Errol Leboydre – AI, Information Governance and Keeping Business Human

Richard Triggs · 234 Errol Leboydre – AI, Information Governance and Keeping Business Human

In this episode of the Arete Podcast, Richard Triggs sits down with Errol Leboydre, Managing Director of WyldLynx, to explore information governance, AI, business growth and what technology might mean for the future of work.

Errol’s career has taken him from the Royal Australian Air Force and aircraft electrical systems to the family fuel business, IT and ultimately the creation of WyldLynx. While the industries have changed, one theme has remained consistent: a fascination with systems, technology and finding better ways to make organisations work.

Today, WyldLynx works predominantly with government organisations across information management, records, compliance, privacy and data governance. Errol explains why these foundations are becoming even more important as organisations begin adopting AI and agentic technologies.

Richard and Errol discuss the uncertainty many leaders feel around AI, and why organisations need to balance innovation with security, governance, auditability and sensible guardrails. Rather than treating AI governance as an entirely new challenge, Errol argues that many of the same first principles organisations have relied on for years still apply.

The conversation also moves beyond the technology itself.

In this episode:

04:06 – Building a deliberately small, highly skilled team

05:08 – Errol’s early ambition to become a photographer

07:58 – Nine years in the Air Force and discovering a love of systems

09:45 – Joining the family business, Mini Tankers

14:06 – Starting his own technology business

17:41 – Meeting co-founder Chris McLaren and the beginnings of WyldLynx

20:24 – Building a business around long-term relationships and trust

22:59 – A major Queensland Government information system project

26:20 – AI, governance and getting the fundamentals right

29:08 – Is the response to AI fear or uncertainty?