Voya Financial, Inc. announced that Stacy Hughes has joined the company as senior vice president and chief information security officer (CISO). In this role, Hughes will be responsible for advancing Voya's vision and strategy for an industry-leading information security program and supporting Voya's focus on providing products, solutions and technologies that help Americans become well planned, well invested and well protected. Hughes will drive alignment of Voya's information security investments and plans to deliver leading-edge security technologies and capabilities across Voya's enterprise infrastructure.

She will lead the effort to anticipate and proactively mitigate information security risks, while also supporting business growth and innovation. Hughes will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Santhosh Keshavan. As Voya continues to reimagine the future of work, Hughes will be one of many leaders practicing a hybrid-working model from Atlanta, GA.

Hughes joins Voya with more than 20 years of experience leading complex IT initiatives within Fortune 500 financial technology organizations. Most recently, Stacy was the CISO at Global Payments Inc.