Saira Hassan
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Saira Hassan is the Chief Information Security Officer at Zodia Markets where she provides leadership on the Cyber Security strategy, control design, and governance. The program combines Standard Chartered’s Cyber Security Risk Framework with innovation and best practices from the Standard Chartered Ventures group and OSL.
Previously, Saira was the Global Head of Digital Forensics at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch where she led a team of Digital Investigators across several regions
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