Joseph Lau
Corporate Officer/Principal at DIALOGUE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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Sagard
Joseph Lau has served as Chief Information Security Officer at Sagard since 2019.
As a member of the value creation team, Joseph is responsible for cybersecurity and information security across the Sagard platform.
Joseph assists our portfolio partners with cybersecurity maturity assessments, developing action plans, advising on strategic roadmaps, running cyber breach simulations and responding to cyber incidents.
He has integrated on an interim basis into senior leadership positions at Dialogue, KOHO and Alpaca to quickly level-up their cybersecurity programs.
Joseph also provides thought leadership on cybersecurity and performs technical due diligence on potential investments.
He is based in Ottawa.
Prior to Sagard, Joseph was the Head of Critical Infrastructure Partnerships at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security where he oversaw the declassification and transfer of cyber defence technology from government to large financial services enterprises in Canada.
Before the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Joseph spent time in Doha, Qatar with Global Risk Advisors where he was the Director of Cyber Security.
His prior experience includes a long history of public service as part of Canada’s Communications Security Establishment where he spent fifteen years in progressive roles at the intersection of technology and security.
Joseph holds an MBA from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) from the University of Manitoba.
Joseph Lau active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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DIALOGUE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Portage Ventures
Portage Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Portag3 Ventures (Portag3 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sagard Private Equity founded in 2015 by Paul Guy Desmarais III and Adam Felesky. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2018-12-31 |
Koho Financial, Inc.
Koho Financial, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Koho Financial, Inc. provides banking services. The company was founded by Daniel Eberhard, Jonathan Franklin Bixby, Michael Robert Benna, and Joshua Bixby and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Former positions of Joseph Lau
Companies | Position | End |
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Alpaca LLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Queen's University | Masters Business Admin |
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Koho Financial, Inc.
Koho Financial, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Koho Financial, Inc. provides banking services. The company was founded by Daniel Eberhard, Jonathan Franklin Bixby, Michael Robert Benna, and Joshua Bixby and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Finance |
Portage Ventures
Portage Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Portag3 Ventures (Portag3 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sagard Private Equity founded in 2015 by Paul Guy Desmarais III and Adam Felesky. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Finance |
Dialogue Health Technologies, Inc.
Dialogue Health Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Dialogue Health Technologies, Inc. operates as a health and wellness platform. Its service lines include primary care and mental health, employee assistance program, and occupational health and safety services. The company was founded by Cherif Habib, Alexis Smirnov and Anna Chif in 2016 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. | Technology Services |
Alpaca LLC | Retail Trade |
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