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Phil Venables

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Venture Partner at Ballistic Ventures · Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus · Board Member at HackerOne · Board Advisor at Plaid · Board director at Interos

New York, New York, United States

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3,039 people in our graph share verified history with Phil — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Niki PezeshkiunlockedPhil: together at Goldman Sachs (2010)
×2Phil: together at Plaid
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Phil: together at University of Oxford

About

Phil Venables focuses on early-stage cyber and cyber-adjacent investments at Ballistic Ventures. He was the first CISO of Google Cloud, a longtime partner at Goldman Sachs (including 17 years as its first CISO), and currently advises Google, Warburg Pincus, and several boards including HackerOne, Veza, and Plaid.

Board director at Interos

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Interos's investors · 13

AllegisCyber CapitalPalo Alto · $3M – $5M checksAlley Robotics VenturesCohasset · $500K – $2M checksAlleyCorpNew York · $1M – $5M checksBallistic VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024Blue Owl CapitalNew York · since 2026Declaration PartnersNew YorkForgePoint CapitalSan Mateo · $5M – $50M checksHakluyt CapitalLondonNightDragonSan FranciscoOwl CapitalStructural CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $50M checks · since 2026VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2020Venrock AssociatesPalo Alto · since 2024

Co-founders at Interos

JBJennifer Bisceglie
Jennifer BisceglieDirector

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
  21. Goldman SachsPartner & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)2000 — 2017Greater New York City Area
  22. Deutsche BankChief Information Security Officer1997 — 2000
  23. Standard Chartered BankGlobal Head of Technology Risk Management (CISO)1995 — 1997
  24. Barclays BankInformation Security Manager (BISO)1992 — 1995

Skills & more

Information SecurityTechnical Leadership64Risk ManagementCrisis Management91Business Continuity PlanningEnterprise Risk ManagementCryptography78Hedge Funds38Operational Risk Management16Information Security ManagementPenetration Testing13Data Center34
+8 moreData SecurityIT AuditIT StrategyEnterprise ArchitectureInfrastructureSecurity ManagementManagementElectronic Trading
  • 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.

Investments

Board seats

Interos

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Ballistic Ventures

Adrian Mallinger
Operations & Administration at Ballistic Ventures
Agnes So
Chief Financial Officer at Ballistic Ventures
Andy Johnson
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
Barmak Meftah
General Partner at Ballistic Ventures
Bonnie Komar
Controller at Ballistic Ventures
Caroline Salas
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
Chris Inglis
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
David Hahn
CISO Operating Partner at Ballistic Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Phil Venables?
Phil Venables focuses on early-stage cyber and cyber-adjacent investments at Ballistic Ventures. He was the first CISO of Google Cloud, a longtime partner at Goldman Sachs (including 17 years as its first CISO), and currently advises Google, Warburg Pincus, and several boards including HackerOne, Veza, and Plaid.
Where does Phil Venables work?
Phil Venables is Venture Partner at Ballistic Ventures and Board director at Interos.
What boards does Phil Venables sit on?
Phil Venables holds tracked board seats at Interos.
Where did Phil Venables go to school?
Phil Venables studied at University of Oxford (M.Sc, Computation); University of York (B.Sc (Hons) First Class, Computer Science).

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