The Leeds Building Society has added to its IT risk and governance team following the appointment of a new lead for the team.

Richard Dew has over 25 years’ IT experience and joins the mutual from HSBC, where he was group head of infrastructure security risk, focusing on cyber security risks and how technology used to provide service to the business and its customers is secured.

His experience covers both implementing security and more recently oversight and assurance of it. Prior to this Dew held a number of senior IT operational roles both in the UK and overseas.

His new role is to support the delivery of society-wide IT strategic plans by embedding risk management as a core competence within IT, helping the business to understand its IT risks and informing investment decisions.

Dew said: This is a new appointment for Leeds Building Society, which allows us to embed IT risk management capability in a way which best supports our business.

“We will help expand the IT strategy and deliver the right outcomes for the business, drawing on existing expertise and experience.

“IT risk management helps build and maintain commitment with the business and assist in retaining control and demonstrating that goals are achieved.”