Company record
Apex Group CISO: Azeem Bashir
The current Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Apex Group, as tracked by CISO Tribune, is Azeem Bashir, whose appointment was announced on June 4, 2025 (Apex Group (company announcement)). Read the record. The record entered the Wire on .
Tracked by the Wire since June 4, 2025 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record · Updated
Where Apex Group appears on the record (1)
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About Apex Group
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files Apex Group under Financial Services and Europe. The Wire has one security-leadership move at Apex Group on record, announced on June 4, 2025.
Security leadership timeline
Security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations
Other organizations CISO Tribune files under Financial Services with a named security chief on record: those in Europe first, in alphabetical order from Apex Group onward.
Euroclear: Claus Norup, CISO.
Finastra: Matthew McCormack, Chief Information Security Officer.
Intesa Sanpaolo: Antonio De Vita, Chief Security Officer.
Ledger: Oded Blatman, Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer.
Standard Chartered: Cezary Piekarski, Group Chief Information Security Officer.
Vermiculus: Alexander Kilian, Chief Information Security Officer.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: Sandro Bucchianeri, Chief Information Security Officer.
Bank of America: Kris Fador, Chief Information Security Officer.
Questions CISOs ask about Apex Group
- Who is the CISO of Apex Group?
- Azeem Bashir is the current Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Apex Group on CISO Tribune's record, appointed on June 4, 2025.
- How many security-leadership moves has CISO Tribune tracked at Apex Group?
- CISO Tribune has tracked 1 move at Apex Group since June 4, 2025.
- When was Azeem Bashir appointed at Apex Group?
- Azeem Bashir's appointment as Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Apex Group was announced on June 4, 2025, per Apex Group (company announcement).
- Who are the security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Claus Norup at Euroclear, Matthew McCormack at Finastra, Antonio De Vita at Intesa Sanpaolo and Oded Blatman at Ledger.
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