NT finds its next digital government executive

The Northern Territory's Department of Corporate and Digital Development (DCDD) has appointed Bruno Braga as the new executive director of digital government.

Braga joins from Queensland's Mater Group where he was most recently the director of data and digital solutions.

He replaces long-time NT digital government executive Ewan Perrin who has been promoted to an executive role overseeing special projects. 

A DCDD spokesperson confirmed the change to iTnews and said that Perrin “will continue to report to [DCDD CEO] Chris Hosking."

Perrin wrote in a LinkedIn post that he was “quite thrilled to announce that after many decades of aspiration, I have finally been 'promoted' to 'special projects'. It frees me up to work the margins in NT government”. 

Perrin first revealed plans to finish up as executive director of the office of digital government late last year.

Braga’s role includes “represent[ing] the territory at national forums and committees to drive and deliver digital initiatives and government priorities”

Although the position is Darwin-based, Braga will act on strategic digital opportunities with a strong focus on remote areas of the territory.

Braga was with Mater, a Brisbane-based healthcare provider, for five and a half years. Before that, he worked for five years at EY’s Queensland branch as head of data and analytics.

Perrin was appointed DCDD’s executive director of the office of digital government in late 2019 and has overseen many projects including fast-tracking the government's digital transformation.

His previous experience includes advisory roles for analyst firms IBRS and Gartner, but he has a strong history of working across government departments including time spent as permanent secretary department of communications and information technology in Fiji.

Across his career, he has also held various consultancy, project management and C-suite roles in numerous organisations, including the Australian Taxation Office and CSIRO.