Tristan Sternson is the CEO of ARQ Group and NCS NEXT Global Co-Lead. He is in charge of NEXT's strategy, practice management and people development.

An Australian tech industry pioneer and a serial entrepreneur, at the heart of Tristan’s decades-long IT career is his drive to create meaningful impact through digital technology solutions, including advisory, experience and design, engineering and managed services. As the CEO of ARQ, Tristan’s leadership was pivotal in taking the business to one of Australia’s greatest turnaround stories in three short years.