Meet Moe Chizari — Chief Executive Officer of Epic IT

Not every MSP leader comes from an IT background. Some arrive through trading floors, prudential regulators, and multi-year transformation programmes at Australia’s largest financial institutions. That is the path Moe Chizari took before joining Epic IT as Chief Executive Officer.

For Perth businesses evaluating their managed IT provider, who runs the company matters. Here is the background behind the person running ours.

From Financial Markets to Managed IT

Moe’s career started in financial markets. After completing a Bachelor of International Business at RMIT University, he spent time at NAB and DP World before moving to London to work at Columbia Threadneedle Investments — one of the world’s largest asset managers.

There, he was the front-office trade support lead for five multi-strategy volatility trading funds, covering SICAV, OEIC, and hedge fund structures. Precision, governance, and risk management were not preferences — they were requirements. That mindset never left.

Enterprise Transformation Under APRA

Returning to Australia, Moe moved into programme delivery at some of the country’s most heavily regulated institutions.

At Bravura Solutions, he spent over five years progressing from service delivery through to senior project management and account management — working across private wealth, portfolio administration, and enterprise systems with clients in Australia and New Zealand.

He then joined Westpac, where he managed the end-to-end delivery of the Group Treasury Banking Book Transformation. That programme included product enablement and the APS-117 Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB) prudential programme — one of APRA’s most complex regulatory requirements.

At Macquarie Group, Moe led two major Group Treasury transformation programmes, delivering platform and capital change across the organisation under APRA’s prudential standards. These were multi-year, high-stakes programmes where governance frameworks, stakeholder management, and execution discipline determined whether hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory capital were managed correctly.

The common thread across all of it: regulated environments where poor governance has consequences. Not theoretical consequences. Financial, legal, and reputational consequences.

Why an MSP in Perth

Moe joined Epic IT in 2024 as a Director, bringing an enterprise governance lens to a business that was already growing fast under Greg Markowski’s leadership. He has since stepped up as Chief Executive Officer.

The transition from enterprise financial services to a Perth-based managed IT services provider is not as unusual as it first appears. The challenges facing small and medium businesses in Western Australia today — cybersecurity compliance, AI governance, operational risk — are the same challenges that have shaped regulated industries for decades.

The difference is that SMBs are now facing them without the enterprise resources to manage them. That is the gap Moe sees, and it is the reason Epic IT now operates across three pillars: Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity, and AI Services.

What This Means for Clients

Moe’s background shapes how Epic IT approaches client engagements. Governance is not an afterthought or a checklist. It is built into how we scope agreements, how we structure Essential Eight and SMB1001 compliance programmes, and how we advise businesses on AI adoption.

For Perth businesses working with us, the practical effect is straightforward: the person running the company has spent 17 years in environments where governance failures have real consequences. That experience informs everything from our vCIO advisory to how we build cybersecurity into every managed IT agreement.

Qualifications and Certifications

Moe holds a Master of Political Economy from the University of Sydney — a postgraduate degree exploring the intersection of economics, politics, and policy. He also holds a Bachelor of International Business from RMIT University, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute, and is a graduate of the Australian Financial Markets Association’s Diploma of Financial Markets.

What Moe Writes About

On the Epic IT blog, Moe writes about AI governance, digital transformation, and compliance — drawing on lessons from regulated industries where governance is not optional. His focus is on helping small and medium organisations in Perth and across Western Australia approach technology change with the same discipline used in enterprise programme delivery.

Read more about Moe’s career history and experience →

What You Should Do Now

Review your current IT provider’s governance credentials. If your MSP cannot articulate how they manage risk, compliance, and security frameworks beyond just keeping your systems running, that is a gap worth understanding.

Assess your cybersecurity posture. Ask whether your organisation is aligned to a recognised framework like the Essential Eight or SMB1001. If you do not know, that is the answer.

Talk to us. We offer a free IT assessment for Perth businesses — no obligation, no pressure. We will tell you where you stand and what needs attention.