Executive record
Ravi Thatavarthy
Career profile: Ravi Thatavarthy on CISO Spotlights ↗
Ravi Thatavarthy is Chief Information Security Officer at Primo Brands. The appointment was announced in July 2026, per Consumer Goods Technology.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Ravi Thatavarthy, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Primo Brands
Source: Consumer Goods Technology ↗ · Move record
The appointment
Announced July 2026 · Source: Consumer Goods Technology ↗ · Move record
Primo Brands named Ravi Thatavarthy as Chief Information Security Officer, announced in July 2026; day-level precision has not been established from available coverage.
Consumer packaged goods rarely makes security headlines, which is exactly why dedicated CISO seats appearing across the sector is a signal: OT-heavy manufacturing and distribution networks have become ransomware's quiet middle market.
According to a Consumer Goods Technology article dated 6 July 2026, Primo Brands has hired Ravi Thatavarthy to oversee the company's cybersecurity and IT efforts. The announcement describes Primo Brands as the manufacturer of water brands such as Poland Spring, Pure Life and Deer Park. It gives his title as chief information and security officer. The announcement says he shared on LinkedIn that he will "strengthen the security and technology foundation" at the company.
The announcement says that before joining Primo Brands he spent four years at Rite Aid, where he ended as group VP, CISO and enterprise architecture. Before that, it says, he spent three years as VP and CISO of BJ's Wholesale Club. It also says he served as CISO for iRobot's product and IT functions.
At iRobot, according to the announcement, he was responsible for defining the vision, strategy and execution of a global information security program. The announcement says that program covered IT, connected products and customer privacy.
The company: Primo Brands
- Sector
- Retail & Consumer
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Primo Brands: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Annual report
- Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 27, 2026
- Board oversight
- Named in the filing: Audit Committee.
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Retail & Consumer whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Ravi Thatavarthy's, nearest first. The Retail & Consumer bench
Tony Arous, Chief Information Security Officer at Toast
John Opala, Chief Information Security Officer at Ralph Lauren
Daniel Dubowski, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Marriott International
Brian Fricke, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at AutoNation
Maxine Harrison, Chief Information Security Officer at Tabcorp
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 4 months since the appointment was announced (July 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- August 1, 2026
- Retail & Consumer in 2026
- 8 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 Ravi Thatavarthy
- Who is the CISO of Primo Brands?
- Ravi Thatavarthy is Chief Information Security Officer at Primo Brands. The appointment was announced in July 2026, per Consumer Goods Technology.
- When did Ravi Thatavarthy become CISO of Primo Brands?
- The appointment was announced in July 2026, per Consumer Goods Technology. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
Sources
- 1.Consumer Goods Technology ↗: the appointment at Primo Brands, July 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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