Brent Letson

Executive summary

Brent is a Director in BDO’s Digital team in Melbourne. With over 15 years of experience, he excels in delivering high-impact digital transformation, technology integration, and business improvement initiatives across diverse industries, including finance, insurance, government, and technology.

Brent has a proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programs, restructuring operational practices, and driving sustainable growth while enhancing business resilience. His expertise includes managing complex change programs, from legacy system replacements to cloud migrations, ERP integrations, and SaaS platform implementations.

Brent's leadership in digital transformation initiatives has led to successful system replacements, data migration, and cloud adoptions, enhancing the technological capabilities and security postures of various organisations.

Expertise

• Digital and technology strategy
• Transformation program leadership
• Cybersecurity frameworks
• Business process and operational improvement
• Portfolio, program and project management
• Governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
• Change management
• Project advisory and business case development

Experience

• Delivered an organisation-wide Information Security Management System (ISMS) framework and Business Continuity Plan (BCP), aligned to ISO 27001, Essential 8 and privacy legislation
• Developed a multinational organisation’s enterprise-wide Cyber Security Strategy, unifying security governance and priorities across multiple entities
• Provided independent transformation advisory to the private health insurance industry, delivering a cost-to-complete assessment to guide decision-making on a major program of work
• Conducted a sensitive data management review for a prominent independent secondary college, identifying privacy gaps and recommending improvements to strengthen compliance and data governance
• Led digital transformation projects, including legacy systems replacements and cloud migrations
• Managed large-scale insurance transitions, enhancing operational efficiency and increasing revenue
• Led the development of the business cases for digital transformation programs.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Baseline Security Clearance
• APMG Change Management Practitioner
• APMG Agile Project Management Practitioner
• Certificate IV in Applied Project Management
• Master of Professional Education and Training
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
• Graduate Diploma in Education
• Bachelor of Applied Science