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DAVID GEE
Chair
David is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience, boasting over 25 years in CIO and CISO roles across various industries and countries. At Macquarie Group, David was the Global Head of Technology, Cyber and Data Risk.
He previously served as the CISO for HSBC Asia Pacific. His career as a CIO spans multiple industries and regions, including MetLife Japan, Eli Lilly, and Credit Union Australia.
In 2014, he won the CIO of the Year award at Credit Union Australia, where he successfully completed a significant transformation of core banking, as well as online and mobile banking systems.
David previously served as Chairman of the FS-ISAC Strategy Committee and received the Global Leaders Award in 2023 for his contributions to the cybersecurity industry.
Current Non-Executive Roles
Bain & Company – Advisor; August 2024 – present
CI-ISAV Australia – Ambassador; January 2025 – present
JS Careers – Advisor; July 2024 – present
Emertel – Advisor; July 2024 – present
Sapien Group – Board Member; July 2024 – present
Previous Executive and Non-Executive Roles
Macquarie – Global Head Technology, Cyber & Data Risk; 2021 – 2024
HSBC – CISO; 2018 – 2021
Sapien Ventures – Venture Partner; 2014 – 2018
MetLife – Statutory Executive Officer, Senior VP & CIO – 2016 – 2017
Venturetec – Strategic Advisory Board; 2014 – 2016
Inari Group – Executive Advisor; 2014 – 2016
Cedit Union Australia – CIO; 2011 – 2014
KPMG IT Advisory – Director; 2010 – 2011
Eli Lilly – CIO; 1995 – 2010
EY – Dirctor Strategy & Innovation;1993 – 1995
He was appointed as Ambassador for CI–ISAC Critical Infrastructure in 2025.
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David is an Advisor with Bain Advisory Network and an Advisor to JS Careers (Cyber Recruitment) and Emertel (Software Commercialisation).
A regular conference keynote speaker and author of over 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 made it onto the Top 10 Must-Reads for Security Leaders.