May 16, 2022— ATLANTA — Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that Stacy Hughes has joined the company as senior vice president and chief information security officer (CISO). 

 

In this role, Hughes will be responsible for advancing Voya’s vision and strategy for an industry-leading information security program and supporting Voya’s focus on providing products, solutions and technologies that help Americans become well planned, well invested and well protected. Hughes will drive alignment of Voya’s information security investments and plans to deliver leading-edge security technologies and capabilities across Voya’s enterprise infrastructure. She will lead the effort to anticipate and proactively mitigate information security risks, while also supporting business growth and innovation.

 

Hughes will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Santhosh Keshavan. As Voya continues to reimagine the future of work, Hughes will be one of many leaders practicing a hybrid-working model from Atlanta, GA.

 

“In such a dynamic global environment, the CISO role has become more vital than ever and will only continue to increase in criticality as technology capabilities advance," said Keshavan. "Stacy’s wealth of knowledge and experience in leading cybersecurity practices, including cloud, will be instrumental as Voya continues to advance a number of technology-based solutions that are helping our customers with their health, wealth and investment needs. Under Stacy’s leadership, Voya’s information security team will continue the crucial work to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets and resources under the care of Voya.”

 

Hughes joins Voya with more than 20 years of experience leading complex IT initiatives within Fortune 500 financial technology organizations. Most recently, Stacy was the CISO at Global Payments Inc., after holding senior-level positions across governance, compliance and audit functions within the company. She has also been an active industry leader in payment security, serving on the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council Board of Advisors and being recognized by PaymentsSource in 2020 as one of the most Influential Women in Payments.