Executive record
Thomas Coudray
Thomas Coudray is Chief Information Security Officer at Mistral AI. The appointment was announced in September 2026, per CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026.
Before the appointment: Chief Information Security Officer at Ledger, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Thomas Coudray, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Mistral AI
Source: CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026 (September entries) ↗ · Move record
Before September 2026· Earlier role
Chief Information Security Officer at Ledger
Named in the announcement of the Mistral AI appointment · Source: CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026 (September entries) ↗
The appointment
Announced September 2026 · Source: CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026 (September entries) ↗ · Move record
Thomas Coudray is Mistral AI's new Chief Information Security Officer, joining the French AI company from crypto-wallet vendor Ledger, where he was CISO. Ledger named Oded Blatman as CIO and Chief Security Officer on September 9, 2026. Precision has not been established beyond the month: Mistral has not issued its own announcement, and the appointment is reported in trade press and on Coudray's own professional profile.
The company: Mistral AI
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- Europe
- Company record
- Who runs security at Mistral AI: 1 confirmed move on the record
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Thomas Coudray's, nearest first (8 of 22). The Technology bench
Robert Wood, Chief Information Security Officer at TiDB
Patrick McKinney, Chief Information Security Officer at Turing
Frank Krieger, Chief Information Security Officer at Swap
Geoff Belknap, Chief Trust Officer at HubSpot
Patti Degnan, Chief Information Security Officer at Glow
Erika Dean, Chief Information Security Officer at Tricentis
Aditya Kumar, Chief Information Security Officer at InMobi Group
Russ Gritzo, Chief Information Security Officer at SMSI
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 2 months since the appointment was announced (September 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 16, 2026
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Thomas Coudray
- Who is the CISO of Mistral AI?
- Thomas Coudray is Chief Information Security Officer at Mistral AI. The appointment was announced in September 2026, per CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026.
- When did Thomas Coudray become CISO of Mistral AI?
- The appointment was announced in September 2026, per CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Thomas Coudray work before Mistral AI?
- Before the appointment, Thomas Coudray was Chief Information Security Officer at Ledger, according to the announcement (CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026).
Sources
- 1.CSO Online, New CISO appointments 2026 (September entries) ↗: the appointment at Mistral AI, September 2026
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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