When did Geoff Belknap become Chief Trust Officer of HubSpot?

The appointment was announced in the week of September 14, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.

Who does the head of security at HubSpot report to?

In its fiscal 2025 annual report (Form 10-K, filed February 11, 2026), HubSpot describes the role that runs security as Chief Information Security Officer, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Engineering.

Executive record

Geoff Belknap

Career profile: Geoff Belknap on CISO Spotlights ↗

Geoff Belknap is Chief Trust Officer at HubSpot. The appointment was announced in the week of September 14, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.

Before the appointment: Corporate Vice President and Operating Chief Information Security Officer at Microsoft, per the same source.

1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated September 16, 2026

Career timeline

Every move the record holds for Geoff Belknap, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.

week of September 14, 2026· Appointment
Named Chief Trust Officer at HubSpot
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of Sep 14, 2026) ↗ · Move record
Before September 2026· Earlier role
Corporate Vice President and Operating Chief Information Security Officer at Microsoft
Named in the announcement of the HubSpot appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of Sep 14, 2026) ↗

The company: HubSpot

Sector: Technology
Region: North America
Company record: Who runs security at HubSpot: 1 confirmed move on the record
Annual report: Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 11, 2026
Reporting line: The filing describes the role that runs security as Chief Information Security Officer, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Engineering.
Board oversight: Named in the filing: audit committee.

In their own words

What Geoff Belknap has posted and written in public while in the seat, each described in our words with a link to the original. A post loads from LinkedIn or X only when you choose Show post. All voices

Our take

The Chief Trust Officer at HubSpot, whose appointment we noted this month, arrives from Microsoft, where the seat was Corporate Vice President and Operating CISO. What the opening of the post shows is a move into a trust title, which is a different framing from the one most security leaders carry. Here the visible text says little beyond the job change itself, so our view is on the title rather than the argument. We think trust officer roles are worth watching because they put security, privacy and customer assurance under one accountable owner, which is how buyers already judge vendors. The risk is that the title outruns the mandate: if the role lacks authority over product decisions and disclosure, it becomes a communications function. For CISOs weighing similar moves, the question to settle early is who owns the trade-off when trust and delivery speed collide.

Elsewhere

Public profiles we matched to Geoff Belknap by exact name and the company on our record. Links only; we do not copy from them.

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Appointed in the same period

Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Geoff Belknap's, nearest first (8 of 20). The Technology bench

week of September 14, 2026
Frank Krieger, Chief Information Security Officer at Swap
week of September 7, 2026
Patrick McKinney, Chief Information Security Officer at Turing
September 23, 2026
Aditya Kumar, Chief Information Security Officer at InMobi Group
September 2, 2026
Robert Wood, Chief Information Security Officer at TiDB
September 2026
Thomas Coudray, Chief Information Security Officer at Mistral AI
August 19, 2026
Patti Degnan, Chief Information Security Officer at Glow
October 14, 2026
Mat Steinlin, Chief Information Security Officer at Opti9
August 11, 2026
Erika Dean, Chief Information Security Officer at Tricentis

Record facts

Time in the seat: About 2 months since the appointment was announced (week of September 14, 2026), as of November 2026
Moves on the record: 1 confirmed move, each with its source
On the record since: September 16, 2026
Technology in 2026: 39 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record

How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.

Questions about Geoff Belknap

Who leads security at HubSpot?: Geoff Belknap is Chief Trust Officer at HubSpot. The appointment was announced in the week of September 14, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
When did Geoff Belknap become Chief Trust Officer of HubSpot?: The appointment was announced in the week of September 14, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
Where did Geoff Belknap work before HubSpot?: Before the appointment, Geoff Belknap was Corporate Vice President and Operating Chief Information Security Officer at Microsoft, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Who does the head of security at HubSpot report to?: In its fiscal 2025 annual report (Form 10-K, filed February 11, 2026), HubSpot describes the role that runs security as Chief Information Security Officer, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Engineering.

Sources

1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of Sep 14, 2026) ↗: the appointment at HubSpot, week of September 14, 2026
2.SEC EDGAR: Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 ↗: the company's cybersecurity disclosure
3.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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