Disaster Recovery Journal Spring 2026

CAREER SPOTLIGHT

Career Spotlight: Bethany Netzel of CME Group

ChicagoFirst regional coalition, which focuses on resilience and security plan ning, and I’ve co-led the Reconnection Working Group for the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council. How did you get into the business resilience industry? I started in disaster recovery at Progressive Insurance’s technology divi sion. My undergraduate degree was in science – not technology or business – so it was quite a leap to pivot to a role in resilience. When I first interviewed for a role in this area, the hiring manager men tioned he was looking for someone with people skills. He then helped me learn the technical side. That was very refreshing. I’ve had some amazing mentors through out my career, who continue to teach and expose me to different ways of thinking, as well as leadership styles. For that, I am extremely grateful.

gations, executive protection, background checks, security systems processing, officer management and command center security operations. I’m also very active in the financial services sector, focusing on security and resilience. I serve on the board of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), where I’ve had the honor of co-writing the TriSector playbook for the communica tions, electricity and the financial sectors, and participating in G7 planning commit tees on reconnection, cloud and geopoliti cal risks. I’m also the board chair for the

Tell us about yourself – your name, company, title, and responsibilities?

I’m Bethany Netzel, managing director and chief resilience officer, operational resilience and global security at CME Group, which is a large exchange and clearing house for the markets. I lead the operational resilience program that includes business continuity, system resilience, crisis management, vendor risk management, operational risk and compliance management. I also head up the global security department that has program areas such as corporate investi

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