Your cloud spend is growing. Your risk exposure is too. Let's fix that.
Thursday 13th November 2025 | 12pm – 2:30pm
Beverly Rooftop, L24, 627 Chapel Street, South Yarra
The CFO role has shifted. You’re now making calls on cloud costs, security risks and Ai readiness. Not someday, Today. Join Helen Cox, CFO at Macquarie Technology Group and a small group of finance leaders for a practical conversation about taking control of your cloud strategy
This interactive discussion will explore:
- Cloud Cost Control: Cut monthly fees by optimizing usage and performance without sacrificing capability.
- Security Risk Management: Handle 100+ cloud security vulnerabilities while staying agile and compliant.
- Strategic Financial Oversight: Turn resource monitoring and governance into competitive advantage.
- AI Organisational Readiness: Build the foundation now for successful AI implementation later.
Expect an engaging conversation with fellow CFOs facing similar challenges and opportunities — in a confidential, peer-led environment.
Seats are strictly limited. Please RSVP to secure your place.
About the speakers.
Helen Cox
Chief Financial Officer | Macquarie Technology Group
Helen Cox is an accomplished finance executive with over 15 years of experience leading financial strategy, governance, and transformation across high-growth and complex organisations. As Chief Financial Officer at Macquarie Technology Group, she oversees Finance, Legal, and People & Culture functions across four business units, driving strategic initiatives that enhance enterprise value and support sustained growth.
Before joining Macquarie, Helen held senior roles at Commonwealth Bank and TymeBank, where she led investment development, M&A, and financial operations for the bank’s international digital ventures. Her earlier career at PwC saw her advising private clients on M&A, IPOs, and restructures, earning recognition for her commercial acumen and leadership.
Slava Drozd
Principal Consultant | Macquarie Cloud Services
Slava is a trusted expert in Azure, automation, and the Microsoft ecosystem. With a background in software development across platforms, languages, and databases, Slava bridges the gap between infrastructure and development teams to drive business outcomes. Known for helping customers adopt the right tools, practices, and technologies, Slava ensures efficiency and long-term roadmap success. Practical, approachable, and solutions-focused, Slava makes complex challenges simpler.
About Macquarie Technology Group.
Macquarie Technology Group, is a top 200 ASX-listed organisation, and is Australia’s most recommended cloud service provider. For close to 20 years the local team has provided private, public, hybrid, security and disaster recovery solutions to a range of ambitious Australian businesses.
Macquarie Technology Group is the fastest-growing Microsoft Azure practice in Australia, and the only Microsoft partner to be both an Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) and a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Organisation (MISA).
It is also Australia’s only truly sovereign private cloud, owned and operated by Tier III certified data centres. Its local team of +100 provide expert advice on aligning the right cloud platform or hybrid services architecture to business needs, and this dedication has seen Macquarie Technology Group achieve an industry-leading net promoter score (NPS) of +78. For customers this translates to consistent service, seamless portability, end-to-end security and commercial flexibility across hybrid estates.