About

With a 25-year career at the leading edge of emerging technologies, cyber and geopolitics Dr Feakin is an outcomes-focused creative senior leader who combines innovative thinking, negotiation and practical delivery on the global stage.

From 2017 – 2023 he was Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, leading the nation’s international approach to technology issues. This placed him at the epicentre of global decision-making around technology and geopolitics.

Dr Feakin is a leading technology strategist – he conceived and led the Australian Government’s foreign policy and international engagement on cyber and critical technology. He was responsible for the creation of two world-leading International Engagement Strategies for Cyber and Technology.

A trusted advisor to multiple Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and senior business leaders, Dr Feakin maintains a global network of senior leaders across government, the private sector and civil society.

From 2012 – 2016, he was the Director of National Security at ASPI, overseeing the Institute’s work on Counter-Terrorism, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security and Policing. Prior to arriving in Australia, he served as Director of National Security & Resilience at the Royal United Services Institute in London from 2007 – 2012.

Dr Feakin is a Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI, a founding member of the ASPEN Institute’s Global Cybersecurity Group, an Expert Advisor to the University of Oxford’s Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, and an Expert Advisor to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s FinCyber Strategy Project.