Andrew Hottes | Chief Digital Information Officer
Cranbrook School

After decades in the corpoarte arena, Andrew has spent the last 7 years in the education sector. Under his direction Cranbrook became the first K-12 institution in Australia to achieve ISO 27001 certification and is now mapping ISO 42001 controls to classroom realities while mentoring education leaders through the AISNSW and MITIE networks. He is a regular speaker at education and industry events and keynoted at the ICT in Schools Summit earlier this year. .A certified ISO 27001 & ISO 42001 Lead Auditor, Essential Eight Assessor, ISSMP, and multi-year CIO50 / CSO30 honouree, Andrew pairs board-level assurance with hands-on innovation—from sovereign-clouddata vaults to agentic-AI pilots. His recent accolades include Education Technology Leader of the Year 2025 from iTnews.