Executive record
Cezary Piekarski
Cezary Piekarski is Group Chief Information Security Officer at Standard Chartered, as of November 1, 2026, per Infosecurity Magazine.
Seat verified November 1, 2026 · Added to the record November 1, 2026 · no move on the Wire yet · Updated
Background
Cezary Piekarski's professional background as Infosecurity Magazine ↗ states it, read November 10, 2026.
Cezary Piekarski joined Standard Chartered in 2019 as head of malware protection and network security. In his first role at Standard Chartered, Piekarski was accountable for endpoint security. He then took on a succession of increasingly strategic cybersecurity roles at the bank. Piekarski moved from highly technical security responsibilities to his current position as group CISO.
Piekarski has end-to-end accountability for cybersecurity risk across Standard Chartered, spanning technology security and business and process security. He is also accountable for part of the financial crime risk, encompassing economic crimes within the organization. Piekarski contributed to a World Economic Forum white paper about the changing role of CISOs.
Career timeline
What the record holds for Cezary Piekarski: a dated verification of the seat, with its source.
· Roster verification
Verified as Group Chief Information Security Officer at Standard Chartered
Source: Infosecurity Magazine ↗
No appointment or departure for Cezary Piekarski is on the Wire. This page rests on the roster entry above: a verification, against the source cited, of who held the Standard Chartered seat on that date. It is not a career history and states nothing beyond that entry and the background above.
The company: Standard Chartered
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- Europe
- Company record
- Who runs security at Standard Chartered: seat verified on the roster
Record facts
- On the record since
- November 1, 2026
- Seat last verified
- November 1, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about Cezary Piekarski
- Who is the CISO of Standard Chartered?
- Cezary Piekarski is Group Chief Information Security Officer at Standard Chartered, per Infosecurity Magazine. CISO Tribune verified the seat on November 1, 2026.
- When did Cezary Piekarski become Group CISO of Standard Chartered?
- The record holds no appointment date for Cezary Piekarski. It verifies that Cezary Piekarski held the seat on November 1, 2026, per Infosecurity Magazine.
Sources
- 1.Infosecurity Magazine ↗: the seat at Standard Chartered, verified November 1, 2026; professional background, read November 10, 2026
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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