Tech Diplomacy Global 50

Dr. Tobias Feakin

Managing Director,Protostar Strategy
Australia

Dr Tobias Feakin is Managing Director of Protostar Strategy, a boutique advisory firm that helps governments, companies, and investors navigate the strategic risks and opportunities created by emerging technologies.

From 2017 to 2023 he served as Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, where he designed and led the nation’s international policy on cyber and technology. In this role he authored two world-leading international engagement strategies and was positioned at the centre of global decision-making on emerging technology.

Widely regarded as a leading strategist on technology and geopolitics, Dr Feakin has been a trusted advisor to multiple Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and senior business leaders. His analysis has been published in the Harvard Business Review, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat and other leading international outlets, reflecting his ongoing contribution to global debates on technology, security, and power.

He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, a founding member of the ASPEN Institute’s Global Cybersecurity Group, an Expert Advisor to the University of Oxford’s Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre, and a non-Executive Director of the Tech Policy Design Institute.