Experts & Advisors
Brandon Welch
Managing Director
Brandon Welch is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in Los Angeles. He has over six years of experience working in cyber insurance, cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy.
Brandon is an industry leader in the world of incident management, data privacy, and cybersecurity. As a Managing Director at Ankura, Brandon is responsible for cyber insurance relationships, strategy for incident response offerings, and collaboration with all internal/external stakeholders.
Brandon leads a team of business development professionals intended to drive revenue through deep partnerships with insurance carriers, brokerage firms, privacy counsel, and other organizations by finding the appropriate cyber solution for their issue.
Experience
Brandon’s professional experience includes:
- Managed over 2500 data security incidents including large scale ransomware attacks across all industry verticals.
- Conducted tabletop exercises in tandem with privacy counsel and led them for operations teams and executive teams.
- Reviewed, developed, and created over 100 incident response plans for organizations in varying industry verticals.
- Performed security control review in tandem with underwriting to provide a holistic view of cyber risk of an organization.
- Created content and presented it at conferences including incident response, data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI.
- Provided internal trainings and updates on overarching strategy for large scale incidents to ensure consistent, economic outcomes for insureds.
- Managed a panel of service providers to create agile solutions for insureds experiencing a cyber incident.
- Education
- BA, History, French Literature, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- JD, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
- Certifications
- Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP)
- CSX Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate (CSXF)
- Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
- Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
- Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP)
- Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
- Affiliations
- IAPP, ISACA
