Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company announced the appointment of Sean Plankey as Global Leader Cybersecurity Software. In this new role, Plankey, a leading cybersecurity expert, will spearhead the commercialization of WTW's innovative cybersecurity software. Plankey is one of the United States' foremost cybersecurity experts who has built cybersecurity products across multiple Silicon Valley start-ups, most recently at Bedrock Systems, and advised leaders at the White House, U.S. Cyber Command, Silicon Valley and some of the world's larger global corporations.

Plankey has a Master of Science, Computers and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.