Anna Marie Pabellon

Anna currently leads the Assurance practice in the Philippines and has over 23 years of solid experience in the fields of cyber risk management, information technology security strategies, and technology implementations. Prior to this role, she was the Country Risk Advisory Leader – the first woman to hold this position – overseeing Regulatory, Financial, Technology, and Cyber Risk services.​

Her portfolio of cybersecurity services includes security strategy and governance, vulnerability management, security implementations and security operations for financial services, utilities and power companies.​

She helps companies navigate the complex requirements of data privacy, cybersecurity and emerging risks brought about by new regulations, technologies, and business trends such as digital transformation, cloud, mobility, IOT, RPA, and artificial intelligence. She draws her insight from her vast practical experience as the former head of Technology Information Security Group of the Philippines’ largest telco, where she was responsible for the management of strategic initiatives to preserve the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information assets and resources.

Prior to her telco role, she was also one of the youngest Vice Presidents of the Philippines' largest universal bank and the head of its Information Systems Audit Department. In her earlier years, she was with a consulting company performing various IT risk services here in the Philippines and in Australia.