Okta appoints Helen Riley to board

By Greg Peters • Sunday, September 20 16:02 • Permanent Link

Okta added Helen Riley to its board of directors effective Sept. 18, 2026, while Emilie Choi stepped down from the board on Sept. 14.

Riley is the chief financial officer and chief operating officer at X, Alphabet’s research and development subsidiary, a role she has held in expanded form since 2023 after joining X in 2015 as vice president and CFO. Before that, she spent more than a decade in senior finance roles at Alphabet and Google, including senior finance director of global marketing from 2013 to 2015 and finance director of global G&A from 2011 to 2013.

Her board experience includes service at Eventbrite from July 2018 to April 2026 and at Marqeta from May 2020 to June 2025.

The board change comes as Okta continues to emphasize AI-related identity security. The company said Riley’s experience will support its push to secure AI agents and manage access controls across systems. Following these announcements, the company's shares moved -4.03%, and are now trading at a price of $182.37. For the full picture, make sure to review Okta's 8-K report.

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