Carla Christofferson Biography
Carla Christofferson
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
As executive vice president and chief risk officer for DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), Carla Christofferson leads the company’s risk and security efforts. She is focused on risk management, including the ethics and compliance function, cybersecurity preparedness, resiliency and security, brand protection initiatives and asset protection.
Ms. Christofferson also works to advance DXC’s enterprise-level resilience strategy to enable leaders to respond to security and business disruptions in an efficient and consistent manner, keeping the safety and security of employees at the forefront while protecting company assets.
A member of DXC’s senior leadership team reporting to DXC president and CEO Mike Salvino, Ms. Christofferson brings significant experience in senior leadership roles. Prior to joining DXC she was at AECOM, a leading infrastructure firm, where she served as executive vice president and chief legal officer.
Ms. Christofferson led AECOM's risk management, IT security, physical security and safety, health & environment departments. She also oversaw the company’s legal organization globally, including litigation, government affairs, ethics and compliance, SEC reporting, and transaction-related legal activities.
In 2015, Ms. Christofferson was managing partner at O’Melveny & Myers, a Los Angeles law firm. During her 22-year tenure, she represented customers in a number of industries, including power, energy and oil and gas. Ms. Christofferson is active in Los Angeles community affairs and has served on the boards of the Los Angeles Library Foundation and the Metropolitan YMCA. She received a law degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts in communications from the University of North Dakota.