Telstra CFO Michael Ackland has been forced to defend the whereabouts of the telco’s CEO after the network was hit by an outage.

Telstra’s second-in-command proves the modern CFO is a co-pilot, not a bean counter.

Telstra CFO Michael Ackland has been forced to defend the whereabouts of the telco’s CEO after the network was hit by an outage.

Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady has returned to Australia and broken her silence following the company’s nationwide outage.