Cindy Taibi is the Chief Information Officer of The New York Times.

Cindy started at The Times in 1981 and has worked across the company in a variety of roles: initially as a developer in our core print News Systems group; overseeing I.T. for our regional media group in the mid-2000s, as the head of our print advertising and business systems teams; and recently, overseeing our internal infrastructure, including international locations.

As C.I.O, Cindy is responsible for applying technology to support our business, including: the infrastructure that supports the mission of The Times, productivity tools and critical applications that are the nervous system of our business, including our financial systems, our talent management systems and our legal and compliance systems.

Cindy is the first woman to hold the role at The New York Times.

Dr Clark is currently Head of the Australian Space Agency and a director of Rio Tinto, CSL Limited and CARE Australia. She is a member of the Australian advisory board of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Dr Clark recently chaired the Expert Working Group into the Review of Australia’s Space Industry Capability. She was Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 2009 to 2014.  Prior to CSIRO, she was a Director at NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) and was Vice President Technology and subsequently Vice President Health, Safety and Environment at BHP Billiton from 2003 to 2008.

Dr Clark holds a BSc from the University of Western Australia and a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of the AusIMM and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  In 2014, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Dr. Eppanapally is a financial services professional, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a passion for healthcare, education and the environment. His lifelong mission has been to transform youth into responsible citizens and establish a peaceful society for harmonious living.

With over 30 years of diverse experience and as a financial services professional, Dr. Eppanapally has been involved in directing and managing major high visible global initiatives in the financial services industry. He is an entrepreneur and invested in several disruptive technology companies. He is a visionary, passionate about giving back to the society, founder of few NGOs and serves on several boards.

Patrick Morrison is the Chief of Broadcast and Conference Services for the United Nations Secretariat in New York. Morrison is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Secretariat’s operations and communication systems to access, integrate, and pass information across the global reach of the United Nations.

In 2008 Morrison was recruited to develop and oversee the communication and broadcast technology aspects of the 1.8 billion-dollar United Nations, renovation plan, the Capital Master Plan, inclusive of communications & broadcasting, production, post production, digital retention & archiving and transmission services.

Previously, Morrison served in Kosovo (from 2004) and South Sudan (from 2013) with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations as Director of Public Information, responsible for communications and broadcasting at the service of conflict mitigation, peacekeeping, peace building, and community engagement.

Morrison has 35 years’ experience in broadcasting and communications. In the 1980s he was a television and broadcast executive for media and broadcasting companies based in Hong Kong and Japan. Since 1990 Morrison has worked in both the private and non-profit sectors as a senior communications expert specializing in disaster, conflict-affected and post conflict zones.

Morrison has an undergraduate degree in Politics and a Masters degree in Conflict Studies.

Mr Stephen Pearson commenced as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in February 2018.

A consistent, results-driven global CIO and IT executive, he has proven ability to deliver sustainable transformational change through positive influencing, the close collaboration of IT and business stakeholders, and effective leveraging of technology as a key business enabler.

As Defence CIO he is responsible for:

• ensuring Defence has a modern, dependable, secure and integrated single information environment which supports Defence’s business and military operations;

• providing strong leadership of the people and financial resources within the Group; and

• making a significant leadership contribution in relation to security, both for the Defence organisation and at a whole of government level.

Prior to joining the Australian Public Service, Stephen’s career encompassed diverse industry sectors including mining services, supply and logistics, retail, airlines, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and professional services.

He has a strong record of success in developing and implementing IT strategies, operating models and technology solutions (digital, ERP) in complex global business environments. He is experienced with both centralised and distributed IT functions, and is an advocate of organisation change management to complement technology initiatives.

After spending a number of years successfully delivering major business change initiatives at Air Canada, Qantas, Coles and Newcrest Mining, he was the global CIO of Orica during a time of great change in the industry and the organisation. He has also been an independent advisor to Toll Group, Ausenco and Oil Search leadership, supporting their respective transformation programs. Prior to joining Defence, Stephen was CIO and Head of Transformation at Lattice Energy.

His vision for the future is for the successful delivery of effective, flexible, innovative and scalable ICT solutions and services to support our current and future integrated Defence capability to defend the country and its interests.

Stephen graduated from the University of Central Queensland with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 1977 and is a Chartered Accountant.

He is married with two children, a daughter and a son. He enjoys tennis, keeping fit, travelling, wine, music and watching most sports, particularly rugby union where he is a Foundation Member of the Melbourne Rebels.

John Cox has been the group CIO of Australia Post since August 2016.

Prior to his current position, John started his career with Accenture working in Australia, Germany and the UK on large IT transformations. Prior executive roles included divisional CIO for Banking and Wealth, and divisional CIO for Banking and Markets at the NAB. He has deep domain expertise in banking, capital markets and wealth management.

John holds a Bachelors of Arts and Bachelor of Science (Hons in Philosophy & Mathematics), Diploma of Modern Languages (German), and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.

Mark joined Fairfax Media in 2003 and in March 2015 was appointed Chief Technology Officer of Domain. In his role, he works with the executive leadership team to develop products and services and manages technology across the group. He is responsible for improving Domain’s technology and systems, driving agile delivery, cloud adoption and evolving microservice architectures.

Prior to this, Mark was General Manager of Product Solutions at Fairfax Media, where he headed up a team of approximately 200 with technical responsibility for Fairfax’s Australian and New Zealand digital product development, and ownership of shared products such as membership, digital subscription platforms and custom advertising solutions. Mark holds a BS (Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) from University of the Witwatersrand.

David Hackshall is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Cochlear Ltd, a leader in cochlea implant technology that supports over 450,000 people with hearing loss around the world. Since commencing his role in July 2015, David has overseen the organisation’s global IT capability with a focus on innovating technology to further improve the Cochlear recipient’s journey.

Based in Sydney, David operates in a global capacity with operations throughout Asia, Europe and the US. Under David’s supervision the Cochlear technology function has undertaken a material restructure whilst delivering a number of customer facing and internal cornerstone applications.

David was also recently selected by his peers to be included in the top 10 CIOs across Australia and New Zealand. David has over 20 years’ of experience in driving technological transformation spanning differing industry sectors. He has worked in some of Australia’s leading companies including logistics, financial services and now medical devices. David holds both a Master of Information Technology Management and MBA from Macquarie University.

As Chief Information Officer, Sami is responsible for delivering high-quality, reliable and performance-enhancing technology services across Bupa. Having joined Bupa more than 12 years ago, Sami has held a number of technical and senior leadership roles across various Information Services teams, where he has driven significant performance and service improvements for the business, our customers and our people. Since becoming CIO in February 2016, Sami has led the transformation of Information Services to become more customer-focused, agile, collaborative and efficient, which has improved the colleague and customer experience as reflected by significant improvements in employee and colleague Net Promoter Scores. Sami was recently recognised externally for his track record as a transformational leader making a significant business impact, when he was placed in the Top 3 CIOs in Australia, as judged by CIO50. In addition to more than 30 years of information technology experience at a variety of industries spanning multiple continents, Sami’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Computer Engineering, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Quality Management.

Sarah Harland is Suncorp’s Chief Information Officer. She was appointed in September 2016 to lead Suncorp’s Group technology. Sarah is responsible for overseeing development of digital, data, insurance and banking platforms, core infrastructure, IT operations and the innovation labs function.

Sarah is recognised as a global leader in digital transformation, having successfully led large-scale complex technology projects for international organisations. Prior to joining Suncorp, Sarah held senior technology roles at Medibank Private, ANZ, the National Health Service in the UK and QWEST Communication in the US.

She has a strong background in financial services, having worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London, Bloomberg and Standard & Poor’s. She is a graduate of the University College London and has an MBA from Henley Business School.

Anne Weatherston is an experienced leader of Business and IT transformation. She has worked in this capacity across a variety of industries with extensive financial services experience and most recently Energy Services.

She is currently the Chief Transformation Officer of EnergyAustralia, a role that she was asked to take up following a successful period as the Company’s CIO. As Chief Transformation Officer she is responsible for the oversight of all of the Company’s change agenda which is focused on transforming the organisation from an electricity generator to a world class retailer providing next generation energy services and solutions. This change has implications for the Company’s culture, processes and technology.

Prior to this role her career had been dominated by senior transformation and IT leadership roles including Transformation roles at Gas de France, Banco Santander and CIO of Bank of Ireland and most recently ANZ Bank. At ANZ Bank she was recruited to transform the technology capability both to address significant performance issues and also to enable the Bank’s new strategy for Asia. In this role she gained regulator and Board support and succeeded in moving the Bank’s technology from being around the worst of global banks to the best.

Anne is passionate about the role of technology as an enabler of change and is now working with a number of early start FinTech companies. She sits on the Board of Mint Payments who are listed on the ASX.

Rocky Scopelliti is a world-renowned futurologist. His pioneering research on the confluence of demographic change associated with Millennials, and digital technology, have influenced the way we think about our social, cultural, economic and technological future. His new book ‘Youthquake 4.0 – A Whole Generation and the New Industrial Revolution’ will be launched in September 2018.

As a media commentator, his unique insights have featured on SKY Business News, The Australian Financial Review, ABC Radio National, The Economist, Forbes and Bloomberg. As an international key note speaker, his presentations have captivated audiences across Asia Pacific, the USA and Europe including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As a thought-leader, over 150 boards and leadership teams, including Fortune 100 corporations, each year seek his advice on strategy.

A distinguished author, his 12 published thought-leadership research reports have become internationally recognised for their influence including the World Economic Forum’s Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services Program.

In an executive capacity, he is a member of the Optus Business Leadership team as the Director, Centre for Industry 4.0 where he leads the specialist team creating world class thought-leadership and innovation to guide enterprises on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

In a non-executive capacity, he is director on the board of Community First Credit Union, a member of the REST Super Technology Advisory Panel and member of the Australian Payments Council.

Educated in Australia and trained in the USA at Sydney and Stanford Universities respectively, he has a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Management and an MBA. He is also a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Pam Rebecca was appointed Chief Strategy, Innovation and Digital in April 2018, with responsibility for leading the development of World Vision Australia’s strategy, Innovation and Social enterprises, and Digital transformation. Pam is a tech-savvy leader with experience in all aspects of digital transformation including strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing and agile delivery. Pam was previously Chief, Digital & Retail for World Vision Australia with responsibility for leading the digital agenda and mass market channels. Prior to joining World Vision Pam was GM Digital ANZ Australia, leading digital strategy, channels and the Digital Transformation Program. Pam has a proven track record in consistently building and leading high performing teams to grow and transform businesses across multiple domains. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with Honours from Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the University of Melbourne.

Stephen Haddad is an experienced CIO/CTO and Business Transformation Executive who has demonstrated his ability to drive strategic business growth over 20 years in Australia’s Media, Finance and Consulting organisations. Prior to this role, Stephen held CIO roles at Bauer Media, FujiFilm and senior roles within banking and telecommunications.

Stephen is responsible for all technology domains across SCA, including Business Systems, Corporate Networks and Infrastructure, Digital Design and Development, Audio Engineering Technology & Operations and Television Broadcast Engineering & Operations. Stephen also has management responsibility for the Project Management Office and Procurement functions.

Adrian is senior data scientist at Airtasker where he’s built their machine learning pipeline and is responsible for building their machine learning products. He’s worked in the startup scenes in Sydney and the UK and conducted research in mathematics and machine learning out of Warwick University, Australian National University and Charles Sturt University. His research has covered neural networks, time series algebra, matrix analysis, complexity theory, machine learning, statistics and data science.

Adrian is senior data scientist at Airtasker where he’s built their machine learning pipeline and is responsible for building their machine learning products. He’s worked in the startup scenes in Sydney and the UK and conducted research in mathematics and machine learning out of Warwick University, Australian National University and Charles Sturt University. His research has covered neural networks, time series algebra, matrix analysis, complexity theory, machine learning, statistics and data science.