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Nora Waugh

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CIO Corporate Technology at Commonwealth Bank
📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia

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.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
CIO Corporate Technology
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
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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.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
CIO Corporate Technology
Commonwealth Bank
2021 - 2023
Executive Director - Head of Infrastructure & Workplace Technology
Macquarie Group
2018 - 2021
Head of Infrastructure Technology
Macquarie Group
2017 - 2018
Division Director - Infrastructure Strategy & Automation
Macquarie Group
2017 - 2017
Head of Enterprise Services (Infrastructure)
Macquarie Group
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Education
GAICD
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Masters of Finance
Macquarie University
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