Career profile
Jorge Perez
Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO), Ameris Bank
- Current role, per sources checked 22 October 2026
- August 2024
Jorge Perez is the Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO) of Ameris Bank, appointed in August 2024.
Career path
Perez began his career at KPMG LLC, where he progressed through a variety of positions in Cyber Security Services.
He later held global director roles at InterContinental Hotels Group, leading hotel cybersecurity services and overseeing Information Security Compliance and Assurance.
Before joining Ameris, Perez served as CISO of Wholesale Banking, Enterprise Payments, and Core Technology & Operations at Truist Financial.
In August 2024, Ameris Bank announced that Perez had joined as Corporate Information Security Officer, reporting to Chief Information Officer Ross Creasy.
Perez holds a bachelor's degree in business administration in management information systems from Florida International University.
Remit and recognition
Announcing the appointment, Creasy said, "Jorge is a proven cybersecurity expert with extensive management experience leading programs in business and cyber risk management, strategy, engineering and operations," citing Perez's combined background in corporate technology and financial services.
Perez is a member of the Hispanic IT Executive Council and has been named among the 100 most influential and notable Hispanic professionals in the technology industry for three consecutive years.
In September 2024, Ameris Bank announced that Perez, in his role as the bank's corporate information security officer, had been recognized among the 2025 HITEC list of top Hispanic professionals in technology.
At Ameris Bank, Perez's CISO role follows a pattern of senior security leadership in regulated financial institutions, moving from a business-unit CISO position at Truist to the enterprise-wide corporate CISO post at Ameris.
Ameris Bank, a subsidiary of Ameris Bancorp and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operates 164 financial centers across the Southeast and serves consumer and business customers nationwide through select lending channels.
