Adam Dent has served as Chief Executive and board member of SIRA since July 2021, leading the regulation of insurance and care schemes in NSW.
Adam’s background spans the public, private and non-profit sectors, working as the Chief Executive Officer of NSW Trustee and Guardian and the Commissioner of Dormant Funds. He was the Director of Government and Public Sector Advisory at Ernst & Young, Commissioner of the NSW State Emergency Service, and State Manager of Emergency Services for the Australian Red Cross in Victoria.
Adam is passionate about improving customer outcomes, data and digital innovation, and transformational change. He has led significant policy reform, national and state-wide disaster and crisis response, and has a proven track record of building organisational capability and results.
Adam holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Institute of Business and an Executive Certificate in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Studies from Griffith University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.