Michael Elmore

SVP and Global Chief Information Security Officer GlaxoSmithKline PLC

Michael Elmore holds the position of SVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at GSK. Prior, he was the CISO for Haleon, GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business, which was divested in 2022. Here, Michael was responsible for setting up the future-ready Cyber Security Office and securely migrating Haleon to a multi-cloud architecture. Before GSK, Michael was the Chief Customer Experience Officer for Cisco’s $15B Enterprise Networking & Security Business Unit, and before Cisco, he was the Global CISO at Cigna Healthcare (Fortune 15). Michael is a forward leaning technologist and has spent his entire career building and leading technology teams across several functional areas, including Cyber Security and Risk Management, IT & OT infrastructure, Application Development, Contact Center and Collaboration within highly regulated sectors. He has executive experience on both the customer and vendor sides of the table, leading large Cyber Security and Infrastructure transformations at UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, and GSK as well as driving the customer experience transformation towards a softwarefirst, subscription-based business at Cisco. He has a proven track record of executing M&A and insourcing transitions, improving controls effectiveness and NIST-CSF maturity, compliance and cultivating a risk-based culture within the first and second lines of defense, driving cost optimization, anticipating the business benefits and potential consequences of emerging technology, such as AI, Risk Quantification, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Deep fakes, etc. Michael leads distributed teams in fast evolving and highly regulated markets, including China and India. He regularly advises venture capital firms and early to mid-stage startups that focus on IT infrastructure, Enterprise Software and Cyber Security advancements. Michael holds a B.S. and double major in Information Network Management and Marketing from the University of Minnesota. As a former college hockey player, he is passionate about sports and continues to play and coach youth hockey. He is also an avid runner an active board member with the Special Olympics. He and his wife Jennifer have two childre