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In his episode, we talk to David Thodey, one of our most respected company directors and currently Chair at Xero and Ramsay Healthcare.

Since leaving management (including stints as the CEO for IBM and Telstra), David has taken his relevance to a new level. Not only in the non-executive director space, but also with various NFPs and other interest groups (notably the Great Barrier Reef Foundation). David has always taken a customer-centric view of business and has recently taken on the role as Chancellor of the University of Sydney.

In this episode, I am joined by Carolyn Pugsley, part of our market leading Head Office Advisory Team. As you would expect, Carolyn advises many of our board level clients on cyber risk. What better person to cross examine David!

The content from our discussion was so rich, we decided to break the podcast in two (we actually toyed with a series of podcasts with David alone). Our discussion was priceless. In this episode (part 1 of 2), David talks about his career journey and provides some incredibly valuable insights into the role of a director and board in a cyber incident.

I know you will get a lot from this discussion (and the next one too). Cross examining David Thodey (Part 1). Here we go…

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