Executive record
Bill O'Hern
Career profile: Bill O'Hern on CISO Spotlights ↗
Bill O'Hern was named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Travelers. The appointment was announced in May 2023, per CSO Online.
Before the appointment: Chief Security Officer at AT&T, per the same source.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Bill O'Hern, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Travelers
Source: CSO Online (New CISO appointments, May 2023) ↗ · Move record
Before May 2023· Earlier role
Chief Security Officer at AT&T
Named in the announcement of the Travelers appointment · Source: CSO Online (New CISO appointments, May 2023) ↗
The appointment
Announced May 2023 · Source: CSO Online (New CISO appointments, May 2023) ↗ · Move record
Bill O'Hern was appointed senior vice president and Chief Information Security Officer of insurance firm Travelers, according to CSO Online's May 2023 roundup of new CISO appointments. O'Hern spent more than 20 years in security-related roles at AT&T, where he was chief security officer.
The company: Travelers
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Travelers: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Financial Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Bill O'Hern's, nearest first. The Financial Services bench
Rob Burch, Chief Information Security Officer at Brown & Brown
Kawin Boonyapredee, Chief Information Security Officer at Inypay
James Dixon, Chief Information Security Officer at Allied Payment Network
Matt McCrory, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at MainStreet Bank
Yonesy Nunez, Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer at DTCC
Scott Bader, Chief Information Security Officer at Five Star Bank
Mike Housch, Chief Information Security Officer at Q2 Holdings
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about Bill O'Hern
- When did Bill O'Hern become CISO of Travelers?
- The appointment was announced in May 2023, per CSO Online. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Bill O'Hern still the CISO of Travelers?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in May 2023. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Bill O'Hern work before Travelers?
- Before the appointment, Bill O'Hern was Chief Security Officer at AT&T, according to the announcement (CSO Online).
Sources
- 1.CSO Online (New CISO appointments, May 2023) ↗: the appointment at Travelers, May 2023
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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