Nora Waugh

Inspirer
DISC Type : di

CIO Corporate Technology at Commonwealth Bank

Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Overview

Nora Waugh is the CIO of Corporate Technology at Commonwealth Bank, recognized for leading large-scale digital transformation. With a Master of Finance, she specializes in implementing modern cloud and AI solutions within complex financial environments, managing infrastructure, risk, and innovation.

Nora is a vocal advocate for gender equity in the technology sector. She actively mentors women and was a key player in launching Commonwealth Banks EmpowHer initiative, a program designed to develop and elevate emerging female leaders in the industry.

She led one of Commonwealth Banks first agentic AI implementations, establishing governance to enable responsible AI at scale.

Personality Overview

Fast Adopter

Charming & Persuasive

Decisive

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships. They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.

Topics They Care About

Women in Technology
A passionate advocate for gender equity, she helped launch the 'EmpowHer' initiative at Commonwealth Bank to mentor and elevate emerging female leaders.
AI Governance
Focuses on AI-led value and risk governance, and has experience leading agentic AI implementations with an emphasis on responsible and scalable frameworks.
Tech Transformation
Has a reputation for driving significant change in complex environments, focusing on modernizing infrastructure and moving to cloud and engineering-centric operating models.

Media Appearances

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Work History

9-2024
CIO Corporate Technology at Commonwealth Bank
2021 - 2023
Executive Director - Head of Infrastructure & Workplace Technology at Macquarie Group
2018 - 2021
Head of Infrastructure Technology at Macquarie Group
2017 - 2018
Division Director - Infrastructure Strategy & Automation at Macquarie Group
2017 - 2017
Head of Enterprise Services (Infrastructure) at Macquarie Group

Education

GAICD from Australian Institute of Company Directors
Masters of Finance from Macquarie University

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Insights For Selling To Nora

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but insert some anecdotes into it
  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Clearly address the competitive aspects

DONT's

  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t keep repeating the same information, it could make them impatient

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nora is

  • Product value plays a big role, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nora

  • If they do not firmly believe in you, they will refuse without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nora move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Nora take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Nora

Personality Compatibility


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