CISO appointment
Coats appoints Naina Bhattacharya as Chief Information Security Officer
Naina Bhattacharya is the Chief Information Security Officer of Coats. Naina joins from Danone, where they served as Chief Information Security Officer.
Records: Coats · Naina Bhattacharya
| Person | Naina Bhattacharya |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Security Officer |
| Company | Coats |
| Previous role | Chief Information Security Officer, Danone |
| Announced | January 6, 2026 |
| Added to the record | September 25, 2026 |
| Source | CIO&Leader |
What this move signals
Naina Bhattacharya has started as Chief Information Security Officer at Coats, the UK-based industrial thread manufacturer, CIO&Leader reported on January 6, 2026. She previously served as CISO at Danone, where she led a multi-year global cybersecurity transformation spanning governance, architecture, operations and incident response.
The move takes a consumer-goods security leader into global manufacturing, where the security estate reaches from corporate IT into factory operations across many countries.
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