Phil Venables

Phil Venables is the Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Google Cloud. Prior to joining Google Cloud, he was a Partner at Goldman Sachs where he held multiple roles over a long career, initially as their first Chief Information Security Officer, a role he held for 17 years. In subsequent roles he was Chief Risk Officer for the firm’s operational risks, an Operating Partner in their private equity business and a Senior Advisor to the firm’s clients and executive leadership on cybersecurity, technology risk, digital business risk, and operational resilience. In addition to this, Venables was a Board Director of Goldman Sachs Bank (USA). He also serves on the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board of NIST and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.