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David Fairman

Investor

Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures

Brisbane, Australia

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

APAC CSO for Netskope with prior security leadership roles at NAB, Royal Bank of Canada, JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Experience

  1. NetskopeChief Information Officer & Chief Security Officer - APACcurrent2022 — presentAustralia
  2. NetskopeChief Security Officer - APAC2020 — 2022
  3. SixThirtyPartner & CISO-in-residencecurrent2020 — present
  4. CitoPlusNon Executive Directorcurrent2024 — present
  5. BugcrowdBoard Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  6. Terkus Pty LtdFounder & Directorcurrent2020 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
  7. Cyber Club LondonMember & Investorcurrent2021 — present
  8. DevoSpecial Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  9. ParaFlareNon Executive Director2022 — 2024
  10. Deakin UniversityAdjunct Professor2019 — 2023Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  11. Cyber Mentor FundVenture Partner2020 — 2023
  12. Glilot Capital PartnersAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2022Israel
  13. ClearSkyAdvisory Board Member2019 — 2022
  14. Istari GlobalAdvisor2020 — 2021
  15. Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VCAdvisory Board Member2019 — 2021
  16. Digital ShadowsBoard of Directors Advisor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  17. National Australia BankChief Security Officer2018 — 2020Greater Melbourne Area
  18. Australian Financial Crimes ExchangeChair of the Board Of Directors2018 — 2020Greater Melbourne Area
  19. New York UniversityAdjunct Professor2018 — 2019Brooklyn, New York
  20. University of TorontoAdjunct Professor2017 — 2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  21. RBCChief Information Security Officer2015 — 2018New York
  22. Security Advisor AllianceFounding Governing Board Member & VP Board of Directors2014 — 2018Greater St. Louis Area
  23. Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)Founder and Member of the Board of Directors2017 — 2018Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  24. JPMorgan Chase & Co.Managing Director2011 — 2014Greater New York City Area
  25. Royal Bank of Scotland GroupChief Information Security Officer, RBS Americas2009 — 2011
  26. Royal Bank of Scotland GroupHead of Information Security, EMEA2009
  27. Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and MarketsHead of Information Security, EMEA2008 — 2009
  28. Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and MarketsHead of Security Architecture2007 — 2008
  29. Tercus Solutions LtdDirector2005 — 2008
  30. BAAManaging Technical Architect2006 — 2007
  31. Telecom New ZealandSenior Security Architect2005
  32. Dimension DataSenior Security Consultant2003 — 2005
  33. Duke Energy InternationalSenior Network Engineer2001 — 2003
  34. MincomData Communications Engineer2001
  35. MincomTechnical Team Leader - NT Group1999 — 2001

Skills & more

ISO 2700175Operational Risk Management44Program Management46Information Security99CISM23Financial Risk27Business Analysis12Networking12Application Security9Information Security Management99Business Continuity50CISSP31
+9 morePCI DSSVulnerability AssessmentDisaster RecoveryIncident ManagementGovernanceSecurityEnterprise Risk ManagementNetwork SecuritySolution Architecture
  • Introduction to Model Context Protocol — Anthropic
  • Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork — Anthropic
  • Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork — Anthropic
  • Certificate of completion: Introduction to agent skills — Anthropic
  • Claude Code in Action — Anthropic
  • Building with the Claude API — Anthropic
  • Artificial Intelligence for Business — Wharton Online

From David's professional profile.

Colleagues at SixThirty Ventures

Andrew Wegrzyn
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Atul Kamra
Managing Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Chandresh Iyer
General Partner at SixThirty Ventures
David Hopkins
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Doug Wilber
Operating Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Dustin Wilcox
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Evan Thorpe
Principal, Asia Pacific at SixThirty Ventures
Joel Brightfield
Principal at SixThirty Ventures

Network8

Dalton CaldwellScout
Co-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
Mark AndersonScout
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Mickey BoodaeiScout
Partner at Picture Capital
Andrew Wegrzyn
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Atul Kamra
Managing Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Brian Sack
Partner at TLV Partners
Chandresh Iyer
General Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Dustin Wilcox
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures

Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Fairman?
APAC CSO for Netskope with prior security leadership roles at NAB, Royal Bank of Canada, JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Where does David Fairman work?
David Fairman is Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures.
What check size does David Fairman write?
David Fairman typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did David Fairman go to school?
David Fairman studied at University of Southern Queensland (MBA); University of Southern Queensland (MPM, Project Management); QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (Bachelor of Information Technology, Software Engineering / Data Communications).

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Also attended University of Southern Queensland5

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Also attended QUT (Queensland University of Technology)57

Esther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementSam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalAndrew PoesastePartner at RampersandFredrik BergenlidPartner at Fly VenturesReuben BramaInvestor at IDEO CoLab VenturesWendy LamAdvisor at Chrysalix

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Shared employers

Also worked at Devo3

Sunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesBob GoodmanPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersArnaud de ScorbiacPartner at Isai

Also worked at Deakin University6

Sam KroonenburgVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesAndrew LaiManaging Director - Boab AI at ArtesianFelix HongVP Engineering at Botrista Technology, Former Engineering Site Lead at Google Nest at Taiwan Global AngelsSoraya BornazTechnology Specialist at Underground VenturesMichelle XuSenior Partnerships and Ecosystem Manager at Swinburne Innovation StudioKayne HarwoodExecutive Director, Climate Finance at Save the Children Global Ventures

Also worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co.338

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