Marcos Semola | 30+ years protecting critical infrastructure and turning cybersecurity from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Now focused on what I believe is the most consequential challenge in our field: the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.

 

As Managing Director at Accenture Security, I lead the Energy Security USA business, a 1,000+ person team protecting the world's largest energy and utility operators across IT/OT convergence, AI governance, GRC, regulatory compliance, and business resilience.

 

Previously, I scaled EY's cybersecurity advisory practice 4.6x across Latin America, safeguarded Shell's multi-billion-dollar Gas & Power operation, and built Atos' security practice in Brazil from scratch.

The constant across every role: translating technical complexity into board-level decisions. Not threat reports, outcomes. Not compliance checkboxes, resilience.

 

Harvard Business School, FGV (where I taught infosec for 25 years), 8 books on risk management, IAPP Global Vanguard (2023), LinkedIn Top Voice (2022). Certified CISM, CIPM, CDPSE, PCI/DSS, ISO 27001, CCISO.