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• Long-serving ACCC CIO Walkden to depart

  ​Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief information officer Adrian Walkden is departing after close to eight years, and retiring from the Australian Public Service.

• Jason Cowie ‘returns to CIO roots’ at Curtin University

  ​Curtin University’s new chief information officer Jason Cowie has started in the role today, following close to five years with global research firm Gartner.

• Top End government CIO Rowan Dollar headed south

  ​The Northern Territory’s Department of Primary Industry and Resources CIO Rowan Dollar is departing the role at the end of this month.

• Why CIO tenures in Australia are getting shorter

  ​The typical chief information officer tenure, or so goes the noughties C-Suite folklore, works to a five year cycle...

• Origin Energy CIO makes move to Telstra

  Kelly Ferguson has left her role as chief information officer at Origin Energy to join Telstra as director of IT, technology and infrastructure.

• Telstra CIO John Romano exits

  ​Telstra’s chief information officer and executive director digitisation John Romano has departed the telco, the company has confirmed.

• AI jobs market heats up, listings and searches on the rise

  The number of artificial intelligence related jobs listed on Australian jobsite Indeed has doubled since 2015, according to data released today by the company.

• Wanted: A CIO to save Australia’s most endangered species

  A vacancy has arisen for what is claimed to be Australia’s first technology leadership role dedicated to the conservation of endangered wildlife.

• Gartner survey: the CIO role ‘remixed’

  ​Nearly all chief information officers (95 per cent) expect their jobs to change or be ‘remixed’ as a result of the digitalisation of their businesses, according to a Gartner survey of 3,160 CIOs globally.

• CISO with an eye for cyber start-ups sought by Macquarie Capital

  Global venture capital investor Macquarie Capital is seeking a chief information security officer who can spot the next big cyber security start-up.

• CIOs Sound Off on a Role in Flux

  Add business partner, co-collaborator and, um, anthropologist to the growing list of IT executive skills, said CIOs at a recent panel in San Francisco.