John is a highly experienced technology leader with a background in various leadership roles in the financial services industry.
He has held previous roles such as Director and Chief Technology Officer for Deutsche Bank in Australia, where he sat as a member of the bank operating committee, Vice President with Credit Suisse, and Chairman of the AIIA Financial Services Special Interest Group.
He has also served as Chairman of the New South Wales Government ICT Industry Advisory Panel and chaired the independent advisory panel for the NSW government on Cyber Security.
More recently, he has shifted his focus to helping organizations secure themselves against modern challenges in the field of cyber security. To support this, he founded Revio Cyber Security, a consultancy that helps organizations understand the true extent of their cyber security challenges and provides them with education, processes, and tools to address these issues. John has been involved in the development of Barrenjoey, a new Australian financial services firm, since its inception to assist in the development of business practices that are secure by design, as well as a robust Information Security strategy.
He is a strong believer in ongoing education and has completed studies at Macquarie University, INSEAD, and the London Business School. Awarded the title of Adjunct Fellow of Macquarie University, he has been working with the Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub since its inception in 2016, developing courses and architecting systems within the Cyber Range Training Centre. John has designed several courses for TAFE NSW, most recently a course to teach students the skills required to work in a Security Operations Centre, including simulating breaches on the TAFE AnyTown physical simulation environment. His research interests include intelligent IoT ecosystems, Machine Learning, and the security implications of driverless vehicles.
John is currently a non-executive director on the board of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South-Eastern Division) and a member of the Australian Computing Society, where he sits on the Cyber Security Committee, providing advice to the federal government on legislative changes.
