Frank Roppelt is Vendor Risk Management professional with over 17 years of experience. He possesses strong knowledge on regulatory requirements for Financial, Healthcare, and Government industries. Frank demonstrates strong Security and 3rd Party Risk Management background, assessing vendor services for Information and Cyber Security Controls, Audit, Operations, Policy, Awareness, Business Continuity, Risk Assessment, and Governance. Has in-depth knowledge and experience on building and managing vendor risk management programs on a global scale. The programs he has built have provided solutions that enable businesses to succeed with their vendor related goals and objectives, ensuring vendor risk management is never a road block, instead a partnership and trusted advisory service.

Frank Roppelt’s Specialties include:

• Vendor Management
• Security Risk Management
• Information Security
• Cyber Security
• Security Architecture & Design
• IT Audit and Controls
• Privacy
• Business Continuity

Currently Frank Roppelt is the Managing Director and Global Head of Vendor Risk Management for BNY Mellon. Previously he served as the VP Corporate Data Security-Risk Management for The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, where he was responsible for building the vendor security risk assessment program. Previously he served as the Principal Consultant for an information risk consulting firm providing risk management, policy and ISO 27001 framework services to banking and healthcare industries. Prior to consulting he was a Director of Global IT and Security Operations for ICON PLC, a leading clinical research organization within the Pharmaceuticals industry.

Mr. Roppelt is certified in Governance of Enterprise Information Technology (CGEIT), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Information Technology Information Library (ITIL) and Six Sigma Green Belt. Frank Roppelt is a Senior Security Advisor Board member for Vigitrust, a global consulting organization providing security assessment and security learning solutions. Mr. Roppelt has presented for Symantec Vision, ISACA, Cloud Security Alliance, Next Generation Security, and Infragard (FBI) on various compelling topics relating to Vendor Risk Management, Cyber Attacks, and Baking in Security to SDLC.