Team
The people building monō.
Operators, engineers and independent advisors who have built and led change across financial services, technology and professional services.
David Hyman
Founder and CEO
David co-founded Lendi in 2013 and led its 2021 merger with Aussie Home Loans to create Lendi Group. He then led the Group’s AI transformation. That first-hand experience shapes monō’s approach to changing how businesses operate.
Daniel Folb
Founding VP, Clients
Daniel spent 17 years at Deloitte, where he was a Partner leading enterprise transformation. He now leads client work at monō, helping businesses turn their AI strategy into practical improvements.
Shoumo Thakurta
Founding VP, Product and Platform
Shoumo led CommBank’s Generative AI Centre of Excellence. He now leads product and platform at monō, bringing experience of applying AI within a major financial institution.
Olivia Braddick
Founding VP, Growth
Olivia worked in EY’s brand, marketing and communications team, supporting the global executive team on the EY.ai launch and World Entrepreneur Of The Year programme. She previously advised AI businesses on international growth.
Dominick Ng
Founding VP, Engineering
Dominick previously led engineering at Relevance AI and spent nearly a decade at Google. He now leads monō’s engineering team and the development of its platform.
Brad Drysdale
Field CTO
Brad has held Field CTO and engineering roles at SnapLogic, Kong and MuleSoft. At monō, he helps clients put AI into operation within their existing systems.
Brad Perriott
Head of GTM
Brad leads monō’s commercial growth. He was previously Area Vice President and Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand at SentinelOne.
Bec Jenkins
Chief of Staff
Bec previously served as Chief of Staff to founders and leadership teams at Canva and Airtasker. She now supports monō’s leadership team as Chief of Staff.
Selected prior experience. Names identify selected prior employers, education or professional affiliations. They do not imply endorsement, partnership or current client status.
From team members who built or led change at

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Advised by leaders from Atlassian, ANZ, IBM and Suncorp.
Team experiences, not monō clients, partners or endorsements.
Independent perspective
Prabhat Sethi
Chairman, Archistar
Prabhat brings a boardroom and operator’s view of technology businesses across global retail, media and property technology. He is Chairman of Archistar and Executive Chairman of Global Blue. Earlier, he served as Managing Director of Murdoch Media. He helps frame the strategic choices that matter most as a company scales.
Danny Gilbert AM
Co-Founder & Chairman, Gilbert + Tobin
Danny co-founded Gilbert + Tobin and remains its Chairman. He brings commercial legal judgement and a deep commitment to institutions that broaden opportunity. His board and civic work includes the Reserve Bank’s Governance Board, Cape York Partnership and Impact Investing Australia. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to law and the community.
Linda Brown
Member, Governing Board, Torrens University Australia
Linda founded and led Torrens University Australia as President and CEO, building a new Australian university with international reach. She brings institution-building, growth and student-centred leadership. Her board and leadership roles span education and future-skills ventures.
Jeff Smith
Independent Non-Executive Director, ANZ
Jeff brings decades of enterprise technology and operating-change leadership to the advisor group. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director at ANZ and chairs its Digital Business & Technology Committee. Previously, he was CIO at IBM and Suncorp, and CEO of Suncorp Business Services. He also led IBM’s global agile transformation.
Dominic Price
Partner & Work Futurist, Be Luminous
Dominic is Partner & Work Futurist at Be Luminous, helping leaders redesign work for a technology-rich world. Across nine years at Atlassian he helped the company scale, co-created the Team Playbook and became one of its clearest voices on teams, culture and human systems. He brings that practical lens to the relationship between AI, leadership and work.
Selected prior experience. Names identify selected prior employers, education or professional affiliations. They do not imply endorsement, partnership or current client status.