Hanoi · Melbourne
Nigel Nguyen.
Strategy · Architecture · Engineering
20+ years across startups, fintech and banking.
About
I'm a technology leader with 20+ years spanning engineering, architecture and strategy: software engineer, engineering manager, fintech CTO, enterprise architect, and now head of strategy and architecture at an Australian Big 4 bank. I built NAB Vietnam's Strategy & Architecture function from scratch, took on its Core Engineering organisation of several hundred people by secondment to turn it around, and have been Acting Head of AI since June 2026. I write and own technology strategies through to executive approval and use capability models to direct investment, with the hands-on depth to deliver: payments, cloud migration, platform engineering and continuous delivery.
Now
- Head of Strategy & Architecture · Acting Head of AI Vietnam at National Australia Bank (NAB), also leading Core Engineering by secondment. Based in Hanoi, often in Melbourne.
- Setting enterprise AI strategy and the operating model behind it.
- Designing how people and AI agents share work, and who answers for it.
- Off the clock: history, film, football and cooking.