Brendan Goode named Chief Security Officer at Citizens Financial Group

Citizens Financial Group announced that Brendan Goode will assume the role of Chief Security Officer, effective April 29, 2024. Goode joins from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he most recently served as Chief Security Officer with responsibility for the Group Security organization.

According to the release, Goode was to report to Michael Ruttledge, who was CIO and Head of Enterprise Technology & Security at the time of the announcement, once he assumed the CSO role. The company says Goode will succeed Holly Ridgeway, who is retiring from Citizens at the end of June. Ridgeway, with Citizens since 2017, has been responsible for business resilience, physical security and cybersecurity, according to the release.

At Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the release says, Goode brought physical security, business resilience and cybersecurity together to combat growing financial and cyber threats to the bank. Before that, he served at Citigroup in New York City as a Managing Director, overseeing operational resilience, emerging operational risks, information security and business continuity, the company says. Goode was also global head of Information Security Operations and CISO for UK & Ireland at Deutsche Bank, according to the release. Goode served in the Department of Homeland Security's Senior Executive Service before his decade plus tenure in financial services, the release says. At the Department of Homeland Security, the company says, he was responsible for improving capabilities in cyber detection and response for the private sector and Federal Civilian Agencies. Goode holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, according to the company.

As of December 31, 2023, the company says, Citizens Financial Group had $222.0 billion in assets. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers commercial and retail banking products and services to institutions, large corporations, middle-market companies, small businesses and individuals, the company says.