Career profile
Naina Bhattacharya
chief information security officer, Coats
- Current role, per sources checked 14 August 2026
- Not stated in the sources
Naina Bhattacharya is the chief information security officer of Coats.
Career path
Bhattacharya previously served as Group CISO at Danone, where she spoke on the direction of the CISO role at the 2023 UK & Ireland CISO Executive Summit.
An Infosecurity Magazine profile lists her as CISO, Danone and a ClubCISO member, noting experience working on cybersecurity topics across multiple industries with a background spanning technology and business.
Her listed areas of interest on that profile include physical and information security convergence and the internet of things.
She now appears as chief information security officer of Coats in Computer Weekly's 2026 longlist of the most influential women in UK technology.
Diversity work and recognition
Bhattacharya has described a particular interest in increasing the representation of women in cybersecurity and in advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace more broadly.
She received the Financial Times and 30% Club's Women in Leadership Award, which funded a place on the Henley Business School MBA programme.
Conference appearances
At the 2023 UK & Ireland CISO Executive Summit, held at The Landmark London, Bhattacharya delivered a keynote titled What's Next for CISO Role - Evolution or Revolution?, examining how the CISO role could and should progress.
The session's framing held that it is vital to question what the modern CISO should look like.
Her session appeared alongside others from the UK & Ireland CISO community programme organised by Evanta, which that year also featured Don Gibson, CISO of Kinly, and Derek Cheng, CISO of Deliveroo.
Computer Weekly's longlist, now in its 15th year, has tracked influential women in UK technology since it began with 25 names in 2012, later expanding to 50 in 2015.
