturing ecosystem and smart industrial technologies. Building on past leadership roles at Honeywell, James embeds security directly into software development, matures vulnerability disclosure programmes and cultivates high-performing security cultures to keep essential supply chains and agricultural infrastructure resilient against evolving threats.

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Rebecca Cox

Title: Group Chief Information Security Officer
Company: HSBC Industry: Financial Services
Heading cybersecurity across one of the world’ s largest banking institutions, Rebecca is Group CISO at HSBC. With more than 20-year career spanning counter-terrorism research to intelligence management, her experience informs her strategy. Today, she deploys Zero Trust frameworks to harden vital financial networks against sophisticated threats and maintain global systemic resilience.
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