Honoured to Introduce

Jacqui Kernot

Partner - Cyber Security Ernst & Young

Global Security & Cyber Security Community
Global Chapter - Sydney, Australia

Jacqui Kernot is currently a Partner with Ernst and Young’s Cyber Practice. She works with clients in the financial sector around all aspects of cyber risk, governance and compliance. She leads EY’s technology team for Macquarie Group globally which gives her insight into all aspects of technology risk and controls across the global WAM market.

She was formerly the Head of Cyber Security Services at Telstra and prior to that ran startups and larger businesses focused on cyber security. She has worked across the UK, EMEA and the Asia Pacific, in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Defence, Space and Intelligence.

Jacqui has been Chair of Females in IT and T for 3 years and believes passionately in the important role of women in shaping the tech industry and the way we approach problems moving into the Digital Age. Her purpose is to disrupt the patriarchal constructs which stop us from being effective humans at work. She is a former intelligence officer with the ADF and believes in the power of the right data to bring change.

Expertise

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Software

Network Security

Business Development

Data Center

Marketing Strategy

Information Security

Consulting

Outsourcing

Selling

Experience

Partner - Cyber Security
Ernst & Young
2019- Present .
Head of Cyber Security Services
Telstra
2014-2018 . 4 Years 2 Months
Military Officer
ADF
1991-2016 . 25 Years 1 Months
Security Software Sales
IBM
2013-2014 . 1 Years 0 Months
Regional Sales Director - South Pacific
HP TippingPoint
2010-2013 . 2 Years 8 Months
Software Client Leader - Health and Education
IBM
2009-2009 . 0 Years 11 Months
Defence|Space|Intelligence - Tivoli Software - UK
IBM Tivoli Software
2006-2008 . 2 Years 7 Months
Account Manager - Telstra
Dimension Data
2000-2006 . 5 Years 11 Months
Product Manager
Hewlett Packard
1995-1998 . 3 Years 0 Months