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Paul Lek

Paul Lek

Executive Director, Business Information Security Officer – Japan, China and Asia Pacific, MSD

As the Executive Director of IT Risk Management and Security, Asia Pacific, Paul leads the regional team in Singapore to safeguard the confidential information, assets and intellectual property of the company. He is a key member of a global team reporting to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), with a portfolio covering the full spectrum of cybersecurity which includes Cyber Intelligence & Response, IT Risk Management & Compliance, Security Engineering, Risk Insight & Analytics Product and Strategy & Operation. He is also the Deputy Lead for Singapore Technology Center, where its 350+ employees are skilled in Data & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Experience Design, Cybersecurity, Cloud and many more to improve healthcare solutions. Paul has spent his 20+ years in Fortune 500 companies and joined MSD in 2012.

Paul strongly champions diversity, equity and inclusion and actively contributes to the external ecosystem. To name a few, he served as a Board of Director in ISACA Singapore and was part of the judging panel at Singapore Cybersecurity Awards 2018 organized by CyberSecurity Agency of Singapore (CSA).

To Paul, people are the first line of defense and the true core of the business. He believes in investing in people development and in helping people reach their full potentials, which is evidenced by the awards and accolades won, including the Best Employer for Lifelong Cyber Learning by ISACA SG Cyber Leader Awards (2023).

Paul holds a Bachelor of Internet Science and Technology from University of Wollongong Australia. In his spare times, he loves the art of cocktail mixology and wine pairing.

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