Anne Leslie

Having spent two and a half years in the Threat Management practice of IBM Security, today her focus is on accompanying Europe's banks as they harness the power of IBM Cloud for Financial Services to securely accelerate their business transformation. A recognized trusted advisor inside IBM and within external stakeholder groups, Anne is known for cultivating positive relationships at executive level and she regularly contributes her thought leadership to industry conferences and working groups. She is also a Design Thinking practitioner, experienced in leading human-centered approaches to overcoming the security and operational resiliency challenges faced by our customers and identifying untapped business value in the process. Prior to joining IBM, Anne's career spanned the intersection of financial services, European regulatory policy, blockchain and IT in leadership roles in both sales and advisory. Bilingual in French and English, she holds an Executive MBA from HEC Business School in Paris and the CCSP in Cloud Security from (ISC)² in addition to multiple technical security platform certifications.