Cyber Excellence Award Nominations

Based in Melbourne, Nick Lennon spearheads Mimecast’s expansion in the ANZ and APAC markets. Since 2013, Nick has overseen the APAC team expand from 10 to more than 130 staff supporting thousands of customers and hundreds of partners who have chosen Mimecast to meet their cyber security and cyber resilience requirements. Prior to setting up the ANZ region, Nick spent 6 years in London working at Mimecast in business development, sales and sales leadership roles.

Hilary Walton is a director and a CTO at Microsoft and prior to this she was CISO of the Kordia Group. She has a diverse background in psychology, ICT, risk management, and security and has worked for organizations such as Mi5 and the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Hilary is also an author, having written a book on security culture. She is a digital influencer who is passionate about sharing digital culture ideas through her YouTube show and podcast called “Digital Culture Ideas”. She has received various awards and recognition, including being a winner of the 2022 Women in Security Aotearoa, Thought Leader category and Women in ICT – Rising Star category. She can be found on various social media platforms including Discord, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and TikTok.

Pierro is a senior technical manager and cybersecurity architect with more than 28 years’ experience in the IT industry across Cyber Security, Cloud, Infrastructure & Hyperconverged Technologies, IT Support and Professional Services. He has delivered solutions to various multinational and international companies spanning finance, government, utilities  and retail.  

Jo is passionate about working collaboratively with clients to develop strategies that allow them to respond in this evolving environment. She has worked with a broad range of public and private sector organizations as a Cyber Executive, using her strong industry knowledge and relationships to deliver beneficial outcomes. In her role, Jo drives growth in the PwC Alliance Partnerships and develops key market strategies and new markets, with a strong focus on expanding PwC Managed Cyber Defense Services along with their Cloud SOC and Identity Services. Jo is the Microsoft Alliance Lead and drives the establishment between our two organizations and ongoing relationship management. She has built PwC’s visibility within our partner executive teams and created strong connections and relationships. What this means to our clients is that we have escalation paths to our partner leadership teams to support you with requests, escalations or connecting with the right people.