The people building the governance layer for reputation control.
A hybrid team of operators, engineering leaders, and governance advisors.
Jeremy Liddle, Cofounder & CEO
Hybrid technical/growth founder. Built Contrlr from scratch, shipping a full-stack AI-powered platform with 150,000+ lines of production code, 15+ data integrations, a reputation scoring engine, predictive scenario planner, and proactive remediation suite
7 years as Managing Director of Third Hemisphere, a strategic communications and reputation advisory firm serving ASX-listed and multinational clients
Founded CapitalPitch (CP Ventures), a tech-enabled venture capital fund, and built a proprietary investment platform to manage deal flow and portfolio operations
Invested in 30+ early-stage companies and led investment rounds on 10+ through his own fund
26 years founding and leading companies across media, technology, communications, and venture capital
Global business leader: G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance (G20 YEA) delegate, B20 participant, and an extensive international business network across APAC, US, and Europe
Tony Surtees AM, Cofounder & Executive Chair
Technology entrepreneur, board director and innovation ecosystem leader. Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2025 for service to technological and charitable entrepreneurialism
Former Vice President & General Manager of Commerce at Yahoo, leading international business units during the early global internet expansion
Founded and built several technology ventures including Zeetings, an interactive communications platform later acquired by Canva
Supported the development of hundreds of technology companies through national commercialisation programmes; Chair of the Entrepreneurs' Programme Committee (Australian Government)
Current governance roles include Chair of Food Ladder, Board Member of Menzies Leadership Foundation, and President of Stanford Australia Association. Focused on AI governance, reputation risk in the algorithmic age, and innovation ecosystems
Adrian Turner, Strategy & Product
Founding CEO of CSIRO's Data61 (2015 to 2019), Australia's national data science and AI research network
Cofounder and CEO of Mocana Corporation in Silicon Valley for eleven years, raising over $40 million in institutional and corporate investment before its acquisition by DigiCert in 2022
Founding Co-Chair of AustCyber, the Australian Government-funded national cyber security industry growth centre established in 2017
Served on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Digital Economy and the Australian Government's Genomics Health Futures Mission Steering Committee
Cofounder of ExoFlare, an Australian biosecurity technology company, which closed a $5.3 million seed funding round in 2024 backed by Woolworths' W23, In-Q-Tel, and Wollemi Capital
Author of Blue Sky Mining: Building Australia's Next Billion Dollar Industries (2012)
Scott Wilkie, Strategy & Growth
Former Managing Director at Accenture (Asia Pacific and Japan): Security CTO, Alliances Lead, Secure AI Lead, and Cyber Protection Lead across AsiaPac, Japan, the Middle East, India, Africa, and LATAM (2022 to 2026)
Held Accenture's global security leadership roles for the AI era: Global Lead of Generative AI Security, Global Lead of Security Emerging Technologies (AI, quantum, and space), and Global Lead of Sovereign Digital Security
Former Global Cyber Lead at Deloitte across Innovation, Defence, Security and Justice, and Security M&A (2020 to 2022)
Industry Professor of Data and AI at the University of Technology Sydney, focused on national security; former Chair of the Tech and Security Advisory Board at auDA, the .au domain administrator
Regular commentator on sovereign AI and geopolitical security through forums including the World Economic Forum and The Cipher Brief