Kathy Orner
CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, CWT
Ms. Orner joined CWT (formerly Carlson Wagonlit Travel) as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in 2013 and was promoted to a newly created position of Chief Risk Officer in 2016. She expanded and her current role includes global information security as well as Enterprise Risk Management, Business Resiliency (Crisis, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery), and internal business operations such as GDPR Subject Access Requests and Trade, Sanctions & Embargo screening. Ms. Orner’s team is located in the US, London, France, Poland, India, Singapore, and Manila.
She joined Carlson in 2006 as the first VP/CISO, and was instrumental in the in-sourcing of IT and given additional responsibilities of security operations, engineering and architecture, messaging and directory services. In 2012, her role expanded to include Global IT Governance and Global IT Contracts and Procurement, bringing the same structured discipline created for information security to the broader IT organization.
Before joining Carlson, Ms. Orner was the first CISO at United Health Group and prior to that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, USA. She has held various leadership roles in IT and has an extensive governance and internal audit background. Ms. Orner holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Minnesota State University and holds the following professional certifications; Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise Information Technology.
Ms. Orner currently serves on the Fishtech Group Industry Board of Advisors. She formerly served on the PCI SSC Board of Advisors (2 terms), the Exective Committee and Board of Directors of Women’s Health Leadership Trust and on the Qualys Chief Security Officer Advisory Board.