Overview
Tim Dawson serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Reflection [1][3]. Dawson brings over 20 years of global financial experience in information security and an additional 5 years leading security startups [2]. Prior roles include Executive Vice President and CISO at Caesars Entertainment, Inc. from 2024 to June 2026 [5], Group Chief Information Security Officer at UBS from 2021 to 2023 [6], and EVP and Head of Cybersecurity Technology at Wells Fargo from 2020 to 2021 [7]. Dawson also served as Cybersecurity CTO at HSBC from 2016 to July 2020, including an interim period as Group Chief Information Security Officer from April 2018 to August 2019 [9][10]. Additionally, Dawson has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Silent Push Inc. since 2023 [4] and previously mentored in Technology Management at Columbia University from 2016 to 2021 [8].
Profile introduction
Executive leader within the information security industry with over 20 years of global financial experience as a change agent to redefine true enterprise security and an additional 5 years leading security startups. Specialties: Security Strategy, Execution, Security Management, Security Architecture, Security Engineering, Consulting Services, Data Loss Prevention, Threat and Vulnerability Assessment, Incident Management, APT Campaigns, Marketing Segmentation, Social Network Security, Risk Management and Controls, Big Data, Security Analytics, Endpoint Security, Network Security, Startups, Ac…
Career history
- CISOJun 2026 to presentReflection
- Member Board of Directors2023 to presentSilent Push Inc.
- EVP, CISO, Head of Technology Infrastructure and Technology Risk2024 to Jun 2026Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
- Group Chief Information Security Officer2021 to 2023UBS
- EVP & Head of Cybersecurity Technology2020 to 2021Wells Fargo
- Mentor - Technology Management2016 to 2021Columbia University in the City of New York
- Cybersecurity CTO2016 to Jul 2020HSBC
- Group Chief Information Security Officer (Interim)Apr 2018 to Aug 2019HSBC
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