Stephen Scheeler is the former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s rise from quirky start up to media and technology titan. Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s Silicon Valley leaders, his tenure at Facebook saw the ANZ business – including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp and Oculus – become one of the most successful Facebook markets in the world.
Today, he is founder of The Digital CEO, Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, and Executive-in-Residence at the Australian Graduate School of Management. He is also co-founder and CEO of the Omniscient A.I. – the world leader in using A.I. to decode the human brain. Omniscient is often called “the OpenAI of the brain”. As a speaker, Stephen has appeared on the highest-profile keynote stages – including TEDx. He is a frequent media commentator on data, A.I., technology and the future of business & society, and a member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Knowledge Nation 100, top innovation leaders in Australia.
