Background
Damien is a technology executive and adviser with over 22 years' experience as a CIO, consultant and transformation leader, including as CIO of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services AU/NZ. He works directly with CEOs, CFOs and boards to ensure critical technology platforms support growth, operational efficiency and strategic decision making.
As a Principal Consultant, Damien provides vendor independent, executive oversight of major technology decisions across strategy, system selection, vendor negotiation and delivery assurance. His board-grade assessments show organisations exactly where technology spend is creating value, where risk is accumulating and where action is required next.
Damien holds dual finance and IT credentials and speaks both finance and technology. He is recognised for reducing technology risk, negotiating measurable commercial outcomes, modernising legacy environments, strengthening cyber resilience and identifying practical AI opportunities that lift productivity across the business.
Recent achievements
- Delivered a 5-year technology roadmap supporting portfolio growth from $6.49B to $9.74B.
- Negotiated $1M+ in annual savings across 30+ supplier contracts.
- Consolidated 20+ legacy systems, lifting data accuracy 40% and processing speed 30%.
- Led a system selection for a bank, cutting contract costs by over 30%.
- Recovered five failing $6M+ IT projects at a Big 4 bank within four weeks.
- Achieved a 40% uplift in Essential 8 cyber compliance in six months.
Let’s shape what’s next.
If you have significant change to deliver — not just advice to receive — we’d welcome a conversation.