The ISACA New England Tech Risk Leadership Award is based on the MIT CIO Leadership Award to recognize exemplary executives who transform technology risk management into a driver of strategic business value, innovation, and resilience.
Recent MIT CIO Award finalists include:
- Monica Caldas (2025), EVP and CIO, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Bill Pappas (2025), Head of Global Technology and Operations, MetLife
- Dimitris Bountolos (2024), Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial
- Chris Bedi (2024), Chief Customer Officer, ServiceNow
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Akira Bell (2024), SVP and CIO, Mathematica
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Fahim Siddiqui (2024), EVP and CIO, The Home Depot
- Thomas Peck (2023), Executive Vice President & Chief Information and Digital Officer, Sysco
- Oguz Sezgin (2023), Chief Information Officer, Digital Transformation Leader, Koc Holding
- Deepa Soni (2023), Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, The Hartford
- Wafaa Mamilli, (2022), Chief Digital & Technology Officer and Group President, Zoetis, now - EVP, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Roche
- Vagesh Dave (2022), GVP & CIO, McDermott International, Ltd
- Manoj Kumbhat (2022), Global CDO & CIO, Kimberly-Clark, now - Global Chief Technology and Information Officer, McCain Foods
- Vipin Gupta (2021), CIO, Toyota Financial Services (TFS)
- Shamim Mohammad (2020), EVP & Chief Information and Technology Officer, CarMax
- Pertisth Mankotia (2021), CIO, Sheela Foam Ltd.
- Marina Bellini (2021), Chief Information and Digital Officer, BAT, now - President Global Business Services and Enterprise Digital Technologies, Mars
- Harmeen Mehta (2018), Global CIO, Bharti Airtel, now - Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Equinix
- David Gledhill (2017), DBS Bank, now - Non Executive Director: Santander UK, Singapore Airlines, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore; Senior Advisor McKinsey & Company; Visiting Faculty Member, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
This Award will honor CIO's First, Second and Third Line of Defense counterparts:
- Heads of IT Audit,
- Information Risk Leaders
- Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Leaders
- CISO’s and other Information and Cyber Security Executives
- Resilience/Business Continuity Executives
- Heads of Third Party Risk Management
- Privacy Leaders
The Award winner and finalists will be recognized on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at the Award Dinner before the ISACA New England Annual Conference, Security Expo and AGM.
The Award draws applicants from a wide diversity of industries, countries, and backgrounds. Recipients, and their organizations, receive broad recognition for their accomplishments. Applicants are welcome from for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, with all assessed on a common set of criteria. Nominees must be the highest-level technology risk leader in their organizations for their area. Applicants must present accomplishments related to the applicant’s current position. There is no fee to apply, but we are a volunteer organization, so please nominate only those you feel have a good chance of being named a Finalist.
Finalists will be expected to attend the ISACA New England Annual Conference and pre-conference dinner on September 17th and 18th in order to receive the award in person. Finalists will receive complimentary admission to the Conference, but are responsible for their own travel expenses.
2025 Award Timeline
- Award submissions will open on Monday, June 2, 2025.
- The application deadline is Monday, June 23, 2025.
- Finalists will be announced on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025.
- Award winner will be announced on Sep 17th, 2025. All Award Finalists will be invited to speak at the Sep 18th, 2025 ISACA NE Annual Conference, Security Expo and AGM.
Confidentiality
All award content, including the identity of applicants and the contents of their applications, will be held in strict confidence and used only by the award judges in the judging process.
If you have any questions, please contact the Award Co-chairs at award@isacane.org.