Meet the team behind the Tech Council

Dr Kate Cornick

CEO

Jacqui Murkins

Head of Membership and Engagement

Kobe Elliott

Head of Brand, Growth & Partnerships

Theodora Chan

Senior Marketing Manager

Sebastian Brash

Policy Manager

Luddy Graham

Ecosystem Operations

Zoe Meers

Research Manager

Lucinda Longcroft

Interim CEO, Director of Policy and Government Affairs

Madeleine Houghton

Head of Regulatory Affairs

Ilana Feain

Head of Research

Georgie North

Chief of Staff

Karla Henderson

Partner Forum Lead

Philip Argenio

National Security Advisor

Chris O'Connell

Chief Business Officer (Parental Leave until May 2026)

Leopold Lucas

Head of Finance & Operations

Adair Robins

Head of Diversity & Transformation

Paige Goh

Senior Events Manager - Policy & Government

Erika Ly

Lead, International (TCA) / National TradeStart Adviser, Critical and Enabling Technologies, Austrade

Jenny Rudd

FOunder, Dispute Buddy

Jenny Rudd built a tech startup in her late 40s with no engineering degree, from a small town in New Zealand. After living through her own family court battle, she built Dispute Buddy, the tool she wished had existed.