CISO appointment
Oded Blatman named Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer at Ledger
Oded Blatman is the Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer of Ledger. Oded joins from Fireblocks, where they served as CIO and CISO.
Records: Ledger · Oded Blatman · Career profile on CISO Spotlights ↗
| Person | Oded Blatman |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer |
| Company | Ledger |
| Previous role | CIO and CISO, Fireblocks |
| Announced | September 9, 2026 |
| Source | businesswire.com |
Context from the record
- Ledger is filed under Financial Services, Europe, on our record.
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- Rishi Awasthi, Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Management Personnel, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited
- Tetsuya Iwase, Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), The Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd.
- Joel Fulton, Chief Information Security Officer, Veritas Capital
- Denis Nesi, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Bradesco Seguros
- Alankrit Shrivastava, Chief Information Security Officer, 360 ONE Asset Management Limited
- Sean Bruton, Chief Information Security Officer, Illumia
17 on our record that quarter. Who runs security in Financial Services.
What this move signals
Ledger appointed Oded Blatman as CIO and CSO, reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Pascal Gauthier. Blatman joins from Fireblocks, where he served as CIO and CISO for five years, and previously held the role of Global CISO at Bank Hapoalim.
According to the announcement, Ledger appointed Oded Blatman as Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer on September 9, 2026. He reports directly to Chairman and CEO Pascal Gauthier. The announcement says he will lead cyber and infrastructure security, product security including the Donjon, physical and workplace security, security operations, enterprise risk management including supplier assurance, and internal IT covering company assets, business applications and IT services.
The announcement says Blatman joins from Fireblocks, where he served as CIO and CISO for five years. Before that, he was Global CISO of Bank Hapoalim, described as Israel's largest bank, and CIO and CISO of ClickSoftware, where he led security through the company's acquisition by Salesforce.
The company describes the combined role as deliberate. It says bringing information and security under a single executive reflects its view that these disciplines are inseparable. The announcement also says the appointment comes ahead of Ledger OP3N on 15 October 2026.
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