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Jim founded ADAPT with a vision to help Australia thrive commercially, now and for the future.  To enable that, Jim leads ADAPT’s mission to connect, inform and equip our local business and tech leaders.

Leading the development of ADAPTs agenda’s and content strategy whilst also advising executive leadership teams from global technology service providers, Jim is uniquely experienced to be the voice of the end-user, the customer and the vendor.

Bringing his deep knowledge of the local market, Jim regularly presents “Know your Customer” webinars and guides the world’s largest vendors with their G-T-M and content strategies.

Through entrepreneurial product development and a servant leader mentality with his team and clients, ADAPT grows annually with clearly differentiated value for all stakeholders.

As Director of Strategic Research at ADAPT Matt Boon, is responsible for directing and developing ADAPTs research content and positions. In his role at ADAPT Boon advises C-Suite executives across the end-user and technology provider landscape. Boon is also responsible for bringing together groups of C-Suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the myriad of challenges and opportunities they face.

ADAPT host’s numerous industry leading IT focused events annually and Boon is responsible for hosting, chairing and delivering ADAPT independent content and positions to help attendees make informed IT decisions.

Tenar has spent the last 18 years working in sales, running her own company consulting to corporate Australia around Workplace Wellness / Employee Experience and now she finds herself back over on the dark side as an employee, part of a well oiled machine – and loving it! As a Senior Manager of the ADAPT Advisory team, Tenar runs the team that fulfils over 60 private advisory events each year across Asia Pacific. Tenar build genuine relationships quickly and easily, loves connecting people, finding out how to solve a problem and then delivering.

A business leader and director with more than twenty years of experience driving transformational change, organisational performance, and better customer outcomes.

Damon’s experience spans the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors including as the CEO of Service NSW, inaugural Government Chief Information and Digital Officer for NSW Government, the Chief Digital Officer for Macquarie Group, the Chief Technology and Interim Chief Information Officer for Woolworths, and the Head of Integrated Delivery for Westpac.

Linda is a non-executive director with an executive background in wealth management, banking and professional services in organisations including start-ups,  global and multi-billion dollar enterprises.

Linda has 25 years of executive experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer overseeing businesses in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. She was formerly the CFO for Colonial First State until 2021, a large superannuation fund in Australia. Prior to that she was the CFO for the International Division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.  Her experience in financial services started as an audit professional and then as a CFO and COO in organisations such as Merrill Lynch, Schroder Investment Management and SFG Australia, a start-up that was listed on ASX.

Linda’s experience in multi-national companies has enabled her unique blend of understanding of culture and performance drivers, coupled with knowledge of the complex regulatory environment, to drive success in different jurisdictions.

Linda is a non-executive director of QV Equities Limited (ASX:QVE), Australian Youth Orchestra and Compliance Committee member of Investors Mutual Limited’s listed and unlisted managed investment schemes.

Linda is a chartered accountant and a member and graduate of the Institute of Company Directors. She holds an executive MBA, a Graduate Diploma in Information Systems, and Bachelor of Commerce.

Linda is a passionate supporter of the performing arts and is a violinist and committee member of the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Meredith is an accomplished leader, with over 20 years’ experience in delivering technology solutions and supporting business transformation through the various enterprise roles she has held. Meredith is passionate about sharing best practices and frequently speaks with customers and partners about the power of SaaS technology and its use to propel the growth of their own organisations.

Edward Santow is the Director – Policy & Governance at the Human Technology Institute, and Industry Professor – Responsible Technology at the University of Technology Sydney.

Ed co-founded the Human Technology Institute, which he leads with Prof Nicholas Davis and Prof Sally Cripps. Ed is leading a number of major initiatives to promote human-centred artificial intelligence. Focus areas include digital government, the future of AI regulation, and facial recognition and digital identity.

The Human Technology Institute’s approach promotes human rights in the development, use, regulation and oversight of new technology. HTI has three interconnected laboratories: the Human Technology Skills Lab, Tools Lab and Policy Lab. Ed’s areas of expertise include human rights, technology and regulation, public law and discrimination law.

From 2016-2021, Ed was Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner, where he led the Commission’s work on AI & new technology; refugees and migration; human rights issues affecting LGBTIQ+ people; national security; and implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

Ed is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and of the NSW Government AI Review Committee. He is a patron of the Refugee Advice + Casework Service, and serves on a number of boards and committees. At UTS, he is a Fellow of the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion.

In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017 he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Ed previously served as chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and was a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice.

Jon joined in the role of Chief Financial Officer in November 2017 and was appointed Executive Director Corporate Services in September 2018. He is responsible for the finance, technology, legal, and enterprise risk and program management teams delivering corporate services across the Opera House.

Jon has over 30 years global experience in the financial, property and professional services sectors. After starting his career at Price Waterhouse he moved into financial services with senior roles at Macquarie Bank and later CFO for Lloyds Bank businesses in Asia. Most recently he was the global CFO at Unispace, a family owned global design and build services business.

David joined the AAM team in 2020 and has over 25 years experience in finance across various industries and organisations from ASX and LSE (FTSE 500) listed businesses and international consultancies to startups working within fund and asset management, agriculture, mining & energy resources, urban growth, infrastructure, technology, tourism and government.

As CFO for AAM Managed Assets David has overseen the transformation of the businesses finance function during a time of considerable growth that seen assets under management grow to in excess of $1bn across diverse agricultural assets including large cattle, sheep and cropping properties across NT, Qld and NSW, poultry farms in SA and softwood plantation timber mills in SA, NSW and Qld.

Starting his career in the audit division of PwC before moving into an urban growth and resources consultancy that expanded rapidly to a national presence before being acquired by RPS,  David then moved to Business Aspect as part of the Data#3 Group undertaking many projects encompassing business transformation driven by technology.  Then followed the opportunity to lead a merger of several Consulting Engineering, Environmental and Agribusiness consultancies creating the Premise Group following which he moved to the Gold Coast to assist the Homecorp Group with its integration into Misawa Homes (Japan’s largest homebuilder jointly owned by Toyota and Panasonic’s Prime Life Technology).

David has been part of successful startups from initial concept, business model creation, commercialisation, capital raising and scaling of operations including Datafarming utilising agri-data to deliver precision agriculture products and 3DB as a 3D Construction Print service provider operating within the residential construction sector.

David has considerable experience in aspects of multi-faceted, international businesses and project delivery. He has held executive leadership roles, been a Partner/Shareholder and a trusted advisor on key projects for national and international clients.

David has delivered growth and key organisational change to businesses which resulted in substantial increase in shareholder value in the businesses he has run and been an executive of. This includes leading and managing substantial mergers and acquisitions nationally through to business integration and the realisation of long-term synergy benefits and has been an integral strategic driver of his organisation’s direction and resulting success.

Over the last 20 years I have built a career partnering at all levels, driving the creation and execution of the key financial strategies to ensure sustained results.

I have demonstrable experience in reshaping business models, by streamlining and driving out cost and working on the commercialisation of new business ideas to drive growth.

As a leader with a coaching style, I have shaped high performing finance teams by provide my team with both challenge and support to exceed their own and their stakeholders expectations.

I have learnt that a simplified message delivered with clarity and a disciplined management approach to achieving that goal, has brought great success for my team, stakeholders and the business.

Experienced Director and c-suite executive with a demonstrated history of working across a variety of sectors including manufacturing/distribution, financial services, management consulting, sporting associations, accounting, government agencies and not for profit membership organisations.

Skilled in Cash Flow, Financial Risk, Risk Management, Corporate Finance, and Managerial Finance. Strong professional with a passion for leading and guiding businesses develop and implement sustainable strategic plans that embrace people and culture, data and technology and diversification of revenue streams whilst ensuring strong risk management.