Christopher Leach is a Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at ACS. He is responsible for overseeing policies that protect the information of the company’s:

• Clients
• Employees
• Business partners

Prior to joining ACS, Leach served as senior vice president and chief information security officer for First Horizon National Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. There, he implemented a security strategy for 500 branch banks in more than 43 states Developed a risk-based approach to security assessment and remediation. He also teamed with departments to balance the overall risk of the enterprise.

Following seven years as managing partner of Leach Consulting & Accounting in San Diego, Leach began his IT risk career as national director of IT risk for Grant Thornton LLP, a Chicago-based accounting, tax and business advisory firm.

Leach entered the financial services industry in 2001, joining Bank One Corporation as senior vice president and chief technology officer, IT risk management. Following JPMorgan Chase’s acquisition of Bank One in 2004, he became senior vice president and director of global security operations and identity management. He was responsible for identity initiatives for 170,000 employees and contractors and more than 20,000 business partners.

The author of several articles, Leach has conducted seminars and served as a keynote speaker at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference and was recognized twice by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the accounting profession.

Leach holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University, where he also undertook postgraduate studies in information technology.