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Lea Cornelius
Compass Group PLC
CIO, Australia
Paul Murphy
GHD
CIO
TK Elevator
Head of IT, ANZ
Cochlear Limited
Vice President, Information Technology Assurance
Transurban
Head of Data, AI and ML
DB Schenker
CIO, ANZ
Fiserv
Director, Information Security
Genpact
Vice President - Information Security
Built
Chief Digital & Information Officer
NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Inghams Group
CISO
First Sentier Investors
CISO
Fair Work Ombudsman
Chief Information Officer
Veolia Australia and New Zealand
CISO
icare NSW
Group Executive, Digital & Transformation
Judicial Commission of NSW
Interim Head of IT Services & CISO
The University of Newcastle
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Wesfarmers
Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety
Ramsay Health Care Limited
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Hearing Australia
CIO
Challenger Limited
CISO
Brookfield
SVP, Technology Services, Brookfield Asset Management
Toyota Finance Australia
General Manager, IT
The Lottery Corporation
CIO
Sonic Healthcare
CISO
Holcim Australia
Executive General Manager, IT, Technical & Engineering (Australia/NZ)
Boral Limited
CISO
Australian Red Cross
Head of Information Security
George Weston Foods
Director, Business & Technology Services
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
CISO
Toll Group
Global Head of Governance, Risk and Assurance, Group IT
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