To build a future-focused world where organisations can confidently and responsibly implement and secure new technology, and are resilient custodians of community and consumer trust.
At Germane Advisory, we combine industry knowledge with cutting-edge solutions to address your most pressing challenges in cyber security, privacy, crisis management, and AI/data governance.
Our team of seasoned experts work hand-in-hand with your organisation to build resilience, mitigate risks, and foster responsible innovation in an ever-evolving digital world.
Germane Advisory was founded in 2024 to support organisations to build resilience and capability – helping them respond when things go wrong, and rebuilding stronger if they do.
We aim to make a difference by working alongside our clients to solve what we believe are some of the most pressing problems of the next decade.
Germane Advisory is led by David Stocks and Victoria Young, who have accumulated more than three decades of experience across cyber security, privacy, and data/AI governance domains. David is at his best bringing together teams of multi-disciplinary specialists and working on challenging problems with others. Victoria thrives when solving cross-disciplinary issues at the intersection of data, security and governance.

Our values serve as both a guide for how we should act and make decisions, and as a scorecard for how working with us should feel to our clients.
Deliver practical, efficient solutions that address real-world risks and challenges.
Deploy multi-disciplinary teams of collaborators and communicators that connect with our clients to make change.
Experienced teams deliver work that's valued, necessary, and will move the dial.
Look for new solutions to old problems and drive novel strategies.
Hungry, motivated and determined to deliver the best, we are obsessed with delivering the highest quality work.
Look around the corner and ahead of the curve to get the job done for the long term.