Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, Digital Transformation, Strategic Tech Adviser
+61 412 076 364
Geoff.Wenborn@LeadersOnDemand.com
With a track record of delivering strategic technology results, Geoff is a pragmatic, resilient, driven and empathetic C-suite executive leader with experience across most facets of business and the tech sector.
As a strategic / transform CIO/CTO in 8 different companies in numerous industry sectors and locations, fully committed to delivering value from technology for business outcomes.
Given this experience and longevity at the forefront of technology change in corporate environments Geoff is a leader that is highly effective in all business and cultural environments. While specialising in strategic IT leadership for business value, the type of roles performed has developed Geoff as a natural leader in areas such as transformational change, mergers and acquisitions, cultural leadership, cybersecurity, program execution and IT operational management.
A team player, Geoff is familiar and comfortable in working with Boards and executive teams in a discipline (Digital technology) where he brings credibility and builds trust.
Career History
Geoff has performed multiple executive roles as the CIO, Chief Digital Officer or Chief Transformation officer. These roles with experience spanning across multiple industries including retail, banking and finance, health, oil and gas, utilities and not for profit. Currently the VP for Business Value Services across ASIA Pacific at MuleSoft (Salesforce) he was recently CIO at MOVE Bank and previously, at People’s Choice Credit Union where as the Chief Digital and Technology Officer, he was responsible for a major investment in enterprise wide digital transformation to completely transform the business capability and establish a new business and technology operating model with sustainable, agile and flexibility at the core.
As part of his global IT leadership and network Geoff has worked on the vendor and consulting side with experience in delivery and worked as part of the enterprise software industry for leading players like SAP, Oracle and Salesforce. Geoff has held board and advisory roles in multiple start-ups and FinTech’s. Geoff has also participated on various NFP and industry IT Advisory boards including the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Operating as the Technology executive accountable to boards for digital technology decision making and business value from change Geoff is passionate about the role of the IT team in digital transformation as he believes it is key to future competitive benefit for organisations constrained by technology debt, the delivery gap and legacy technology platforms.
Leadership Highlights
Many organisational leadership highlights such as leading Westpac IT Change program after the failure of CS90 and taking on the people leadership and cultural change program for the IT team.
In NAB led the Next Gen technology strategy and $1B plus technology investment approved at Board and in parallel, the Technology strategy for UBank which for 10 years was the leading online only banking channel in Australia.
At Origin Energy as CIO integrated the IT Delivery model across the Oil and Gas business and the Utilities business.
Implementation of the first IT Strategy and by restructuring the delivery model at Starlight Children’s Foundation – freeing up much investment.
Leading diversity metrics and in particular showing the way with FITT – Females in IT advocating for equal pay and targets for 50% representation in the IT Workforce.
People’s Choice Credit Union digital and technology strategy and whole of business digital transformation to sustainable, current and faster pace of mobile channel-based delivery as a platform for merger and acquisition.
Qualifications
Master of Business Administration, RMIT University, Bachelor of Science, Monash University
Sectors
Health, Oil and Gas, Utilities, NFP, Financial Services, Banking Wealth and Investment, Retail, Services, Telco
Functions
Digital and Technology, Transformation, Cybersecurity
Situations
Trusted and requested advisor and leader for value delivery from IT investment, Enterprise-wide Transformations, IT Leadership and Culture Focus, Strategic Execution, Pragmatic ‘Hands-on’ Leadership, New Operating Models, Better Ways of Working
Favourite quotes
“To be is to do” Socrates... and “to do is to be” Jean-Paul Sartre...
also "do be do be do" Frank Sinatra
“I joined Leaders on Demand...
... because I am at that stage of my career where I want to have a major impact on setting the direction for success without necessarily linking may career to the same organisation. I believe I have a lot of experience and value to add and really enjoy the ambiguity and challenge of applying that into new situations. Inevitably I meet lots of great people and also learn a huge amounts which is most satisfying”
“When I'm not at work...
... I spend my time with my wife and grown-up family and their friends and hangers on with outings, dinners and music events. I enjoy reading and I’m onto a history phase currently but am a massive sports enthusiast playing golf, swimming, diving, fishing. I follow many codes in team-based sports but in particular, AFL, soccer and cricket”