Priya Mouli
CISO of Sheridan College
Priya is a distinguished Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Tech & Data / AI Executive and Advisor. She has over 20 years of leadership experience also covering Privacy, Compliance & Digital Resiliency. She is currently the Information Security Officer at Sheridan College, Ontario. Before moving to Canada, she spent close to a decade advising global Financial Services including some of the most prominent names in Wall Street & Technology giants in New York & the Bay Area, respectively. She has a commendable history of both collaborating with Senior Leadership and the Boards of large global companies to formulate robust and agile cyber / risk strategies, and working with the operational teams to implement them, and building trusted relationships with stakeholders internally and externally. Priya has received several global awards in recognition of her significant contributions to improve the cybersecurity posture at organizations she has supported, her insightful contributions to the industry and her deep community impact. Recent recognitions include: (1) AuditBoard's 'Top CISO to watch' with her being the only leader from Canada (2) Thales’ 'Top Global CISO' (alongside the CISOs of NASA, the US DoD, Barclays, Union Bank of Switzerland, Procter & Gamble, Jaguar Land Rover, Mars, etc.) (3) CyberDefense Magazine’s 'Top Global CISO of 2025' (4) CISOs Connect 'A100 Award' twice in a row - 2024 and 2025 (5) siberX’s 'Canadian Women in Cyber - LifeTime Achievement Award' As a recognized leader and visionary in the space, she is sought after to chair and speak at global summits / conferences including ISACA, ISC2, BlackHat among others - on sharing industry insights, perspective and spreading awareness on cyber risk and women empowerment / diversity and inclusion topics. She has also authored global publications and is deeply passionate about Information Protection and Women Leadership / Empowerment. Priya’s global exposure working in the US, UK, Canada, China, India for multinational organizations equips her with the quintessential skills of working in a multicultural environment by having a global mindset, communicating & collaborating effectively with professionals across business functions and organizational levels to drive outcomes.
