Brisbane · Australia

Brad Ferris

Director · Investor · AI Strategy & Governance

Auditor turned operator turned director. Board-level AI and cyber governance for Australian companies at a regulatory moment that demands operator depth and technical literacy, not just oversight.

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Edition 01AI Governance2 July 2026

A New Guide Is Not New Governance

The AICD and the Human Technology Institute have updated the Director's Guide to AI Governance for the age of agentic AI. But a guide is not governance — and the reflex to circulate it, note it, and file it is the trap.

One boardroom question
If our primary AI model became unavailable next week — by export control, price, or policy — which of our processes stop, and what's our fallback? Can anyone in this room answer that today?

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About

The short version.

Twelve years at EY across Brisbane and Sydney — Big Four audit, then transactions: financial and operational due diligence. In 2018 I co-founded REDD Digital, where I served as CEO and Managing Director, building a managed IT and managed security services business delivering to Queensland government agencies and departments. We sold to a US private equity acquirer in 2025.

Today I run Orange AI —an AI consultancy focused on strategy, operating model redesign, automation, and development—and serve as principal of a multi-entity family investment office. I completed the AICD Company Directors Course in 2026 (GAICD) and remain a registered Chartered Accountant through Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.

I'm currently seeking independent board positions where operator-depth technology experience and active capital-allocation are load-bearing — NFP, medium private, major private, and ASX boards alike.

The credential chain

2005 — 2017

EY · Audit & Transactions

Big Four audit and financial and operational due diligence. Brisbane and Sydney.

2018 — 2025

REDD Digital

Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director. Built, ran, and exited a managed IT and managed security services business. Sold to a US PE acquirer.

Current

Orange AI

Active AI consultancy. Strategy, automation, and development.

Current

Family Investment Office

Principal of a multi-entity family investment office. Active capital allocation.

2026

GAICD

AICD Company Directors Course. Formal director credential.

Current

Chartered Accountant

Registered member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. Current professional-body credential.

Signature series

The Director's Lens.

A director's perspective on AI, technology, cyber security, capital, and the boardroom. Each edition takes a real-world governance moment and reads it through a director's lens.

Researched and drafted by Brad's agentic AI team. Edited and published by Brad Ferris.

6 June 2026AI Governance7 min read

When AI Builds Itself: Governing the Rate of Change

A frontier AI lab has published the evidence for why it might one day need to slow itself down — and reported that the rate of AI capability gain is itself accelerating. The board-level event isn't the singularity; it's that most boards govern AI on an annual cadence while the technology now moves on a quarterly one.

30 May 2026AI Strategy7 min read

The Organizational Singularity: When the Operating Model Becomes a Board Decision

Futurists say companies must rebuild around AI agents within one to two years. The real governance problem isn't the deadline — it's that re-architecting the operating model, the biggest strategic bet a company can make, almost never reaches the board as a decision.

20 May 2026AI Governance7 min read

The Pace Exceeds Our Capacity: What 828 Directors Just Told the AICD

More than half of Australian directors just told the AICD that AI is moving faster than their organisations can govern — while two-thirds of the same panel say it's already delivering productivity gains. That gap is the governance story of 2026, and it's about board capability, not technology.

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Contact

Get in touch.

For board opportunities, advisory engagements, or AI strategy conversations. Email is the fastest path; my AI agents help me triage, but every reply is mine.

brad@ferriscorp.com.au

Brad Ferris

Consultancy

Orange AI