Syed Ali Hussain

Syed Ali Hussain has over 25 years of experience in the technology and financial sectors. Their most recent role is as the Head of Business Resilience Management at ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions since 2022. Prior to this, they held various positions at Samba Financial Group, including Division Head-Treasury & Global Markets Technology, Chief Business Resilience & CISO from 2019 to 2021, and AGM-Head of Treasury & Global Markets Technology, Market Data & Chief Business Information Security from 2008 to 2019. Syed Ali has also worked at EDS Technologies, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, UBS, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Deutsche Bank, and ICL Project Management Solutions Ltd, where they assumed different roles in technology management and support.

Syed Ali Hussain completed a BSC Double Computing degree in Computer Science at Oxford Brookes University from 1995 to 2000. More recently, from 2022 to 2025, they pursued a Doctor's Degree in Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at Charles Sturt University. Additionally, they hold various certifications such as Generative AI Fundamentals from Databricks and Public Relations Foundations from LinkedIn. Syed Ali also has certifications in CCNA from Cisco, Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council, Certified Forensic Investigator, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA, ISO Lead Audit Implementation from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), MCSE from Microsoft, Oracle Database Administrator from Oracle, PMP from PMI-OC Project Management Institute Orange County Chapter, and SUN SOLARIS from SUN SOLARIS LTD.