Born and raised in England, Alexa built her expertise in the IT space, starting as a graduate in a cyber security role, before her then-boss moved across to Rabobank, and suggested she do the same.

For the past 17 years she’s worked in Rabobank’s London, Utrecht and now Sydney offices, in a diversity of roles such as Head of Security Integration and Tooling in the Netherlands, to Australian Head of IT Systems.

During her stellar career, Alexa also hasn’t been afraid to take a side-step, taking an unexpected role as a Process Improvement Specialist in 2014.

“Everyone assumed that I would automatically continue to move up the management layers as roles became available, but I felt I needed to move away from a leadership position for a while, it’s very easy to get pigeon-holed in security – or any department for that matter – and I wanted to broaden my skillset.”