Disclaimer. Written by AI, semi-supervised, from public data. It will contain errors. Every fact cites a public source — check it there. Report corrections as a GitHub issue; they will be pursued with vigour.
Evidence-based record of the technical backgrounds of directors of listed telecommunications and digital-infrastructure operators in Australia and New Zealand.
- Report:
update_report.md— coverage, level distribution by board, directors at Level 4 and above, company skills matrices, and verification of claims. The level system is explained in Appendix A of the report. - Director table:
data/directors.csv— 120 directors with a verified level. - Per-company checks:
data/cv/— each director's degrees, career evidence, level and grade. - Company skills matrices:
data/skill_matrices/. - Sources:
data/src/— for each source document: URL, date, evidence tier and the extracts relied on.
Corrections are welcome. Open a GitHub issue (or a pull request) with the public source that shows the error. A correction is applied only when its source is public, so that anyone — person or AI agent — can check it.
All data is published as plain files at stable paths so that people and AI agents can read it without logging in:
| File | Format | Contents |
|---|---|---|
data/directors.csv, data/directors.json |
CSV / JSON | One row per board seat with a verified level |
data/cv/<TICKER>.md |
Markdown | Degrees, career evidence, level and grade per director |
data/skill_matrices/<TICKER>_<FY>.md |
Markdown | Each company's published skills matrix |
data/src/<TICKER>_<DOC>.md |
Markdown | Source URLs, dates, evidence tier and extracts |
Raw URLs follow the pattern https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IEISI-ORG/BOARDS/main/<path>.
Data dictionary (directors.csv / directors.json): exchange (ASX, NZX/ASX, unlisted); ticker (exchange code; for unlisted companies a short name,
e.g. OPTUS); company;
cohort (ASX300, SmallCap, NZ, Unlisted); director; independent (Y/N, per the company's own classification);
level (1–6, see Appendix A of the report); evidence_grade (always V in published data); sources
(short names of the documents relied on; full URLs in data/src/).
Before using any website or API we check its terms of use and robots.txt. If they prohibit automated
or AI-agent access, we record that and stop using the source; if we find no prohibition, we record that
and use it. The register is in data/ACCESS_POLICY.md. For example, the ASX
website's terms prohibit robots and scrapers, so ASX pages are no longer accessed automatically.
Only sources that AI agents can read openly and lawfully are used. LinkedIn does not meet that test:
- LinkedIn's
robots.txt(https://www.linkedin.com/robots.txt) states: "The use of robots or other automated means to access LinkedIn without the express permission of LinkedIn is strictly prohibited." - Logged-out automated requests to LinkedIn profile pages return HTTP status 999 (tested 1 October 2026).
- Profile content shown only to logged-in members is not public, and profiles are self-reported.
For commentary on LinkedIn's User Agreement and AI agents, see Stan Robinson, Jr.'s post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stanrobinson_linkedintips-aiinbusiness-aiagents-share-7361444705626124290-h1hJ/
As a result, directors' careers are recorded only as far as company filings, exchange announcements, regulator documents, official web pages and reputable press describe them. Where a level could be higher with better evidence, the per-company file says what public evidence would change it.
The per-company files compare each director's level with an earlier, unpublished classification ("report", "old tier", tiers A–D). Those references are kept to show what changed; the earlier document itself is not published because it contained unverified statements.
Every fact is taken from a source that anyone can open without logging in (company filings, exchange announcements, regulator documents, official web pages, reputable press). Only scores graded V (verified) are published. The report is informational: it records evidence and counts it, and does not make recommendations.
Companies listed on the ASX or NZX that run their own internet-connected network or data-centre services.
The check that a company actually runs internet-connected services is that it holds Internet number resources — IP addresses and/or an Autonomous System Number (ASN) — from a Regional Internet Registry (APNIC, the registry for the Asia-Pacific region including Australia and New Zealand), in its own name or a subsidiary's. Without number resources a company cannot operate its own presence on the internet. The registry record for each company is listed in the report's coverage table and can be checked at https://rdap.apnic.net/.
Registry membership is a check, not the reason for inclusion: many banks, retailers and energy companies also hold number resources for their own corporate networks. Resellers that do not run their own network, software companies and contractors are excluded.
The dataset is updated as more boards are checked. The coverage table at the top of the report shows which companies are complete, in progress or not yet started.
CC BY 4.0 for the text and data; quoted third-party extracts remain with their owners. See
LICENSE.md.
Last exported: 2026-10-02.