Hilland Author

Gerrod Bland

Executive, Digital, Data & AI · GAICD · Co-founder, Hilland Trading

On the Level

Credentials

GAICD - Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Bachelor of Information Technology - Swinburne University of Technology
Diploma of Project Management - University of New England
Stanford University - Machine Learning (2011-2012)
TOGAF Certification - The Open Group
PRINCE2 Practitioner
30+ years technology, digital, data

About Gerrod

Gerrod Bland is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and the Executive responsible for Digital, Data & AI in Corporate & Institutional Banking at one of Australia's largest banks - a role he stepped into in December 2025 after four years as its Head of Digital, Data & Analytics. His tenure there spans 15+ years.

Across 30+ years in technology, digital, and data, Gerrod's career spans enterprise IT strategy, solution architecture, project management, and executive digital leadership in banking.

His credentials include a Bachelor of Information Technology from Swinburne, a Diploma of Project Management from UNE, Machine Learning study at Stanford (2011-2012), TOGAF, PRINCE2 Practitioner, and his GAICD certification - the latter providing the board-level governance framework that Hilland will need as it scales toward potential institutional investment.

On Hilland's content site, Gerrod writes about the business of fasteners - pricing trends, supplier dynamics, supply-chain economics, and the AS standards landscape from a compliance + governance angle. He co-authors the monthly Hilland Australian Fastener Price Index with Chris.

What Gerrod writes about

Pricing + Industry DataAS Standards + ComplianceSourcing + Supply Chain