MinterEllison Consulting expands cyber security practice with new hires
02 August 2023
MinterEllison Consulting, the consulting business of MinterEllison, has announced the hire of four experienced consultants to its national cyber security practice. The hires come three months after the appointment of cyber security expert Shannon Sedgwick, who joined as lead partner of the practice.
Tulin Sevgin joins as director in the Sydney office, bringing with her over a decade of experience working with local and global organizations in financial services, energy, infrastructure, construction, and for the U.S. government. She is a third-party risk management specialist, and has a depth of knowledge about what makes organizations resilient to data breaches and supply chain attacks and delivers solutions that integrate cyber risk into risk management frameworks.
Russell Weir, has been named director in the Brisbane office. He brings a wealth of experience from his previous roles as head of cyber security and CIO. Most recently, Weir was the first dedicated cybersecurity professional in local government at the City of Newcastle, where he established their cyber security strategy and governance framework.
Natasha Basukoski and Jamie Dunn join the Sydney practice, bringing a further depth of cyber analytics to the team. Basukoski previously worked with a global consultancy firm and spent four years working in financial services. Dunn brings in-depth experience in supply chain risk management after a number of years specializing in this area within a well-known cyber security technology vendor.
“I am thrilled to welcome Tulin, Russell, Natasha, and Jamie to our growing cyber security practice,” said Shannon Sedgwick, partner and head of cyber security at MinterEllison Consulting. “They bring an added depth and dimension to our combined consulting and legal cyber security offering. Over the past year, there has been heightened awareness of cyber security risks among some of the country’s largest companies which have suffered significant breaches. Cyber risk remains a top five priority for organizations, as confirmed by our recently published 2023 Cyber Risk report.”
