Alistair is an Entrepreneur and Venture Investor as well as an advisor to both Enterprise and Government on the adoption of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs).

He is considered an international expert on the topics of both Open Banking and secure data sharing within Financial Services and has spoken around the world on these topics.

He is a passionate proponent of the use of privacy enhancing technologies as a means to safely and securely undertake data collaborations for maximum benefit and in a way that protects both the privacy of the individual and the security of the data - he actively advocates for their adoption in multiple countries within the APAC region.

In addition to his work in data sharing, Alistair has been an advisor to government departments of 3 countries on the topics of Fintech, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the commercialisation of "deep-tech". This includes working with Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Entrepreneurship program in which more than 60 new ventures have been created from world class science and technology