Leilani Farol named Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at First Horizon

First Horizon announced that Leilani Farol has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. She most recently served as Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance at Fidelity Investments, and prior to that was SVP, Cyber Security – Global Information Security at Bank of America.

First Horizon says that as CISO, Farol will lead strategy and execution for enterprise cybersecurity. According to the release, her responsibilities include continuing to strengthen the security posture of the company in order to safeguard privacy and client data. Bryan Jordan, who was Chairman, President and CEO of First Horizon at the time of the announcement, said the company protected its clients and their trust through measures that included ongoing associate training and third-party risk management.

According to the release, Farol has more than 25 years of leadership in technology, risk management and information security. The company says Farol's career has been in financial services and a range of other industries, both in the U.S. and internationally. First Horizon says Farol has directed programs covering application development, business development, large-scale system implementations, technology strategy, and program and project management. At Fidelity Investments, the company says, she led the execution of a cyber strategy that was multi-year and enterprise-wide. According to the release, her several leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co. included Vice President, Global Technology Infrastructure, Vice President of Cybersecurity Programs and Executive Director, Global Technology. The Business Journals reports that Farol previously led cybersecurity at JPMorgan Chase as well as at Bank of America.

First Horizon describes itself as a regional financial services company and reports $83.9 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. According to the company, First Horizon Bank, its banking subsidiary, operates in 12 states that are concentrated in the southern U.S. and is headquartered in Memphis. According to the company, First Horizon and its subsidiaries provide mortgage banking, capital markets, fixed income, retail brokerage, wealth and trust management, small business, consumer, private banking and commercial services.