Sonal Khedekar-Lad is an accomplished professional in the field of information security and risk management, currently serving as the Head of Information Security and Risk at Hindalco Industries Limited since May 2022. Previous experience includes roles as Delivery Manager at Atos and Paladion, where responsibilities encompassed project management and security consulting focused on ISMS Framework and ISO27001 implementation. Sonal's career began at Wipro Infotech Ltd as Team Leader in the Security Domain, overseeing major incident investigations, and earlier roles included Security Admin at Softcell Technologies and Network Engineer at Asit C. Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd. Educational qualifications consist of a BE in Electronics from Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and a Diploma in Industrial Electronics from Government Polytechnic College.