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<\/p>\nThe boss of the tech sector\u2019s peak lobbying group has resigned 16 months after taking the top job, citing concerns about his ability to effectively work from home.<\/p>\n
Damian Kassabgi, a former Afterpay executive, lives in Byron Bay and said he was resigning as Tech Council of Australia\u2019s CEO in order to better maintain a work-life balance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to share some news,\u201d Kassabgi wrote in a letter to TCA members seen by this masthead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have advised the board of my intention to resign as CEO of the TCA. The reality for me being in regional Australia with a young family means that I am looking to find a better and healthier balance (than being on planes all the time). There will be a period of transition, and I will remain on as CEO until well into the new year.<\/p>\n
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Damian Kassabgi, boss of the tech sector\u2019s peak lobbying group, has resigned 16 months after taking the top job, citing concerns about his ability to effectively work from home.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer<\/p>\n
\u201cAs many of you know, I love the sector and always saw this role as giving back to an industry that has been good to me and my career. I am looking to stay in the role as the board finds a replacement to ensure a smooth transition. I am very proud that I got to play a small but vital role in such an important sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
The TCA represents many of Australia\u2019s largest tech companies including Canva, Atlassian, SafetyCulture and AirTrunk.<\/p>\n
The resignation comes at a critical time for the sector, which is wrestling with how to best regulate AI and harness its economic opportunities.<\/p>\n
Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar, Atlassian\u2019s former co-CEO, said Kassabgi had been a valuable asset to TCA and Australia\u2019s tech sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue working together through the leadership transition,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThe board wishes Damian every success going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boss of the tech sector\u2019s peak lobbying group has resigned 16 months after taking the top job,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-231469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}