Thomas Shola

Thomas Shola has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Thomas has worked as a Chief Risk & Privacy Officer at Northern Bank since 2023. Prior to that, they were an Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School teaching Incident Response and Cybersecurity strategy. From 2018 to 2023, Thomas Shola served as the RPS IT Cybersecurity Officer at John Hancock within Manulife Investment Management, where they were responsible for IT risk management and security activities. Thomas also worked as a Graduate Teaching Associate at Brown University, focusing on privacy and personal data protection. In their earlier career, Thomas Shola held various managerial positions at Santander Bank, N.A., including Head of Event Escalation & Policy Assurance and Director of Shared Services. Thomas also worked at Royal Bank of Scotland Business as SVP in roles such as Head of Fraud and Retail Review. Prior to that, Thomas Shola was the SVP - Regulatory & Operational Risk Manager at Royal Bank of Scotland Business. Thomas has also held positions at NetMotion Software by Absolute, Log On America, Inc, and AT&T.

Thomas Shola obtained their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Business Administration and Management from Bryant University in the years 1983 to 1987. Thomas then pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Cybersecurity Policy & Governance from Boston College between 2017 and 2018. In addition to their degrees, they also obtained a certification as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from the Scrum Alliance in August 2018.