Executive record
Jeff Lyon
Career profile: Jeff Lyon on CISO Spotlights ↗
Jeff Lyon is Chief Information Security Officer at Remitly. The appointment was announced on July 27, 2026, per GeekWire Tech Moves.
Before the appointment: a security leadership role at Coinbase, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Jeff Lyon, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Remitly
Source: GeekWire Tech Moves ↗ · Move record
Before July 2026· Earlier role
Security leadership role at Coinbase
Named in the announcement of the Remitly appointment · Source: GeekWire Tech Moves ↗
The appointment
Announced July 27, 2026 · Source: GeekWire Tech Moves ↗ · Move record
Seattle-based remittance company Remitly named Jeff Lyon as Chief Information Security Officer. Lyon joins from Coinbase; he succeeds Darren Challey, whose tenure as Remitly CISO ran from early 2024 to July 2026. GeekWire noted the appointment came amid continued leadership changes at the company, which saw a CEO transition and the departure of its chief product and technology officer earlier in 2026.
A CISO change during a broader executive reshuffle is one of the patterns worth reading closely: new chief executives commonly rebuild the leadership bench within their first year, and security is rarely exempt.
The announcement says Lyon joins from Coinbase, where he was head of infrastructure security for two years.
The announcement lists past roles that include security leadership at Robinhood and Amazon Web Services. It also says Lyon served as a petty officer with the U.S. Navy for more than nine years. The announcement does not describe the scope of the role and does not name a predecessor.
The announcement also reports on other leadership changes at Remitly. It says the company has seen a reshuffling of leadership since co-founder and CEO Matt Oppenheimer departed in February.
The seat before and after
Who the record names in the same seat before and after Jeff Lyon. Only what a dated record states.
The company: Remitly
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Remitly: 1 confirmed move on the record
In their own words
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Elsewhere
Public profiles we matched to Jeff Lyon by exact name and the company on our record. Links only; we do not copy from them.
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Financial Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Jeff Lyon's, nearest first (8 of 30). The Financial Services bench
Christian Winward, Chief Information Security Officer at PNC
Maury Pipkin, Chief Information Security Officer at Finance of America Reverse
Sandro Bucchianeri, Chief Information Security Officer at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Michael Sikorski, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase
Joe Harrington, Chief Information Security Officer at Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Tera Ladner, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Aflac
Vikas Bangia, Chief Information Security Officer at Bessemer Trust
Sean Bruton, Chief Information Security Officer at Illumia
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 3 months since the appointment was announced (July 27, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- August 1, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 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 Jeff Lyon
- Who is the CISO of Remitly?
- Jeff Lyon is Chief Information Security Officer at Remitly. The appointment was announced on July 27, 2026, per GeekWire Tech Moves.
- When did Jeff Lyon become CISO of Remitly?
- The appointment was announced on July 27, 2026, per GeekWire Tech Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Jeff Lyon work before Remitly?
- Before the appointment, Jeff Lyon was in a security leadership role at Coinbase, according to the announcement (GeekWire Tech Moves).
- Who held the seat at Remitly before Jeff Lyon?
- Darren Challey: named as the predecessor in the announcement of this appointment.
Sources
- 1.GeekWire Tech Moves ↗: the appointment at Remitly, July 27, 2026
- 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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