ISMA names Niall MacGinnis as President
James Thorpe
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The International Security Management Association (ISMA) has named Niall MacGinnis as President of its Board of Directors, effective 1 July 2025.
MacGinnis – who will succeed Kirsten Meskill as President – will focus on deepening ISMA’s investment in developing the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the future.
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ISMA is a global network of senior security executives from the world’s top multinational companies.
The association plays a key role in equipping CSOs to lead risk management and response in a volatile and uncertain world.
Anticipating outcomes to protect both brands and employees, whilst also ensuring continuity of operations, helps corporations be truly resilient.
ISMA members represent over half of the Fortune 100 and more than 20% of the Fortune Global 500, a testament to the organisation’s deep bench of strategic influence.
“A powerful force multiplier”
“CSOs help organisations get ahead of potential issues and achieve their business goals by seeing and understanding relevant risk and making sure the company has thought through issues, and when things do happen they manage impact in real time,” said MacGinnis.
“A CSO’s job is to see fragility first. ISMA is a powerful force multiplier to connect the CSO community so they turn that foresight into action by building judgment, not just knowledge, and helping leaders act.”
“ISMA is already leading the effort”
“Despite the fact ISMA’s purpose hasn’t changed in its 42 years, the environments in which we operate and the risk landscape have,” said outgoing President Meskill.
“That landscape has changed our work, broadened the scope and impact. ISMA will always be a trusted network of CSOs sharing practices to make sound decisions with real-world consequences.
“The skills, experiences and expertise needed to confront today’s and tomorrow’s challenges are changing and ISMA is already leading the effort to prepare our current and next generation CSOs.”
