How 150 Aussie CIOs are winning the resources to drive modernisation

As the Head of Analytics and Insights at ADAPT, Gabby Fredkin’s primary role is managing analysis to produce ADAPT’s actionable insights to identify trends supporting organisations in Australia.

With a passion for creating stories with data, Gabby is consistently rated as one of the top speakers at ADAPT’s events. In roundtable discussions, he specialises in using statistics to initiate thought-provoking discussions, enabling ADAPT’s customers to become more data-driven.​

Using modern data science techniques, he provides ADAPT and its customers with confidence in the accuracy and validity of the information used for ADAPT’s research, advisory and events.

Working across artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI ethics, DevSecOps, end-user behaviour, and human-centred design, Gabby’s vast experience continues to grow, supported in part by a Master of Business Analytics from Deakin University.

MBA educated senior IT manager with exceptional track record in leading and managing small and large teams in complex IT environments. Possesses 25 years in IT with 15 years in strategic, project and operational leadership capacity. Fosters a culture of teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement to drive reductions in costs, improve IT service levels and deliver new business services. Excels in ensuring organizations have the right data, business processes and systems to run efficiently.

A contagious optimist, energiser and entrepreneur, welcomed into the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2023 for service to business, Angela thrive’s helping others as a co-founder and executive director, author, holder of registered IP and copyright, and partnering with exceptional leaders as a Managing Director within Accenture. Enabling people and business to grow and succeed is her legacy.

As a co-founder of Leadonera Pty Ltd and the registered IP of Leadonera®, Angela created new concepts, frameworks and identified unique career pathways that combine to accelerate our next generation of leaders whilst remaining focused on her gender diversity purpose to advance and retain more women in leadership.

As a former MNC Executive CIO & Executive Director Business Transformation, Angela has deep commercial experience in Strategy, Governance, Organisational Design and Risk coupled with the pace of being a Technology Executive balancing the P&L with growth, innovation and experimentation.

As a Managing Director with Accenture, leverages her vast experience in technology, leadership and diversity to partner with c-Suite and Board’s to support organisations to accelerate their digital ambition and reimagine their business models for sustainable growth. Supporting not-for-profits, public and listed companies (ASX100), Angela navigate’s the balance of short-term requirements and long-term goals to accelerate the digital journey to unlock value, deliver improved employee and customer experiences and reimagine organisations for better outcomes.

A lifelong learner, in 2023 submitted her thesis for the award of Doctorate by Research (UniSQ) for an industry-first empirical study to examine the Technology Leadership Context in Australia with findings applied to improving gender diversity in executive teams. Angela’s research answers the matter of competency and capability complement and the model of the future technology leader, discovering a new pathway for the Australian Technology Executive. Leaning into academia, Angela expanded her intellectual curiosity in Leadership & Digital Transformation, studying at international faculties with MIT and Oxford.

Fulfilling her passion for Women in Leadership, Angela support events, charities, and programs to continue to advance the next generation of leaders. An advocate for advancing leaders, mentoring, coaching talent, and delivering inclusive programs, Angela volunteers her time aligned to purpose as a speaker, regularly contribute to publications, and enjoy’s audiobooks and walking for wellbeing.

Global executive. Eglantine is a versatile global executive. She has delivered complex projects and led teams in 20 different countries in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific in consulting and manufacturing.

In-house transformer. Eglantine is a catalyst for innovation and business transformation, She has a demonstrable track record in projects as diverse as a new operating model with supporting ERP systems implementation, transformation through technology, mergers and acquisitions and introduction of new ways of working (introduction of Agile, flexible working arrangements).

Strategist. Eglantine has expertise in co-designing business strategy with executive peers, transforming business objectives and challenges into an IT strategy through leadership, collaboration and influence, and enabling executive peers to leverage IT effectively.

Inspiring leader. Eglantine takes leadership seriously. She is able to articulate a clear vision, and her strategic clarity and understanding of human nature equip her to lead and mobilise even teams struggling with change. She is strongly committed to inclusion and has built teams that balance gender, age and background diversity.

Coach and mentor. Eglantine provides informal coaching to her peers on how technology contributes to business transformation, cultural change or operational efficiency through curated articles, conferences, organised sessions with thought leaders and individual conversations.

Startup founder. In her spare time, Eglantine is building Boomerang Factory, a startup that helps employees develop new skills and competencies through designed experiential learning happening via internships in other organisations.

Peter Weill’s work centers on the role, value, and governance of digitisation in enterprises and their ecosystems. His research focuses on digital business models and transformation, digital savvy and partnering, replatforming, and modern business.​

Based in Australia, Peter consults ADAPT and attendees of EDGE events on how to be future ready in the digital age.​

Peter has written award-winning books, articles, and case studies published by Harvard Business School Press, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and more. ​

In 2008, Ziff Davis ranked Peter as #24 in its list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, the highest-ranked academic. ​

Peter has worked on digitisation issues with executive committees and boards at more than 50 companies globally.​

I am the CEO of Evolved Reasoning, a Generative AI – based company that provides education materials for conferences, workshops and presentations for executive business leaders looking to understand, trust and deploy artificial intelligence solutions, especially Generative AI models like ChatGPT in their businesses.

With offer a pragmatic business lens on what is otherwise a deep experience set in the algorithmic component and capabilities of complex AI systems. My co-founder and I are both experienced technical business leaders, and we love working with organisations at all levels of competence. In fact, we really enjoy bringing high performing executive teams on the AI journey from a business strategy perspective.

Pascal Gautheron leads Bain’s Enterprise Technology practice in Asia-Pacific. He is also a member of our Financial Services practices. He has 20 years of experience shaping the largest technology-enabled banking transformations across Asia Pacific.

In his role at Bain, Pascal supports large organizations in designing and delivering results from technology-centric business transformations. His areas of focus include digital and core systems transformations, next generation technology architectures, agile at scale and IT strategy.

Prior to Bain, Pascal was a managing director within a global consulting and systems integration firm for nearly 20 years, most recently as the Banking Industry Lead for Australia. During this time, he supported the design, establishment and review of Australia’s big four banks’ core, digital or technology transformations and some of Asia Pacific’s largest banking transformations.

Before this, he held a number of positions in the firm’s digital venture, strategy consulting and industry consulting practices, where he supported the firm’s investments in new digital ventures, managed relationships with the firm’s largest clients and led the development of emerging technology-based offerings. Pascal presented on banking and technology across a number of professional forums in China, Japan, Singapore and Australia.

Pascal began his career as an engineer in Stuttgart, Paris and Sydney working in the automotive industry with Mercedes Benz and in the defense industry with Thales.

Pascal holds an MBA from the Groupe HEC in France and a Bachelors of Operation Management and Engineering Physics from Miami University in USA.

With over 20 years of work experience across three continents and a multitude of industries, I am currently the Chief Technology Officer for Enterprise Commercial at Microsoft, where I lead the technical strategy, vision, and execution for our largest and most strategic customers. I have a strong background in business strategy, analysis and development and I am also a certified Prosci change practitioner.

I currently serve as the co-chair of the Military Employee Resource Group Board at Microsoft, where I support the recruitment, retention, and development of veterans and their allies. I am passionate about delivering innovative and impactful solutions that enable digital transformation, empower customers, and drive business growth. I am always looking for new opportunities to learn, collaborate, and contribute to the technology community and beyond.

I am a business-driven Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Digital Officer, with global and CEO start-up experience. My passion is business, technology and digital transformation that drives business value. As a technologist, I believe the leader of Technology in a business, must truly understand the business and its full potential, in order to truly add value to that business.

At Bendigo and Adelaide Bank I’m responsible for driving the Group’s digital transformation program, a key enabler of the bank’s strategy. I’m privileged to lead a talented team across our digital, data, payments, and technology functions.

With more than 20 years’ international experience in the financial services industry in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, I’ve led complex growth and transformation change initiatives across multiple functions and businesses in financial services.

I’m passionate about harnessing the power of technology to improve the way we live and work, driving improvements in customer experience, business operations and performance.