Former White House cybersecurity executive Christopher Mellen will join BDO Consulting as a director of information risk management, the consulting firm recently announced.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Mellen has over two decades of cybersecurity and data management experience in both the public and private sector. His most recent positions prior to joining BDO were as senior vice president of strategic security initiatives at PNC Financial Services Groups and as director of information risk management in the Executive Office of the President.