Jul 23, 2026 – 5.00amAfter graduating from high school, Hayden Radic, who grew up in western Sydney, enrolled in a communications course at the University of Technology Sydney.For a year, Radic – director of technology at Sydney’s Powerhouse museums and who has been named one of the 2026 BOSS Young Executives – studied part-time while working at HSBC, starting out as a bank teller.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.Fetching latest articles
‘You mature instantly’: Why this top young exec grew up so quickly
Hayden Radic, director of technology at Sydney’s Powerhouse museums, was working and studying his degree part-time. Then everything changed.







