Canadian Security Magazine

Virtual Summits
CS Honours 2021
October 7, 2021 at 1:00pm ET

2:45pm – 2:55pm
Award Presentation: Security Director of the Year

Winner: Lina Tsakiris, director, strategic security partnerships, corporate security, CIBC


Lina Tsakiris
Lina Tsakiris specializes in providing innovative security solutions through partnership building with key internal and external communities, as well as strategy and program creation for key corporate security initiatives. Tsakiris has more than 25 years of extensive global experience in enterprise security risk management, including intelligence, physical security and insider threat management.

Tsakiris joined CIBC in 2014, bringing with her a successful 15-year career in corporate security within the global financial services sector. She is also an executive volunteer at ASIS International and other security associations that provide coaching and mentoring for practitioners.

Tsakiris resides in Toronto and is an avid cyclist and trekker. She has enjoyed exploring these activities in several countries.