Career profile
Strategy, AI, cyber-risk and transformation executive. A career across enterprise transformation, post-merger integration, private-equity value creation and board leadership.
Questions about my work
My work connects corporate strategy, operating-model design, post-merger integration, AI and automation, and board governance. I also work on cyber-risk oversight and the commercial application of quantum technology. I am based in Melbourne, Australia.
Strategy Director - Head of AI and Emerging Technology at a global financial services and insurance provider · November 2026 – Present. Headhunted following an executive search, with a C-suite reporting line and a group-wide remit for AI strategy, intelligent operating-model design and emerging-technology adoption. The career timeline below includes concurrent appointments and contract roles.
My experience includes a McKinsey-contracted engagement-manager role at Alinta Energy, a Director / Senior Strategy Manager role at Accenture Strategy, leading PE & AI Services, and roles at Information Services Group and Monitor Deloitte. The timeline distinguishes employment, contracts and practice leadership.
This printable profile brings together professional experience, education and professional learning and certificates. Published thought leadership contains Sussex and Harvard academic research alongside practical strategy guides. For a current full CV, get in touch.
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Selected roles, including concurrent appointments and contract roles. Explore named programme examples in Selected work.
Strategy Principal & Subject Matter Advisor — Emerging Technology
Strategic delivery partnership
N.C Consulting (NCC) becomes a strategic delivery partner to Alyve, bringing my work in corporate strategy, AI and operating models together with a specialist technology and transformation advisory firm.
The partnership combines my commercial and emerging-technology advice with Alyve’s capabilities in technology strategy, solution architecture, AI adoption, intelligent automation and transformation delivery, supported by change management, governance and specialist talent.
Alyve’s published client portfolioANZ, ASX, Telstra, Transurban, Xero and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Explore AlyveEnterprise technology ecosystem
Approved programme registration
Following approval of its IBM Partner Plus registration, N.C Consulting expands its enterprise technology ecosystem — connecting commercial strategy with practical solution design, custom development, integration and implementation.
This next step supports NCC’s focus on turning AI and automation priorities into working solutions, alongside the strategic delivery partnership with Alyve.
Explore the IBM relationshipStrategy Director - Head of AI and Emerging Technology
Headhunted following an executive search to pioneer the group’s AI and intelligent operating model. Reporting to the C-suite, I lead AI strategy and emerging-technology adoption across its international subsidiaries.
Listed parent group with 10+ international subsidiaries, annual revenue of 20–30 billion, 17,000+ FTE and approximately one-third market share.
Non-Executive Director
Ongoing board appointment
I advise the founders and executive team on commercial strategy, funding and capital allocation, connecting segmentation, pricing, channels and the AI roadmap with a credible investor narrative and sustainable runway.
My board remit includes Chief Commercial Officer performance, KPI/OKR scorecards, quarterly strategy reviews, enterprise risk and ESG. I hold management to agreed milestones and investment returns, and advise on partnerships, adjacent markets and M&A as the recruitment-intelligence SaaS platform scales.
Explore NolyvraChair
Ongoing board appointment
I chair board strategy for a disability-focused social-impact organisation, guiding its service model, partnerships, funding and governance. My focus is sustainable services and measurable impact: greater accessibility, inclusion and employment outcomes, supported by clear board oversight and accountability.
Explore Beyond All AbilitiesGlobal Principal Consultant - AI and Automation Lead
Built and led an embedded AI & Automation function serving a client base across Australia, the UK and the US, spanning strategy, solution design, deployment and value tracking.
McKinsey-contracted Engagement Manager · Strategy GM, Alinta Energy
Led strategy, AI governance, operating-model design and integration governance across six workstreams involving 25+ consultants.
AI & Quantitative Modelling Consultant
Quantitative research, systematic modelling and the commercial application of emerging technology.
Director / Senior Strategy Manager · Practice Lead, PE & AI Services
Architected and launched Accenture’s Private Equity Strategy practice with a focus on AI services. Built the service catalogue from the ground up, redesigned the go-to-market strategy, hired more than 15 FTE and integrated the offerings with Accenture’s wider operations and technology business units.
Strategy Manager · Corporate & Institutional Clients
Corporate strategy, operating-model design, offshore capability and AI-enabled operations.
Senior Strategy Consultant
Workforce optimisation, vendor strategy and financial modelling.
Private Equity Contractor
Technical due diligence and financial business cases.
Group Strategist · Data & Analytics, contract
Data and analytics operating-model design, governance and strategic priorities.
Strategy Consultant to Manager · Technology, AI & Operations
Multi-country transformation, customer experience, operating-model redesign and technology-enabled strategy.
Chief Strategy Officer · Venture experience
Venture funding, supply-chain technology and an MVP to modernise operational workflows.
Chief Strategy Officer · Pro bono
Strategy, budget governance and funding priorities for a non-profit.
Analyst · M&A Advisory
Valuation, financial modelling and transaction analysis.
Legal Clerk · M&A
Financing documentation and cross-border advisory exposure.
Investment Banking Student Development Programme
Investment-banking training, valuation and portfolio analysis alongside university study.
Commercial foundations / 2013
Bachelor’s degree
BCom (Finance, M&A)
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor’s degree
LLB (M&A, Corporate Finance)
Bachelor of Laws
Valuation, finance, corporate law and M&A. A foundation in how capital and decisions shape organisations.
Management & director leadership / 2014–2019
Master’s degree
ALM (Management)
Master of Liberal Arts
Harvard Business School
Management study completed alongside full-time work at Accenture Strategy. Connecting corporate strategy, finance, organisational behaviour and execution.
GPA 4.0/4.0 · Completed alongside my Accenture Strategy role.Postgraduate diploma
PGDip (Director Leadership)
Postgraduate Diploma
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Technology & organisational change / 2024–2026
Master’s degree
MTech (Quantum Applications, AI & Cybersecurity)
Master of Technology
My study focus connects quantum applications with AI, cybersecurity, commercialisation and practical adoption.
Master’s degree
MEd (Business Leadership & Organisational Change)
Master of Education
Business leadership and organisational change, supporting my approach to learning and workforce enablement.
Continuing professional learning
These certificates, specializations and professional learning build on my formal education. They help me keep specific skills current across leadership, AI, automation, data platforms, cyber risk and governance. Each record shows the issuer and learning type, with verification and certificate previews where available.
Commercial decisions, leadership, M&A and understanding what may come next.
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Professional Certificate
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AI adoption, responsible use, agents and the data platforms that support delivery.
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Professional Certificate
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Professional Certificate
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Course certificate
Professional learning
Professional learning
Cybersecurity, AI governance, sustainability and the legal foundations of responsible decisions.
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Professional Certificate
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Specialization (non-credit)
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Professional Certificate
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McKinsey & Company
Strategy & AI insights.
Hosted by National Australia Bank (NAB)
Melbourne Business School
MBA programme.
Jacks of Fiji · Non-Executive Director, Strategy
Nolyvra — Non-Executive Director
Simmonds Lumber · Board Advisor, AI & Innovation — AI adoption for finance functions
Beyond All Abilities — Chair
Certified Quantum Specialist · Australian Computer Society
Subject-matter expertise · Australian Quantum Alliance and IEEE
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