Greater Sydney Area
Head of External Affairs at CI-ISAC Australia: the nation's only cross-sector critical infrastructure cyber intelligence sharing organisation, with nearly 600 member organisations across health, energy, finance, transport, communications, and education. Critical infrastructure protection sits at the heart of Australia's national security architecture. My work at CI-ISAC is about building the sovereign capability to defend it through intelligence sharing, regulatory reform, and cross-sector coordination that government alone can't deliver. My work sits at the intersection of cyber security policy, critical infrastructure resilience, and government relations. I translate intelligence into policy influence: shaping legislative reform, building sector-wide sharing frameworks, and turning regulatory complexity into strategic advantage for the organisations that keep Australia running. Current focus areas: the Independent Review of the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act, health sector cyber resilience, and aged care security uplift under the Australian Cyber Security Strategy. Before CI-ISAC, I spent 15 years working across national security, economic development, and international policy including Australia's first telecommunications sector resilience framework, First Nations capability development in Defence, and governance work with OECD, UNIDO, and UNICEF. I hold a PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Sydney and serve as an Expert Advisor to the Home Affairs Supply Chain Resilience Expert Advisory Group. What I write about: critical infrastructure cyber policy, intelligence sharing, regulatory reform, AI governance, and the gap between how government thinks about security and how industry actually experiences it.
The SCEAG is a cross-sector working group that facilitates consideration of issues in relation to secure and resilient critical infrastructure supply chains
Produce a publication that connects with and build upon UNIDO efforts on skills development for SMEs (re-skilling and up-skilling) that is required for them to be able to transition and be part of sustainable and resilient supply chains.