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PNC Names Christian Winward Chief Information Security Officer

PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2026 — The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) announced today that Christian Winward has been named chief information security officer. 

Winward joins PNC from FirstBank -- which became part of PNC earlier this year -- where he served as chief information officer and a member of the bank's senior leadership team. His career with FirstBank spanned more than 30 years, beginning as a teller and progressing through leadership roles across technology and project management. As CIO, he led the modernization of the bank's technology capabilities and supported the successful integration of FirstBank into PNC. He is based in Denver, one of PNC’s strategic technology locations.

"Christian brings the leadership experience, business perspective and vision to help shape the future of our technology and security organization," said Debbie Guild, head of Technology at PNC. "His leadership of major technology functions, support of the successful integration of FirstBank into PNC and strong understanding of our business position him well to build on the excellent foundation already in place and help advance the security and resilience of our enterprise."

Winward will report to Guild and will lead PNC’s Enterprise Information Security organization that helps safeguard PNC's digital identity, data, people and technology environment. The organization oversees cyber strategy, attack surface monitoring, security operations, incident response, data protection, governance, risk assessments, and third-party and subsidiary security. It also operates PNC's Global Security Fusion Center, which integrates cyber, physical, fraud and insider threat intelligence to help protect the enterprise.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.

 
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