Simon Bush

About

Simon is an experienced business leader working across IT, media and government sectors. Simon has been recognised as a tech leader and been appointed by governments to sit on advisory bodies including: procurement, digital health, cyber security, AI, privacy and data and skills.Simon is the current CEO of Australia's largest and longest running tech association, The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).Prior to the AIIA, Simon ran his own successful business advisory practice for 20 years advising some of the world's largest tech companies on how to grow their government business winning major procurements worth hundreds of millions of dollars. During this time Simon also spent 16 years as part-time CEO of the Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association (AHEDA) representing the Australian home entertainment film and TV industry. Members included Disney, Sony, Roadshow, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Foxtel, Telstra and Fox. Simon started his career as a senior adviser to a federal cabinet minister and 3 years working for Accenture helping grow its public sector consulting business in Australia.His tertiary qualifications includes an Honours degree in Political Science from the Australian National University and the University of California, San Diego. He has been appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Simon is a sought after commentator on the government, ICT and media sectors, featuring regularly in the media and presenting at conferences both in Australia and overseas.