{"id":9720,"date":"2025-07-17T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/?post_type=our_team&#038;p=9720"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T04:20:22","slug":"simone-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"our_team","link":"https:\/\/psgconference.com\/2025\/our_team\/simone-wheatley\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Wheatley"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Simone Wheatley, is the National Security Director for Microsoft ANZ based in Canberra, she brings almost 30 years of expertise from a career in military intelligence, security management in the nuclear industry and Cyber Security Consultancy for the public sector. She has dedicated the past decade to Microsoft in the UK and Australia, leading national security teams and evolving national security compliance and strategy. 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