Michael Malone
Irish/Australian technology entrepreneur and business executive
Michael Malone is an Irish/Australian technology entrepreneur and business executive. He was the founder and managing director of the Perth-based telecommunications provider iinet starting the business in his parents' garage.2
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Born 1969.1
About
He is a pioneer of dial up access back in 1993 before the Internet became mainstream. Over the years he has been an advocate for Internet consumer rights as well participating in the metadata debate. He was appointed as a non executive director of the NBNco in 2016 until 2025
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Companies
Early life and education
Early life
Malone was born in, County Clare, Ireland and migrated to Australia in 1978 with his parents and two brothers.
Education
Malone attended Christian Brothers College Leederville (now Aranmore Catholic College). He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Post Graduate Diploma in Education from The University of Western Australia.
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Career
Occupation: business executive.5
After leaving iiNet, Malone co-founded and was chairman of Perth-based information security company Diamond Cyber, which was sold to CyberCX in 2020.
He joined the board of NBN Co from 2016 to 2025.
Malone has served on the board of Seven West Media, SpeedCast, Superloop, Axicom, and Dreamscape Limited.
Malone was appointed to the board of ASX Listed logistics software company WiseTech Global. in 2020 and resigned along with three other independent directors in 2025
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Personal life
- Born1969, Ennis6
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataMichael Malone on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMichael Malone on Wikipedia
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- 7WikidataiiNet, Founder