Executive Cyber Leadership

Cybersecurity Executive | Financial Services | Global Security Operations | AI Governance

More than two decades connecting cyber operations, financial services, executive governance and AI-enabled security transformation across Brazil, Spain and the United States.

Alexandre Furlan
01

Cybersecurity Strategy & Governance

Risk strategy, control governance and the executive language that turns technical posture into board decisions.

02

Global Security Operations & Incident Response

SOC, CSIRT, digital forensics and crisis leadership across multiple countries and regulatory perimeters.

03

Banking, Payments & Digital Resilience

Retail and private banking, card and payment ecosystems, third-party risk, audit and supervisory reporting.

04

AI Security & Responsible AI Governance

AI-assisted investigation, agentic workflows and the accountability model that keeps humans in command.

Executive Profile

A career built on operating under pressure — and explaining it to the board the same afternoon.

Experience
Geography
Sectors
Disciplines
Governance
Business
Credentials
Languages
Career Architecture
2007–2013
Itaú Unibanco
Brazil
2013–2015
CETIP / B3
Brazil
2017–2018
SHV
LATAM
2018–2019
Alelo
Brazil
2019–2023
Santander Global Tech
Spain / Global
2023–2024
Santander Private Banking
United States
2025
SecurityFirst
Brazil
2025–
Ablaton / DEG
US / Global
Leadership Impact

Six mandates, stated as context, mandate, action and result.

Client names, internal architecture, incident detail and unauthorised metrics are deliberately excluded from the public layer.

01

Global CSIRT and critical incident governance

Santander Global Tech · Spain / Global · 2019–2023
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
02

Risk-based vulnerability and exposure programme

Santander Private Banking · United States · 2023–2024
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
03

SOC transformation in a payments environment

Alelo · Brazil · 2018–2019
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
04

Regional cybersecurity strategy — Latin America

SHV · LATAM · 2017–2018
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
05

AI-assisted security operations

Ablaton / Digital Element Group · Global · 2025–
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
06

Executive risk and board communication

Itaú Unibanco · Brazil · 2007–2013
Context
Mandate
Action
Result
Board & Advisory

Where a board benefits from this experience.

Available for board advisory, audit and risk committee support, and executive advisory mandates.

Cyber Risk

AI Governance

Digital Resilience

Technology Risk

Third-Party Risk

Secure AI Adoption

Perspectives

Selected positions.

Security Operations

From detection-centric operations to risk-centric orchestration

AI Security

Autonomous agents need circuit breakers before they need capability

Board Governance

Cyber risk reporting fails on translation, not on data

Payments & Resilience

Instant payment rails changed the shape of operational risk

Access

Three layers, released deliberately.

This site is the discovery layer.

Public

Executive Profile

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Executive Search Dossier

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Restricted

Evidence Vault

Available on formal request

Contact

Open to executive mandates, board advisory and confidential conversations.

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Target mandates