 Speaker Biographies
Alastair MacGibbon, Chief Strategy Officer, CyberCX
Alastair MacGibbon is Australia's most recognised cyber security leader, and is the chief strategy officer at CyberCX. His leadership experience includes serving in senior cyber roles across government, as national cyber security adviser, head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (Australian Signal’s Directorate) and special adviser to the Prime Minister on cyber security, as well as serving as Australia’s inaugural eSafety commissioner.
Alastair has also held senior roles across the private sector, including head of eBay’s Asia Pacific Trust and Safety operations, and previously served in the Australian Federal Police for 15 years where he helped establish the Australian Federal Police’s high-tech crime centre. CyberCX has a workforce of over 900 cyber security professionals and a national footprint of over 20 offices across Australia.
Daniel Draper, CEO, CipherStash
Dan is the CEO and founder of CipherStash, a Sydney based data security and governance company based on groundbreaking searchable encryption technology. CipherStash is a member of the Tech Council of Australia and Dan is part of the Cyber Security Working Group, to prioritise changes to data security regulation. Previously, Dan has worked as a VP of Engineering at Medical Director and at Expert360 and is also the Executive Producer of the forthcoming docu-series, Debugging Diversity. Dan is an experienced security engineer and his mission is to help organisation extract the power of data without the risk while empowering all developers with the knowledge they need to build securely.
Daryl Pereira, Cyber Leader, Google
As the regional CISO, Daryl leads the Office of the CISO for Google Cloud in the Asia-Pacific. He partners with Google's clients and provides executive sponsorship and guidance to C-suite and senior technology leaders to help them navigate cyber security, tech risk and regulatory challenges throughout the cloud adoption lifecycle. Daryl was previously the founding Partner & Head of the Cyber Security Consulting practice at KPMG Singapore from 2011 to 2022. Prior to KPMG he spent 9 years in investment banking IT in Australia and Singapore leading global functions, including at Deutsche Bank, where he was the global lead for the GBIT Program Management Office overseeing governance for €700 million portfolio of projects. Before joining the banking sector, Daryl spent 6 years as an IT & Operational Risk consultant to the Australian Federal Government in Canberra. Daryl is a Past President of ISACA Singapore and is currently serving as a Governor at the Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore. He is certified as a CISM, CISA, CRISC, and CPA (Australia), and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and a Master of Information Technology from the University of Canberra.
Gavin Clancy, Senior Consultant, Lunik
Gavin is a Senior Consultant for Lunik, who has extensive experience in government relations, stakeholder and media management and regulatory affairs. Starting his professional career as a journalist, Gavin has held senior communication and advisory roles in the private and public sectors, principally covering the areas of economic policy, utility regulation, infrastructure and financial services.
Gavin served as a ministerial media adviser and as adviser to the Premier of Victoria during a period of major economic reforms, privatization and major projects in the state during the 1990s. He later provided communications advice to the professional services firm Deloitte and to the Victorian statutory utilities regulator.
As a government relations adviser, Gavin has served clientele in the infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing and financial services sectors. With qualifications in economics and finance, he has also advised clientele on investor relations and communications.
Ross Phillipson, Senior Advisor, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Ross Phillipson is a senior adviser in Norton Rose Fulbright’s risk advisory practice. He provides integrated digital and technology operations risk advice and is experienced in the critical infrastructure reforms and operational resilience.
Ross has a unique and highly specialised skillset in legal and compliance risk management in digital and technology operations. He advises clients across all sectors on matters relating to privacy governance, compliance, operations and breaches, cybersecurity governance and incident management, critical infrastructure security reforms, compliance obligations and foreign investment, crypto-currency regulation and reporting, artificial intelligence governance and related corporate and compliance matters. He is involved in ESG matters, including the ethical and social impacts of digital technology and governance expectations of businesses using emerging technologies. He has also been involved in tech regulation and policy in Europe for nearly a decade and has worked in partnership with industry associations and government relations groups to ensure new legislation in the tech arena is fit for purpose.
Sarah Sloan, Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Australia and New Zealand, Alto Networks
Sarah Sloan is the Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Australia and New Zealand at Palo Alto Networks. In her position, she advises the company’s leadership on a range of cyber and technology policy issues, builds strategic relationships across all tiers of Government and acts as a trusted private sector adviser to Government. Prior to her roles in the private sector, Sarah spent 10+ years working in Government, predominantly in cybercrime and cybersecurity. She has a proven track record of delivering results at the operational and strategic levels of government and is passionate about improving Australia and New Zealand’s cyber security posture. Sarah is a graduate of the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) and Bachelor of Asia and the Pacific Studies. She also holds a Graduate Diploma of Asia and the Pacific Studies (Japanese), Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, and a Master of International Laws, where she wrote her thesis on international norms and Cyber Security. Sarah is Chair of the Australian Industry Information Association's Cyber Security Policy Advisory Network and a member of the AIIA ACT/Federal Council.
Stephanie Crowe, First Assistant Director General, Cyber Security Resilience, Australian Cyber Security Centre
Stephanie is head of the ACSC’s Cyber Security Resilience Division, which is responsible for delivering technical programs, services and publications across government and industry, as well as enabling the uplift and hardening of critical networks. Steph’s cyber security career spans almost 10 years – she has conducted various roles within junior operational ranks up to her most recent roles in senior leadership positions. Steph has led the ACSC’s cyber threat intelligence and incident management functions and designed programs to enhance Australia’s cyber security situational awareness, national threat picture and incident response capabilities. Stephanie has been involved in cyber security efforts supporting key national events such as e-Census, elections and G20, and in facilitating national exercise programs. She has also directed Government’s technical response to numerous nationally-significant cyber security incidents. Her Bachelor of Asian Studies Specialist (ANU) led to her to the graduate program in ASD in 2009. Throughout her 13 year career at ASD Stephanie has performed in various roles across the organisation’s intelligence missions utilising her expertise in operations management. Steph also successfully juggles being a solo parent while running high tempo operational teams. She is often stretched but never bored.
Tom Scully, Federal Government Enterprise Solution Architect Team Manager, Fortinet
Tom Scully, CSC, BEng(Elec), MIEAust, is an accomplished Senior Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience working within Defence in the fields of communications, electronic warfare, information warfare, cyber security and advanced capability fields.
Tom currently works for Fortinet as the Federal Government Enterprise Solution Architect Team Manager, where he works closely with Federal Government customers to help develop solutions to protect and secure critical network infrastructure. Starting 26 Sep 22, Tom will be moving to a senior strategic engineering role within Fortinet as a Consulting Systems Engineering covering all global geographies.
Tom is also pursuing further academic qualifications as a part-time PhD candidate with the University of South Australia aiming to develop a Resilient Security Supervisory System for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. Tom is also a current reservist Royal Australian Air Force officer working as Staff Officer Cyber Warfare within the Air Force Cyber Co-Ordination Cell. In 2018, Tom was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross by the Governor General in the Australia Day Honours and Awards.
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