Ryan Knowles

Ryan Knowles is an experienced professional in information risk management, currently serving as the AVP for Information Risk Management Controls Assurance at Manulife since October 2023. Prior to this role, Ryan worked at RBC for over 15 years, where positions included Director of Technology Operations and Infrastructure Risk and Director of IRM Control Assurance Testing. Additional roles at RBC encompassed Associate Director of Risk Profiling, Cyber Technology and Fraud Risk, Sr. IT Audit Manager, Global Data Centre Capacity Manager, Project Manager for Communications Infrastructure Management in Data Centres, and Operations Analyst for NI&S Disaster Recovery. Ryan holds an educational background from the University of New Brunswick, where studies were completed from 2005 to 2007.