Deborah Guild

Deborah Guild is executive vice president and head of Technology for The PNC Financial Services Group responsible for all aspects of enterprise and business technology and security.

Prior to being appointed head of Technology in July 2024, Guild served as head of Enterprise Technology and Security. In this capacity, she was responsible for enterprise hosting and engineering, technology risk management, enterprise architecture, enterprise data hosting, as well as aligning all aspects of PNC’s security program, including authentication and authorization, cyber security, information security, fraud, physical security and global technology and security operations. Guild previously served as chief security officer as well as chief technology officer responsible for infrastructure, technology operations, information security, cybercrime and IT service management.

Before joining PNC in October 2013, Guild spent 21 years at Bank of America where she most recently served as chief technology officer of enterprise functions and end user computing. She also served as the global integrated business and change management executive. Guild previously served as senior network engineer at Intel Corporation.

Guild has been named one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking (2022-2023) after previously being among the Most Powerful Women to Watch (2020-2021).

Guild is a member and chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC). She is a member of BITS, the technology division of the Bank Policy Institute, and a founding member of the Better Identity Coalition. In addition, she serves on the board for the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (P3R). She is a past board member of FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center).

She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science, minor in mathematics from University of North Florida.