Eric Eekhof

With over 20 years of international and Australian cyber security experience, Eric is a pragmatic security specialist, passionate about managing cyber risk and improving cyber resilience of the organisations he works with. His experience, communication skills, broad knowledge of cyber security and strong technical background allows Eric to be a trusted advisor to boards, executives, business and technical staff.

Prior to joining KordaMentha Eric was Head of Security of an accounting firm, responsible for their security consulting practice and protecting the organisation itself. In addition Eric has lead and worked with many specialists to secure organisations on three continents and in industries such as financial services, utilities, healthcare, telecommunications, education, government and defence.

At KordaMentha, Eric leads a strong team of cyber security experts that assist organisations manage their organisational cyber security risk, reputation and compliance requirements. He helps organisations protect what matters most, allowing them to achieve their goals and objectives.

Significant engagements

• Security director establishing a new information security function at a retail bank with offices in four countries
• Enterprise security architect designing and implementing the security function, strategy and roadmap for a critical electricity and gas transmission organisation
• Lead security architect delivering security capability uplift programs at a national telecommunications organisation
• Advisory board member for an education institute.