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Brendan Hopper

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Managing Director Innovation Ecosystems at Commonwealth Bank
📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Brendan Hopper is the Managing Director of Innovation Ecosystems at Commonwealth Bank, where he leads engineering and innovation. With a background as the banks CIO for Technology and head of cybersecurity, he leverages his Masters in AI from UNSW and management training from Harvard to shape Australias technology landscape.

Outside of his corporate role, Brendan is a writer who publishes articles and poetry exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, creativity, and societys future. He has a personal website where he shares these thoughts, blending his deep technical knowledge with a creative and philosophical perspective.

Unique fact: Brendan maintains a personal blog and publication called "Aligning Myself, " where he writes essays and AI-generated poetry.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Managing Director Innovation Ecosystems
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
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Priorities

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AI & Society
Publishes articles on his personal blog exploring how AI will reorder civilization, change the value of talent, and impact culture.
Tech Talent Development
Actively works to fix the 'leaky pipeline' for women in tech and serves as a Director at the Future Skills Organisation to boost Australia's tech skills.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Managing Director Innovation Ecosystems
Commonwealth Bank
9-2025
Distinguished Technical Fellows
Tech Policy Design Institute (TPDi)
6-2023
Non Executive Director
Future Skills Organisation
2-2022
Advisor - Executive Council
Flow Framework - https://flowframework.org/ffc-about/
10-2021 - 12-2023
Customer Advisory Board Member
Atlassian
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Media appearances

Speakers – AI for Good Summit 2025 (includes Brendan Hopper, Managing Director Innovation Ecosystems, Commonwealth Bank). Featured in ITU – AI for Good
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VOICE Summit 2019 Speakers (featuring Brendan Hopper, Managing Director Innovation Ecosystems, Commonwealth Bank). Featured in VOICE Summit
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Education
7-2023 - 11-2023
General management program
Harvard Business School
3-2015 - 1-2023
Master of Information Technology in Artificial Intelligence
UNSW
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