Phil Venables

Experience

1. Ballistic VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
2. Warburg Pincus LLCSenior Advisorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
3. InfobloxBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
4. Above SecurityBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
5. ArmorCode Inc.Board Membercurrent2026 — present
6. BreachRxBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
7. HackerOneBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
8. RogoChairman of Security Advisory Boardcurrent2025 — present
9. PlaidBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
10. NativeBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
11. Root EvidenceBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — present
12. MITREBoard Member - Science and Technology Advisory Committeecurrent2025 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
13. VezaBoard Member (Exit, sold to Service Now)2023 — 2026California, United States
14. Interos IncBoard Member2019 — 2026
15. GoogleVP - Google / Chief Information Security Officer - Google Cloud2020 — 2026
16. The White HousePresident's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2021 — 2025
17. Goldman SachsOperating Partner - Private Equity2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
18. Goldman SachsBoard Director - Goldman Sachs Bank2018 — 2020New York
19. Goldman SachsSenior Advisor (Risk and Cybersecurity)2018 — 2020New York
20. Goldman SachsPartner & Chief Operational Risk Officer2017 — 2018New York City

Education

1. University of OxfordM.Sc, Computation1989 — 1990
2. University of YorkB.Sc (Hons) First Class, Computer Science1986 — 1989

Skills & more

• Chartered Scientist — The OR Society
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security — Chartered Institute of Information Security
• Fellow of the British Computer Society — BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
• Chartered Engineer — BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
• Certified Information Security Manager — ISACA

From Phil's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford687

RHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMMMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBGBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDJDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesEPErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJHJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of York36

BTBob ThomasPartner at OxxMMarkInvestor at Boundary CapitalAAAnthony AvedissianPartner at Canonical CryptoCSConor ScanlanAssociate Partner at Nauta CapitalRWRosanne WhalleyCEO at AHL Venture PartnersAGAnne GrahlAssociate at Pureos Bioventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Above Security3

JSJake SeidGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesSMShay MichelManaging Partner at toDay VenturesDNDror NahumiManaging Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Also worked at Native3

JSJake SeidGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesYLYoav LeitersdorfManaging Partner at YL VenturesSMShay MichelManaging Partner at toDay Ventures

Also worked at Root Evidence1

RTRoger ThorntonGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures

Also worked at Interos Inc1

NBNick BeimPartner at Venrock