Paul Macpherson

Chief Information Security Officer

Reserve Bank for New Zealand

Paul Macpherson leads the Security Directorate for Te Pūtea Matua, with responsibility for managing information and cyber security risks, and physical and personnel security across the organisation.

Paul has over 30 years’ experience in information security administration, consulting and management roles across the public and private sector. Previously he held information security management roles at Westpac NZ and Xero, and spent 10 years with KPMG where he provided information security consulting and audit services to clients globally. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).