Pragmatic AI Strategy.
Auditable Governance.
Real-World Transformation.

A senior transformation leader with over 15 years of experience helping global organisations execute ambitious technology goals with confidence.

Trusted by global leaders and innovators

A Pragmatic Approach to Enterprise AI

Bridging the gap between human ingenuity and the power of AI systems.

The greatest challenge in AI is not technical; it is human. True transformation occurs with the intersection of innovative, powerful systems and the uncontainable spark of human ingenuity.

My work is dedicated to bridging that gap – balancing innovation with human control to ensure technology serves its ultimate purpose: to augment and elevate our own capabilities.

My career has been a focused progression from hands-on technology with neural networks to leading global change programmes and, ultimately, to shaping the international standards that govern the future of AI.

Guidance from the Frontier

My work at the frontier of AI isn’t abstract concepts; it’s about providing you with foresight.

Because I help shape global standards and advise on AGI safety where the next generation of AI is being created, I have a clear view of where this technology is heading.

This allows me to deliver pragmatic advice for today that is future-proof for tomorrow, helping you avoid costly missteps and seize opportunities your competitors won’t see coming. You get a map of the road ahead, applied to your immediate challenges.

Beyond the Silos

A Unified Framework for Enterprise AI

Successful AI transformation is not just a technical, strategic, people or governance challenge; it is all four at once. Most advisors operate from a single silo, offering a partial solution. My approach is different. It is built on a unified framework that integrates the four pillars essential for success, based on over 15 years of delivering high-stakes transformation for global organisations.

Strategic Clarity

Moving AI from a theoretical concept to a core driver of business value, developing practical strategies that have a material impact on your P&L and strategic positioning.

Proof Point: Informed by experience on share-price-affecting regulatory and transformation projects.

Auditable Governance

Building the trust and frameworks necessary for responsible innovation by implementing practical, auditable systems, not theoretical debate.

Proof Point: As a contributor to foundational IEEE global standards on AI governance, my work is grounded in world-leading best practice.

Security & Safety Assurance

Ensuring your AI is robust, secure, and fundamentally safe. My focus is on providing the assurance needed to deploy with confidence.

Proof Point: Experience ranges from early work with neural networks to current advisory roles shaping AI Safety at the frontier of AGI development.

Organisational Adoption

An AI strategy is only as good as an organisation’s ability to adopt it. I lead the human side of technical transformation, ensuring your investment results in lasting capability.

Proof Point: Proven track record of building high-performing teams and leading change for major global organisations.

Proven Impact at the Highest Levels

Connecting world-leading policy and research with pragmatic, real-world implementation.

Shaping Global Standards

Contributor and working group member for key global AI standards that define best practice for the entire industry.

  • IEEE P7000 (Ethical System Design)
  • IEEE P7005 (Employer Data Governance)
  • P2863 (Organisational Governance of AI)

Advisory & Academic Roles

Holding key positions at the forefront of AI research, safety, security and executive education.

  • Programme Director, AI Executive Courses at Melbourne Business School
  • Supervisory Council Member at SingularityNET

Selected Engaments

A proven track record of delivering complex, high-stakes projects for leading global organisations.

 

  • Major Retail Institution: Orchestrated the development of the company’s inaugural Responsible AI Principles.
  • Global Insurance Firm: Led change for a critical technology migration, avoiding significant financial penalties.

Insights & Latest Thinking

Connecting today’s challenges with tomorrow’s opportunities in the AI landscape.

Views

The Narrow Band: On Models and Reality

The “Stochastic Parrot” observation has always been intriguing to me. What I find most interesting is that the conversation so often focuses on the content being produced, rather than the mechanism. The concept of parroting...

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Safety

Echo in the Machine – The Emergence of Group AI Psychosis

The Intro I’ve spent more time than is healthy over the past few months observing something oozing out of the woodwork across multiple online AI communities. If you’ve been on many AI forums over the...

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Adoption

An ‘AI-Ready’ Culture is More Than Just Training

There has been a subtle shift in the boardroom conversation about AI. Leaders’ debates on whether artificial intelligence would transform their industries have moved to grappling with a more pressing question: why their substantial investments...

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Safety

To the Curators, Go the Spoils: The Rising Power in Graph-Enhanced AI Models

One of the inherent weaknesses of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 is their struggle with grounding in reality. Increasingly, vectors (embeddings) are being used, serving as quick a look-up to bridge this gap. However,...

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Governance

Ethical debt – Rusting the machinery of progress

Ethical debt in artificial intelligence refers to the accumulated cost of unresolved ethical issues that arise during a system’s design, development, and deployment. The concept is analogous to technical debt, where expedient short-term development choices...

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Adoption

Human Resources: Empowering the organisation to make responsible-use decisions

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies has created new opportunities and challenges for businesses, requiring them to adapt and evolve in order to remain competitive. Key amongst these is the...

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