Lorraine Dryland

Part of the IT Leaders 100 - a list of the most influential IT leaders in the UK in 2025.

Lorraine Dryland is a seasoned global CISO with over three decades of experience in cybersecurity, intelligence and technology leadership. Currently Chief Information Security Officer at MS Amlin, Lorraine has led enterprise-wide security programmes across financial services, government, and telecommunications - building resilient operations and managing multi-million-pound investments in cyber and information risk management.

Her career spans public and private sectors, from threat intelligence for the Bank of England to cyber operations at the National Crime Agency and early frontline experience at HM Customs & Excise. Most recently, Lorraine served as Global CISO at First Sentier Investors, where she steered global strategy, governance and incident response across highly regulated environments.

An advocate for inclusive leadership, Lorraine is Neurodiversity Community Lead and champions the creation of workplaces that support all forms of diversity. She holds an MSc in Forensic Computing and Cyber Crime Investigation and an Executive MBA, giving her both the technical depth and business acumen to navigate complex risks in fast-evolving threat landscapes.