CIO, CISO, Board Advisor, NED & Author
David retired in July 2024 and is building out his portfolio, an Advisor with Bain Advisory Network, and an Advisor to JS Careers (Cyber Recruitment), and Emertel (Software Commercialisation).
He is a seasoned technology executive with significant experience, with over 25 years’ in CIO and CISO roles across different industries and countries. At Macquarie Group, David served as the Global Head of Technology, Cyber and Data Risk, previously was the CISO for HSBC Asia Pacific. His career as a CIO spans across multiple industries and geographies including – Metlife Japan, Eli Lilly and Credit Union Australia. He won CIO of the Year 2014, at CUA where he successfully completed a significant Transformation of Core Banking, Online and Mobile Banking systems.
David is previous Chairman for the FS-ISAC Strategy Committee and awarded Global Leaders Award in 2023 for his contributions to the cybersecurity industry. David was appointed as Ambassador CI-ISAC Critical Infrastructure in 2025.
A regular conference keynote speaker and 150+ published articles for CIO Australia, Computerworld, ITNews and CSO (Cyber Security), David now writes for Foundry CIO.com, CSO.com and CIO.INC. His most recent bestselling book – the Aspiring CIO & CISO has been added to the Top 10 Must Reads for Security Leaders.
