{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"161905","rtpr_id":"nPren0FHda-20261006","ticker":"3113","exchange":"TSE Tokyo","all_tickers":["3113"],"title":"Bobby Ford Named Chair of Oak's Executive Advisory Board","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-06T13:00:00.358Z","article_body":"Bobby Ford Named Chair of Oak's Executive Advisory Board\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2026\n\nVeteran CISO will lead advisory board as the growth of human, machine, and AI\nagent identities outpaces the systems built to govern them\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oak (https://www.oak.id/), the\nAI-native Identity Operating System governing every human, machine, and AI\nagent identity, has appointed Bobby Ford, Chief Strategy Officer at Doppel, as\nthe chair of its Executive Advisory Board. In this independent role, Ford will\nadvise Oak's leadership on corporate strategy, go-to-market execution,\ncustomer and partner engagement, and executive communications, while helping\nthe company deepen its relationships across the CISO, enterprise security and\nIAM communities.\n\n\nFord is one of the most accomplished and trusted security executives of his\ngeneration, having served as Chief Information Security Officer at major\nglobal organizations, transitioning to Chief Strategy Officer. Before Doppel,\nFord spent nearly 15 years as an operator, most recently as the SVP/CSO at\nHewlett Packard Enterprise, Global CISO at Unilever, and the first Global CISO\nat Abbott and Exelis, Inc. He has deep operational expertise across enterprise\ncyber, social-engineering defense, and IAM. He brings operational, strategic,\nand go-to-market expertise to high-growth, venture-backed security companies.\n\n\"Identity was already one of the hardest problems in enterprise security, and\nAI agents accelerated it,\" said Ford. \"Every organization is preparing to run\na workforce of non-human identities acting on behalf of real people, at\nmachine speed, across systems that were never designed for it. Oak is tackling\nthat problem with the skill and urgency it requires. What attracted me to Oak\nwas the team. Founders like Shai and Tal, as well as the people around them,\nhave the talent, drive, and operating discipline to build something\ncategory-defining, and that's a rare combination. I'm proud to be joining\nOak's journey.\"\n\n\"Bobby has earned the trust of the global security community by doing hard\nthings at the highest level,\" said Shai Morag, CEO and Co-Founder of Oak. \"I'm\nexcited to see what we build together, a genuine partnership between our team\nand the world's top security leaders, learning from each other and moving\nfast.\"\n\nThe appointment follows Oak's emergence from stealth in July with $60 million\nin seed funding\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-raises-60m-in-seed-funding-to-build-the-ai-native-identity-operating-system-302826349.html),\nand marks a significant milestone in Oak's growth as the company deepens its\nengagement with large enterprises and the security executives who lead them.\n\nAbout Oak\n\nOak is the AI-native Identity Operating System that rewires enterprise\nidentity and access management. With an AI connector framework that reaches\nany application, whether on-prem, cloud, SaaS, or homegrown, it builds a live\nidentity graph from raw evidence across every identity type, including the\nfast-growing population of non-human identities and AI agents. By mapping the\naccess each identity holds against what it actually uses, Oak governs the full\nlifecycle of every identity with AI-built real-time risk decisions and\nroot-cause remediation. Oak was founded by Shai Morag and Tal Marom and backed\nby a $60 million seed round from Greylock, Accel, CRV, and Hetz Ventures.\nLearn more at oak.id (https://oak.id/).\n\nMedia Contact\nKate Schoenstadt\nkate@headline.media\n+972 54 777 6684\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bobby-ford-named-chair-of-oaks-executive-advisory-board-302899525.html\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2003153/Bobby-Ford.jpg?id=OA2989423\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPren0FHda-20261006","title":"Bobby Ford Named Chair of Oak's Executive Advisory Board","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"3113","created":"2026-10-06T13:00:00.358Z","tickers":["3113"],"exchange":"TSE Tokyo","article_body":"Bobby Ford Named Chair of Oak's Executive Advisory Board\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2026\n\nVeteran CISO will lead advisory board as the growth of human, machine, and AI\nagent identities outpaces the systems built to govern them\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oak (https://www.oak.id/), the\nAI-native Identity Operating System governing every human, machine, and AI\nagent identity, has appointed Bobby Ford, Chief Strategy Officer at Doppel, as\nthe chair of its Executive Advisory Board. In this independent role, Ford will\nadvise Oak's leadership on corporate strategy, go-to-market execution,\ncustomer and partner engagement, and executive communications, while helping\nthe company deepen its relationships across the CISO, enterprise security and\nIAM communities.\n\n\nFord is one of the most accomplished and trusted security executives of his\ngeneration, having served as Chief Information Security Officer at major\nglobal organizations, transitioning to Chief Strategy Officer. Before Doppel,\nFord spent nearly 15 years as an operator, most recently as the SVP/CSO at\nHewlett Packard Enterprise, Global CISO at Unilever, and the first Global CISO\nat Abbott and Exelis, Inc. He has deep operational expertise across enterprise\ncyber, social-engineering defense, and IAM. He brings operational, strategic,\nand go-to-market expertise to high-growth, venture-backed security companies.\n\n\"Identity was already one of the hardest problems in enterprise security, and\nAI agents accelerated it,\" said Ford. \"Every organization is preparing to run\na workforce of non-human identities acting on behalf of real people, at\nmachine speed, across systems that were never designed for it. Oak is tackling\nthat problem with the skill and urgency it requires. What attracted me to Oak\nwas the team. Founders like Shai and Tal, as well as the people around them,\nhave the talent, drive, and operating discipline to build something\ncategory-defining, and that's a rare combination. I'm proud to be joining\nOak's journey.\"\n\n\"Bobby has earned the trust of the global security community by doing hard\nthings at the highest level,\" said Shai Morag, CEO and Co-Founder of Oak. \"I'm\nexcited to see what we build together, a genuine partnership between our team\nand the world's top security leaders, learning from each other and moving\nfast.\"\n\nThe appointment follows Oak's emergence from stealth in July with $60 million\nin seed funding\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-raises-60m-in-seed-funding-to-build-the-ai-native-identity-operating-system-302826349.html),\nand marks a significant milestone in Oak's growth as the company deepens its\nengagement with large enterprises and the security executives who lead them.\n\nAbout Oak\n\nOak is the AI-native Identity Operating System that rewires enterprise\nidentity and access management. With an AI connector framework that reaches\nany application, whether on-prem, cloud, SaaS, or homegrown, it builds a live\nidentity graph from raw evidence across every identity type, including the\nfast-growing population of non-human identities and AI agents. By mapping the\naccess each identity holds against what it actually uses, Oak governs the full\nlifecycle of every identity with AI-built real-time risk decisions and\nroot-cause remediation. Oak was founded by Shai Morag and Tal Marom and backed\nby a $60 million seed round from Greylock, Accel, CRV, and Hetz Ventures.\nLearn more at oak.id (https://oak.id/).\n\nMedia Contact\nKate Schoenstadt\nkate@headline.media\n+972 54 777 6684\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bobby-ford-named-chair-of-oaks-executive-advisory-board-302899525.html\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2003153/Bobby-Ford.jpg?id=OA2989423\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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