Jeff Smith was appointed to the role of Group Executive, Business Technology at Suncorp in 2007. In this role, he has provided strong leadership during one of the largest technology integrations in recent Australian financial services history, as well as introducing and embedding transformational working practices such as Agile within the organisation.

He has 24 years of experience in the IT industry with the last 12 years spent as CIO or equivalent for a range of companies in the U.S. and Australia. His previous roles include CIO for Telstra Corporation, where he led the transformation and integration of IT systems and generated dramatic improvements in quality, cycle time and cost reduction. Smith has also held leadership positions in a number of world-class companies including Honeywell, Toyota and Charles Schwab.