Teneo Appoints Brian Stephens as President of Security Risk Advisory
Teneo, the global CEO advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Brian Stephens as President of its Security Risk Advisory business.
In this role, Brian will lead an expert team focused on advising clients across a range of areas, including enterprise resilience, strategic intelligence, crisis preparedness, public safety and cybersecurity. Brian will work in close partnership with Teneo's Executive Chairman of Risk Advisory, Bill Bratton, the former Police Commissioner of New York City and Boston and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Brian joined Teneo nearly five years ago as a Senior Managing Director leading the firm's resilience and security solutions practice. He has since played a major role in expanding the business's critical infrastructure security and cybersecurity advisory offerings. Previously, Brian served as Bank of America's Chief Security Officer, where he was responsible for the security and safety of the company's employees, customers, assets and operations globally. A nationally recognized expert in his field, he led enterprise security, intelligence, crisis management and executive protection programs across the organization.
“We are very pleased to appoint Brian to this expanded leadership position as Teneo continues to grow quickly around the world,” said Paul Keary, CEO of Teneo. “Brian is an incredibly well-respected professional and will continue to work across the Teneo platform to develop innovative new risk solutions for our clients at a time when enterprise risk and resilience have never been higher on the CEO agenda.”
Brian Stephens said: “I'm incredibly excited to step into this role as organizations face a more complex and dynamic risk environment than ever before. Over the last several years, we’ve built a truly differentiated, intelligence-driven and prevention-focused advisory business that helps clients strengthen resilience across their people, operations and brands. We are dedicated to expanding our best-in-class services focused on CEO and executive security, critical business infrastructure protection and crisis preparedness and response. I’m grateful for the opportunity to lead this exceptional team and continue expanding the ways we support clients around the world.”
“Risk advisory needs and challenges are significantly increasing due to developments in areas such as crypto and AI, as well as more traditional security concerns that continue to evolve,” said Bill Bratton, Executive Chairman of Risk Advisory. “Having worked closely with Brian Stephens for the past several years as Teneo has expanded our capabilities in these critical arenas, I am confident that with his leadership and diverse skills, he will successfully guide us through the opportunities ahead.”
Teneo's Security Risk Advisory team brings decades of experience from intelligence agencies, consultancies and public safety organizations, as well as first-hand experience managing security, crisis and resilience challenges while serving in senior leadership roles.
