Leadership

Kazu Yozawa has more than 12 years of experiences in cyber security related services and has been Chief Executive Officer of NTT Security group since April 2021.

During his security related career, he was engaged in several roles such as CTO, Japan country manager and CAO.

Before those, he was on several boards of IT and communications firms, including within the NTT Group, and has led several initiatives in private cloud, data center, managed network services, and others.

Thomas Schoendorff is the global Chief Operating Officer, as well as the Chief Executive Officer of NTT Security Holdings, Nordics. Prior to that at NTT Security he held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President. Before joining NTT in 2013, Thomas held several leadership positions at Nokia Networks in Asia. He is an accomplished MBA and Bachelor of Science qualified executive with international experience and focus on cybersecurity and services business development, operations, and general management. Thomas has lived and worked in multiple countries in Europe, Asia, and Americas.

Greg has been with NTT for over 10 years where he has focused on engineering and product development of their cybersecurity platforms, products, and services. Additionally, Greg has held various engineering and executive roles at companies such as Intuit, Cisco, Silver Lake Sumeru, Exodus Communication, Cybera, and several overseas technology startups and multinational technology companies

John Petrie is the Global Chief Information Security Officer for NTT Security Holdings and the Counsellor to the NTT CISO at NTT Corporation.  An accomplished senior executive with more than 35 years of security experience, his current responsibilities include the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Global Enterprise Security Architecture Plan (ESA), harmonization of security technologies and standards across NTT’s portfolio of businesses. Prior to his current assignment, John was the CEO of the Americas Region for NTT Security, responsible for Canada, United States, Central and South American business.

Takahito Iguchi's career at NTT began in 1997, and he joined NTT Security 2016. Takahito was born in Fukuoka, Japan and has lived in London since 2017. He is a graduate of Keio University in Japan with a major in Economics.

Chikara Kondo has more than 25 years of experience in service and business development at NTT Group. He has developed various services, including an authentication platform using cryptography, and applications for wearable devices. Since 2015, he has been involved in the development of managed security services.

Taro Sekine serves as Chief Administration Officer of NTT Security Holdings and as CEO of NTT Security (Japan) K.K. He has been taking global executive roles at NTT Security group and Japan business planning head at NTT Security (Japan) since 2013. He has been with NTT group since 1993, led wide range of service development projects from business applications to TelcoTVs. He also has various background such as HR development & management, Sales engineering, and New Product Introduction at one of the largest Electronic Manufacturing Service company in the US.

He holds a Master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Tokyo and Sloan MSc in leadership and Strategy from London Business School.

Hanna Jacobsson joined NTT Security Holdings as Head of HR in 2022. Before that Hanna held different leading local and global positions within HR and Internal Communications, mainly within the manufacturing industry. Hanna holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources from Örebro University in Sweden.