CIO Roundtable
SYDNEY

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/AI 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. He was appointed as Ambassador for CI–ISAC Critical Infrastructure in 2025.

Currently David also serves as Non-Executive Director Sapien Ventures Group, and on UNSW Technology Council. David is an Advisor with Bain Advisory Network and an Advisor to JS Careers, Tripwire and Fleak AI. More recently David has taken on Chairman for Asian Banker AI Hackathon and he was appointed as Adjunct Instructor to Singapore Institute of Directors where he teaches cybersecurity and risk management to new board members.

A regular conference keynote speaker and author of over 150 published articles for CIO Australia, Computerworld, ITNews, and CSO (Cyber Security), David now writes globally for Foundry, CIO.com, CSO.com, and CIO.INC. David has written three bestselling books - The Aspiring CIO & CISO, A Day in the Life of a CISO and How to Sell to the CIO and CISO.