Summary
Matthew Duckworth is an executive cybersecurity and IT risk leader based in Greater Sydney with over 20 years’ experience building and operating security programs across financial services, healthcare, and government. Currently Director IT Risk and Security at MetLife, he has a track record of translating regulatory and compliance requirements (PCI‑DSS, CIS, Essential Eight) into measurable risk reduction and sustained operational controls. He combines hands‑on delivery—leading incident response, secure development practices and SOC transformations—with strategic program design that reduced application vulnerabilities by two‑thirds and established global CIS reporting in prior roles. Matthew’s background spans consultancy and vendor management at IBM and Capgemini through to in‑house leadership at CoreLogic and Primary Health Care, giving him fluency in both client‑facing advisory work and large enterprise governance. Notably, his multidisciplinary academic foundation (engineering, commerce and science) underpins a quantitative, context‑aware approach to threat and risk assessment that favours practical, sprint‑level remediation.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Sydney