
With two decades experience across the Australian Federal Government, including Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Foreign Affairs and Trade, Melanie has experience in policy, analysis, and capability areas, including large scale legislative reform and major policy shifts. This experience contributes to Melanie's passion for protecting Australia’s strategic interests from non-traditional security threats. Melanie has a PhD on deterrence in cyber space and worked as a cyber adviser for the Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security. Melanie is the Accenture ANZ Client Lead for Security across the Health and Public Service sector.