Leigh Williams was appointed President of BITS in April 2007. Previously, Leigh was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. While at Harvard, his research focused on public and private sector collaboration in the governance of privacy and security.

Prior to joining the Kennedy School, Leigh worked for many years at Fidelity Investments in various risk management, security and privacy roles, including Chief Risk Officer and Chief Privacy Officer. His most recent position at Fidelity was Senior Vice President, Public Policy. While with Fidelity Investments, Leigh served the industry in a variety of leadership roles, including many within BITS and the rest of The Financial Services Roundtable. Leigh served as Chairman of the BITS Security and Risk Assessment Steering Committee, co-Chair of the BITS Privacy Working Group, and as a member of the BITS Advisory Board. He was one of the early leaders of the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC), serving as an officer and member of the first Board of Directors of ITAC from 2004 - 2006.

Email: leigh@fsround.org