Desmond Seeley is a technology executive with three decades of C-level leadership spanning financial services, telecommunications and international broadcast. He has worked in four consecutive senior technology mandates inside the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, most recently as Executive AI and Engineering, leading the adopton of CBA's DevSecOps in a regulated environment, enterprise approach to AI-powered engineering across one of Australia's most complex regulated environments.
Earlier in his career Desmond founded and scaled technology businesses, held CEO and CTO roles across finance, telecommunications and international broadcast—including building the company that delivered broadcast infrastructure for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa—and advised boards on technology strategy.
He is the founder of Business Collateral, an executive leadership initiative exploring how judgement, systems thinking and applied AI intersect for leaders navigating the Intelligence Age.
Desmond Seeley
Executive Manager-AI & Engineering at Commonwealth Bank
















