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Darren Abbruzzese

Visionary · DISC type Ds
CIO - Business Banking & Group Digital at NAB
📍 Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

A senior technology and financial services leader at NAB, Darren Abbruzzese serves as the CIO for Business Banking & Group Digital. With 25 years of experience and degrees from Monash and UNSW, he focuses on leveraging technology and building high-performing teams to deliver strong business outcomes. He also holds a GAICD certification.

Beyond his corporate role, Darren is deeply invested in community wellbeing. He serves as a Non-Executive Director for Mental Health First Aid Australia and participates in community running events. He also uses his platform to raise awareness for causes like Motor Neurone Disease and advocates for protecting family from cyber scams.

As acting Group CIO for Suncorp, he enabled 13, 000 staff, including 4, 000 contact centre agents, to work from home during the pandemic.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
CIO - Business Banking & Group Digital
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Melbourne Area, Australia
Personality Overview

How Darren shows up

Big Vision Person
Direct & Assertive
Goal-Oriented

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Darren cares about

Digital Banking
Leads the strategy for NAB's customer-facing web and mobile channels, focusing on innovation to make lending and banking simpler for customers and bankers.
Cyber Security
Actively promotes public awareness of cyber security, using his platform to share practical advice and resources to protect people from scams and fraud.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
CIO - Business Banking & Group Digital
NAB
8-2021 - 11-2024
CIO - Business and Private Bank
NAB
3-2020 - 7-2020
Group CIO (acting)
Suncorp Group
2-2019 - 7-2021
CIO Insurance
Suncorp Group
6-2018 - 6-2024
Non Executive Director
Mental Health First Aid Australia
In the press

Media appearances

NAB extends AWS cloud agreement. Featured in iTnews
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Education
2023 - 2023
Leading in the Digital Age
Harvard Business School
2019 - 2019
Leading Strategic Growth
Columbia Business School
2017 - 2017
Graduate - Company Directors Course
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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