Rob Stokes is Group Executive – Housing at Anglicare, focusing on the provision of social and affordable housing infrastructure. He also supports a number of organisations focused on the built environment, as Chair of Faith Housing Australia; Director of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; Trustee of the King’s Foundation Australia; and the Commonwealth Government’s Urban Policy Forum. Rob is a Professor of Public Policy at UNSW and holds qualifications in planning law and urban policy. Rob served as a NSW Government Minister across a range of infrastructure portfolios between 2014 and 2023 and served as Chair of the Infrastructure Committee of the NSW Cabinet.

Pat Dougherty is currently the Chief Executive of Wellington Water. He has over 35 years’ experience working in local government, including ten years as Chief Executive of the Kapiti Coast District Council and five years as Chief Executive of the Nelson City Council. He has an extensive infrastructure / asset management background, particularly in Three Waters. For over four years he was on a series of advisory groups providing advice to DIA on the establishment of Taumata Arowai and Three Waters Reforms (now the Affordable Water Reform programme). He was a Board member of the Mackays to Pekapeka Expressway Alliance from 2011 – 2017 and is currently on the Board of the NZ Transport Agency. Pat holds two degrees – a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction). He is a Member of the Institute of Directors and a Chartered Member of Engineering NZ.

Clare Sheffield is a Director of Transport Planning at Arup, a global built environment consultancy. Throughout her career, she has pioneered creative research and modelling techniques, specialising in understanding car ownership and use, travel behaviour change, demand management and the impacts of road pricing. Her career has spanned the public and private sectors, working across the globe on projects to reduce congestion, improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.

Aaron Goldsbury is the Chief Engineer at Fonterra, where he leads the Co‑op’s global engineering and asset management function and drives large‑scale transformation across its extensive (and aging) manufacturing network. In this role, he brings together all of Fonterra’s engineering disciplines into a unified Global Engineering team, advancing innovation through digital, AI, robotics, and predictive technologies, and striving to deliver greater value from the Co‑op’s $1 billion annual investment in capital and maintenance. With a career at Fonterra spanning multiple senior engineering and capital delivery roles, Aaron has played a pivotal role in shaping asset performance, engineering strategy, and major investment programmes across New Zealand’s largest industrial footprint. Aaron is widely recognised for his leadership in operational excellence and for orchestrating some of Fonterra’s most complex engineering undertakings. Most recently, he has overseen the Co‑op’s large‑scale maintenance programmes, such as Winter Shut, coordinating thousands of tasks across more than 650,000 site assets and leading teams of over 1,600 employees and 640 vendors to ensure safe, reliable and efficient seasonal start‑ups across 22 manufacturing sites. A strong advocate for talent development and inclusive leadership, Aaron frequently contributes to industry and professional forums, sharing insights on engineering transformation, digital innovation, and the future of industrial operations. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Canterbury