Sydney CISO Community

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today.

Accelerating security to match the pace of digital business initiatives
Managing the risk created from a landscape of new core technologies
Achieving sustainability for the CISO role without compromising outcomes

Sydney CISO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the Sydney CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.

Co-Chairs

Susie Costa

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Australia
SVP, Head of Security Management

Ben Doyle

Thales Australia
CISO Asia Pacific

Leanne Fry

AUSTRAC
Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Information Officer

David Reeve

Metcash Trading
CIO

Roger Wahl

John Holland
CIO

Members

Asaf Ahmad

Fire & Rescue NSW
CISO

Victor Akkari

Cochlear
Chief Information Security Officer

Jason Anderson

Qsuper
Head of Information Security

Tim Batten

MetLife Australia
CIO

Gayan Benedict

Reserve Bank of Australia
CIO

Garry Bentlin

Transgrid
CISO

Mitra Bhar

NSW Education Standards Authority
Chief Information Officer

Wendy Bryant

Transport for NSW
CIO

Richard Burke

Graincorp Limited
Global Information Security Manager

Nishanth Chandran

MLC Life
CIO

Andy Chauhan

Ausgrid
CISO

Dovid Clarke

Sydney Airport Corporation
Head of Cyber Security

Dave Cowan

Link Group
Chief Information Security Officer

Linda Da Silva

ING Bank
Chief Information Officer

Christian Daugbjerg

Demant
Vice President IT, Asia Pacific

Eduardo Dowd

WPP AUNZ
Group CIO

Elrich Engel

AMP
Group Head of Cyber Security and Digital Protection (CISO)

Daniel Evans

Rio Tinto Australia
Chief Information Security Officer

Matthew Fedele-Sirotich

NSW Department of Family and Community Services
Chief Information Security Officer

Tanya Graham

Healthscope Limited
CIO

Audrey Hanson

Bluescope Steel
Global CISO

Rob James

TPG Telecom
Group Chief Digital and Information Officer

Doug Jenkins

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
CIO

Ryan Macnamee

Laing O'Rourke
Australia CIO & Group CISO

Sheela Maji

Serco Asia Pacific
Chief Digital Officer (Asia Pacific)

Volker Mayr

Zurich Australia
CIO

Anthony Molinia

University of Newcastle
Chief Information Officer

Jackie Montado

Oil Search Limited
Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President

Mackenzie Muir

Allianz Australia
Chief Information Security Officer

Niromi Mulholland

The Arnott’s Group
Chief Information Security Officer

Christopher Neal

Ramsay Health Care Limited
CISO

Debbie Nova

Coca-Cola Amatil
Group CIO

Hank Opdam

The Star Entertainment Group
Chief Information Security & Continuity Officer

Chris Pogson

Mirvac
General Manager, Technology (CIO)

Kshira Saagar

Latitude Financial Services
Chief Data Officer

Sebastian Schultes

Brookfield Asset Management Australia
Vice President, Technology Services

Siva Sivasubramanian

SingTel Optus
CISO

Mark Smink

JLL
Chief Information Security Officer - Asia Pacific

Christoph Strizik

Origin Energy
Chief Information Security Officer

Brad Tallon

Holcim Australia
Executive General Manager, IT, Technical & Engineering (Australia/NZ)

Debbie Taylor

NBN
Chief Information Officer

Fred Thiele

Transport for NSW
Group CISO

Marianne Vosloo

Energy Queensland
Chief Information Officer

Richard Webby

SingTel Optus
Managing Director, Digital

Rob Wiggan

Queensland University Of Technology
Associate Director Information Security

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Derek Benz, CISO
The Coca-Cola Company

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VF Corp

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Humana

Upcoming Events

Virtual Programs

27 May 2021

2021 Sydney CISO Virtual Executive Summit

Walk away from this peer-led, half-day virtual program with new connections and actionable insights.

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BLOG | FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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