CISO appointment
Eric Hammersley named Chief Information Security Officer at IREN Limited
Eric Hammersley is the Chief Information Security Officer of IREN Limited.
Records: IREN Limited · Eric Hammersley · Career profile on CISO Spotlights ↗
| Person | Eric Hammersley |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Security Officer |
| Company | IREN Limited |
| Announced | July 15, 2026 |
| Source | GlobeNewswire (company announcement) |
Context from the record
- IREN Limited is filed under Technology, Asia-Pacific, on our record.
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16 on our record that quarter. Who runs security in Technology.
What this move signals
IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) appointed Eric Hammersley, a U.S. Navy veteran, as Chief Information Security Officer as the company expands its AI cloud and data-center business.
AI-infrastructure operators are converging on the same conclusion as their hyperscaler customers: security leadership is a prerequisite for enterprise AI workloads, not an afterthought.
According to the announcement, IREN Limited named Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer on July 15, 2026. The announcement says he will lead IREN's security program across all three layers of its platform: data centers, compute and software.
The announcement says Hammersley has more than two decades of experience securing cloud platforms and critical infrastructure, including a prior role responsible for security governance, compliance and operational assurance across a company's software and SaaS products. His earlier roles include senior engineering positions across the U.S. federal government and defense sector, including as Chief Engineer supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J6). The announcement describes him as a U.S. Navy veteran.
The announcement says the appointment follows the recent additions of Kambiz Aghili as Chief Product Officer and Michael Nudelman as Chief Development Officer.
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