M&T Bank Corp. has named a former deputy director of the National Security Agency to its board of directors. <\/p>\n
Richard H. Ledgett Jr., a Maryland resident, spent 29 years with the NSA, including serving as itsdeputy director from January 2014 until his retirement last April. M&T said Ledgett has a total of four decades of experience in intelligence, cyber security and cyber operations experience. <\/p>\n
Richard H. Ledgett Jr. (PRNewsfoto) <\/p>\n
As the NSA's deputy director, Ledgett acted as the agency's chief operating officer, and he also led the NSA's 24\/7 Threat Operations Center, which is responsible for identifying and countering cyber threats to the United States' national security systems. <\/p>\n
Robert G. Wilmers, M&T's chairman and CEO, said Ledgett \"will be an invaluable addition to our board, bringinga management, operational and technical perspective to cyber security and information assurance that will further strengthen M&T's commitment to information security and risk management.\" <\/p>\n
With Ledgett's appointment, M&T now has 15 directors on its board. <\/p>\n
Ledgett was also named to the board of M&T Bank, M&T's principal banking subsidiary. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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