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22-23 July 2026 | Te Papa, Wellington

Risk and Resilience Summit

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Global perspectives – synchronisation with global movements, trends, and best practices

Learning from professionals from within New Zealand and around the world, so we can gather key insights and learnings to ensure we have the best information which we as a nation can use as we navigate an uncertain future.

As we consider the unanticipated events the last decade has delivered globally and locally; risk management, resilience and connectedness are now fundamental components of strategy and operational effectiveness across business, government, infrastructure and communities.

The New Zealand Risk & Resilience Summit will feature key learnings and insights from around the world which are relevant and can be applied in New Zealand. This includes; strategic planning, risk and resilience modelling through to organisational culture, operations and a broader view of supplier, customer, sector, community networks and relationship strategies.

What does resilience look like for the business, the risk leaders, c-suite, community leaders and our vulnerable. How can we create a better future where we ensure we have the best information and learnings from a much wider perspective?

Attend to connect, participate and think forward together, and attend to understand and learn what the world is doing and how we can use this experience and value.
 

Who should attend?

  • Corporate leaders from the private and public sectors, including Chief Risk Officers, CFOs, and CEOs. 
  • Advisory experts such as Risk Management Consultants, Risk Modelers and Strategy Heads. 
  • Industry leaders from energy, finance, retail, construction, and more, occupying roles like Resilience Manager and Operational Risk Manager. 
  • Governance and strategy executives like Directors, Governance Leads and Project Heads. 
  • Legal and Compliance including General Counsels, Compliance Managers, and Risk Analysts. 

Agenda Themes of 2025's event

Organisational Risk

Understand the gateway test for businesses to utilise when deciding whether a person is an employee or a contractor. 

Psychosocial Risk

Psychosocial risks encompass mental health challenges in the workplace, emphasising the importance of supportive environments and proactive well-being initiatives.

Technology Risk

Innovations bring opportunities but also tech risks like cybersecurity threats, privacy concerns, and potential job displacement; vigilance is crucial.

Climate and ESG Risk

Balancing profit with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors is vital. Climate risk highlights the need for sustainable practices and resilience.

These organisations attended our standout 2025 event

  • Accident Compensation Corporation
  • AGLX Asia Pacific
  • AIG Insurance New Zealand
  • Airways Corporation of New Zealand
  • Arcady Hall
  • Auckland Council
  • Auckland Transport
  • Auckland University of Technology
  • Ballance Agri-Nutrients
  • Beca
  • Camms Group
  • Chubb Insurance New Zealand
  • Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand
  • ComplyWith NZ
  • Craigs Investment Partners
  • Department of Corrections
  • Done By
  • Far North District Council
  • Financial Markets Authority
  • Fire and Emergency New Zealand
  • Fisher Funds Management
  • Fonterra Co-Operative Group
  • Fox Risk Ltd
  • Frequency NZ
  • Fulton Hogan
  • Gallagher Group
  • Glenn Rose
  • Global Risk Consulting
  • GOVERN
  • Hastings District Council
  • Healix International and HX Global
  • Infrasure
  • Kobus Dippenaar
  • Kordia Group
  • LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance
  • Lotto New Zealand
  • Manulife Investment Management Forest Management
  • Matter Agency
  • McGuinness Institute
  • Milford Asset Management
  • Mind at Work
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
  • Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure
  • New Zealand Post
  • Northpower
  • NZ Super Fund
  • NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
  • Outfox
  • Powerco
  • ProCare Health
  • Protecht Group
  • PwC New Zealand
  • Re-Leased Property Software
  • Resilient Organisations Ltd
  • Ricoh New Zealand
  • Risk NZ
  • Royal NZ Plunket Trust
  • SBS Bank
  • Shift Advisory
  • Signal Corporation
  • Southern Cross Health Society
  • Southern Cross Healthcare
  • Southland District Council
  • Speculo
  • Stats NZ
  • The Treasury New Zealand
  • The University of Auckland
  • Tonkin + Taylor
  • Tower Insurance
  • Toyota New Zealand
  • UDC Finance
  • Umbrella Wellbeing
  • Unison Networks
  • University of Canterbury
  • Watercare Services
  • WEL Networks
  • Westpac New Zealand
  • WM New Zealand

Venue

The location and how you can get there

Address

Te Papa
55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011

Agenda

8:30

Registration and Coffee

8:45

Mihi Whakatau

8:55

Welcome from RiskNZ Chair

9:05

Introduction from RiskNZ CEO

9:10

Opening remarks from Summit MC

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare & Board Member, RiskNZ

9:20

International keynote address: Making even better decisions - the role risk management plays in decision-making

  • Governance, decision-making and risk management – how they fit together

  • Exploring the two, quite divergent streams of thinking: How these came about and which creates most value

  • Examining the major fallacies about risks and their management

  • Should we rather talk about uncertainty – or even, obtaining sufficient certainty?

  • Responding to disruptions – making better decisions under pressure

  • Identifying the skills risk management professionals need, so they are valued more

  • Exploring how societies like RiskNZ can help improve the skills and standing of RM professionals

Grant Purdy, Director and author, Sufficient Certainty

10:00

Riskonnect address

Brad Smith, Principal Consultant APAC, Riskonnect

10:30

Morning break

11:00

Driving professionalisation of the risk function

  • Why the risk function must evolve from compliance checker to strategic enabler in an increasingly complex environment

  • How fragmented standards and inconsistent capability development are undermining the credibility of the profession

  • The real-world impacts: Inconsistent practice, talent gaps, and risk teams struggling to attract and grow capability

  • The big challenges ahead—emerging risks, competency expectations, and the need for strategic influence

  • The opportunity: building a professionalised, future-fit risk discipline with clear pathways, stronger communities, and recognised standards

Hennie Van Der Watt, Director Risk Services, PWC New Zealand

11:30

Panel discussion: Enabling the professionalisation of risk

  • Global trends reshaping the risk profession and the shift from compliance to strategic risk management

  • How New Zealand compares internationally and how local regulatory and cultural factors influence professionalisation

  • Key enablers of capability building, including professional bodies, internal programmes, and academic partnerships

  • Practical actions organisations are taking - competency frameworks, international certifications, and internal risk academies

  • Panellists share real examples and results, offering actionable insights for advancing the risk function

Facilitator:

Hennie Van Der Watt, Director Risk Services, PWC New Zealand

Panellists:

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare & Board Member, RiskNZ

Rodney Young, GM Risk and Assurance, Gallagher

Jenny Vickers, CEO, Zeopard

12:30

Lunch

1:30

Analysing Executive and Board risk and governance requirements

  • Understanding the responsibilities of boards and executive teams around enterprise risk

  • How should they be making decisions and how can risk teams best support and improve their decision making?

  • Improving the presentation and flow of information to boards - how best to articulate risk to boards and executive teams

2:00

Panel discussion: Evolving Board and Executive risk governance

  • Analysing the way risk governance is managed internationally – what can we learn?

  • Exploring technology risk and disruption – how can board and executive decision making keep up with the pace of change

  • Does the makeup of boards need to change to better enable the more effective management of risk

Facilitator:

Nigel Toms, GM Risk and Assurance, Watercare Services Limited

3:00

Afternoon break

3:30

Managing complexity and uncertainty

  • A project approach to dealing with complexity and uncertainty

  • How risk and uncertainty effect a project plan differently

  • How to effectively represent the effects of risk and uncertainty in a plan

  • The benefits to stakeholders and decision makers

Santosh Baht, Director, Australasian Project Planning

4:00

Q&A session: Complexity and uncertainty – discussing its increase and effect

In this discussion, David and Santosh will reflect how the increase in complexity and uncertainty is playing out in our organisations and how organisations are changing and adapting to it, or not.

David Fox, Director & Principal Consultant, Fox Risk & Board Member, RiskNZ

Santosh Baht, Director, Australasian Project Planning

4:30

MC summary remarks and end of day one followed by networking reception

9:00

Welcome back from Summit MC

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare & Board Member, RiskNZ

9:05

Global perspectives on managing cyber security and AI risk

  • Highlighting gaps in AI Governance

  • The lack of true measurements for AI Risk and Adoption

  • Overcoming AI Language barriers, best practice communication paths

  • Risk expertise requirements, how this impacts current work and future job descriptions

Chris Hawksworth, Founder & CEO, Speculo

9:35

Panel discussion: Improving the management and governance of AI risk

  • How to have a productive AI risk conversation with a board that doesn't yet understand the technology

  • How risk professionals can lead the AI governance conversation before regulators do it for them

  • How shadow AI adoption inside organisations is a warning sign and an opportunity at the same time

  • How the risk profession can build confidence and capability around AI without waiting for perfect information

  • Practical steps organisations can take today to govern AI risk without slowing down innovation.

Facilitator:

Chris Hawksworth, Founder & CEO, Speculo

Wendy Bennett, Director, Outfox Limited

Martin Petts, Business Development APAC, F24

Grant Purdy, Director and Author, Sufficient Certainty

10:30

Morning break

11:00

The rise of localism and local resilience in communities

  • How businesses can think of localism as a way to build resilience

Sarah Bogle, GM of Client, Toitū

11:20

Risk speed dating!

In these rapid-fire solutions based round tables. Delegates will have the opportunity to move between a series of short discussions, each focused on solving a specific problem and led by a leading subject matter expert.

Facilitators:

David Tattam, Chief Research and Content Officer, Protecht

Grant Purdy, Director and Author, Sufficient Certainty

Martin Petts, Business Development APAC, F24

David Woodnorth, Managing Director, ComplyWith

Vivian Valbuena, General Manager -Risk, Fisher Funds

David Fox, Director, Fox Risk

Toitū

Riskonnect

Dilligent

LexisNexis

Themes and further facilitators tbc

12:30

Lunch

1:30

Future perspectives on fraud: Global themes and trends

  • Exploring how fraud is undergoing a worldwide transformation, materially increasing in volume undergoing diversification of methods and increasing financial loss

  • Examining how the post-pandemic industrial-size expansion reflects AI, crypto, digitisation and the sophistication of organised crime networks

  • Understanding how scam centres are comprised of people who have been trafficked and are forced to commit fraud crimes

Vivian Valbuena, GM Risk and AML/CFT Officer, Fisher Funds

Sarah Singleton, Senior Advisor Financial Crime, Fisher Funds

2:00

Q&A session: Reducing the risk and impact of fraud in New Zealand

In 2025, NZ's fraud incidents jumped 30% vs 2024 with an estimated $3bn scam losses in 2025 vs $2.3bn loss in 2024 and more than 70% of New Zealanders encountering scams. Covid created lots of opportunity and technological advances have created multiple new and more sophisticated methods. In this discussion, Vivian and Sarah will reflect on how badly New Zealand been affected by what is essentially a fraud pandemic. And identify the preventive steps we can take both at home and at work to minimise the risk of financial loss.

Vivian Valbuena, GM Risk and AML/CFT Officer, Fisher Funds

Sarah Singleton, Senior Advisor Financial Crime, Fisher Funds

2:45

Resilience planning and preparedness in an age of permanent uncertainty

  • Describing the risk, the effects of the risk and how it manifests

  • Outlining the challenges and opportunities

  • Exploring the New Zealand context

  • Identifying and discussing approaches

  • Describing actions and results

Bettina Reiter, The Risk Collective & Board Member Risk NZ

Jackson Calder, Geopolitical Analyst & Risk Consultant, GRC Group & Board Member Risk NZ

Martin Petts, Business Development APAC, F24

Jonathan Deegan, Retired Process Safety and Risk Engineering Manager, US Offshore Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Nicola Knobel, Head of Safety, Risk and Assurance, Whānau Āwhina | Plunket

3:30

Closing keynote address

In this final session Grant Purdy returns to reflect on the key insights shared during the Summit and tie them together into a coherent plan of action for you to drive risk excellence.

Grant Purdy, Director and Author, Sufficient Certainty

3:45

MC summary remarks and end of day one followed by networking reception

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Speakers

Santosh Bhat

Co-Founder, CEO
Linear Project Software
With over 25 years’ experience in Project Planning and Schedule Risk Analysis across the Australasian region, Santosh Leads Australasian Project Planning – offering independent services to projects and organisations, including project support, training or advisory roles. Santosh is also Co-Founder and CEO of Linear Project Software Pty Ltd, developers of Turbo-Chart, a time location visualisation tool for linear projects.

Agnès de Calbiac

Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance
Southern Cross Healthcare

Agnès de Calbiac is Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance at Southern Cross Healthcare, leading risk strategy and implementation. Based in Auckland, she brings global experience across healthcare, banking, retail, and consulting. Known for her energetic and empathetic leadership, Agnès fosters high-performing, collaborative teams. Her expertise includes enterprise risk, crisis management, internal audit, and strategic planning. She holds a dual Bachelor’s in International Business Administration and professional certifications including CBCI and Six Sigma Green Belt.

Nigel Toms

GM Risk and Assurance
Watercare Services

Nigel is the general manager of risk and assurance at Watercare which provides water and wastewater services to 1.7 million people in Auckland. It has 1300 staff, annual revenue of $970 million and a capital programme exceeding $1 billion per year.

Nigel strategically manages the company’s risks, focusing on service quality, business continuity, and incident preparedness including acting as the senior incident controller for responses to major incidents.

Nigel is a former chair of RiskNZ and was named RiskNZ risk professional of the year in 2021 for his industry-leading work on using risk to build strategic advantage and future state preparedness in large organisations. He is also the technical author of PAS 60518, published by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

Nigel is a qualified accountant with extensive financial and governance experience including chief financial officer roles in New Zealand and United Kingdom. Nigel’s governance roles include Co-Chair for Toi Ora Live Art Trust.

Bettina Reiter

Board Member
RiskNZ
Bettina Reiter is a senior risk and compliance leader with over two decades of experience across central and local government. She specialises in developing and implementing enterprise, programme and project risk management frameworks, business continuity frameworks, and is recognised for her ability to uplift organisational risk and business continuity maturity, and deliver clear, strategic insights to Boards, Executive Leadership Teams and Ministers. Bettina has held senior roles at ACC, Waka Kotahi, Auckland DHB, North Shore City Council, Inland Revenue, Public Trust and Regional Facilities Auckland, where she has led teams, embedded risk and business continuity culture, and enabled major programmes including the NZ Upgrade Programme, National Ticketing Solution and Road to Zero. She also brings specialist expertise in climate-related risk, integrity risk, and culturally responsive risk approaches. She currently serves on the Board of RiskNZ, contributing to governance and sector leadership. Bettina holds an MSc (Hons) in Environmental Science.

Vivian Valbuena

General Manager, Risk
Fisher Funds
Vivian Valbuena is General Manager of Risk at Fisher Funds as well as its AML Compliance Officer. With 20 years’ experience globally in enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance and business, she has served in senior risk executive positions in the Americas, Hong Kong, EU, Australia and New Zealand, with Goldman Sachs, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Group AMP and Bank of New Zealand. Vivian is also Deputy Chair of the RiskNZ Board, and is a member of Global Women, Institute of Directors and Women on Boards, Governance NZ. She is a frequent speaker at conferences on risk strategy and regulatory matters.

Brad Smith

Principal Consultant APAC
Riskonnect
Brad brings over 25 years of experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance, Planning, and Performance across 375+ organisations spanning government, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally.  He has extensive expertise developing and reviewing GRC frameworks, policies, registers and risk appetite statements, as well as designing and implementing GRC software solutions. Brad also delivers training and thought leadership through courses, webinars, and product related consultancy. He holds qualifications in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Lean Six Sigma and Project Management and is a member of the RMIA and OCEG

Rodney Young

GM Risk and Assurance
Gallagher
Rodney Young is Group Manager Risk & Assurance at Gallagher Group, leading enterprise risk, resilience and assurance across global operations. With more than 20 years’ experience modernising risk, compliance and internal audit in complex, regulated environments, Rodney is known for pragmatic risk uplift, strengthening governance and risk appetite, and implementing AI-enabled GRC systems to improve accountability and decision-quality. He has served as a director in multiple organisational governance roles and contributes internationally as the Asia–Pacific Representative on the IIA Global Risk Services Knowledge Group, and a volunteer mentor for the Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA). Rodney is also currently an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committees for two iwi entities. A Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with IRM and ISO 22301 credentials, he is the 2025 RMIA Asia-Pacific Risk Leader of the Year and RiskNZ Risk Professional of the Year (2024, 2025).

Grant Purdy

Director and author
Sufficient Certainty
While Grant has had many titles over the last 40+ years, they all seems to come down to assisting decision makers to have effective and efficient conversations about whether the decisions they are making, and have made previously, are providing sufficient certainty that intended outcomes will be achieved. Through most of Grant’s career this has been labelled risk management. However, despite his best efforts, this is still widely perceived as being concerned avoiding failures rather than achieving successful outcomes. Grant chaired the Standards Australia and Standards NZ committee on risk management for 10 years and helped write four national and one international standard on risk management. He has worked in over 25 countries and in numerous types of industry and organisation and has over 100 articles and papers published. He’s spoken, probably too often, and written quite a few books and handbooks, always with others. Nowadays, he mentors, trains, supports and generally helps organisations and the people who lead them make more-soundly based decisions – so their organisation can realise its purpose. Grant has started five companies, held executive positions in four multi-national companies, sat on several boards and committees and now works only in the not-for-profit sector, on a pro bono basis. He sits on the boards of three charities and advises several others.

David Turner

Chief Executive Officer
RiskNZ
David Turner is a senior business executive and trusted advisor with over 30 years’ experience in the risk management and leadership industries. David joined the Australian Army and became part of a specialised team where he deployed to East Timor in 1999. After the military contracted to varied private and government organisations in leadership, risk and project roles; he opened his own company that advised on risk management and provided personnel for major projects including; BHPB, Rio Tinto, Multiplex, Police, Australian Elections, and also CHOGM 2011 working with State and Federal Police. David was born in NZ and returned in 2016 to help manage a major rail transition. He now lives between New Zealand and Australia and assists corporates, government, big four, and also mentors senior leadership teams and SMES. He brings a unique blend of expertise across diverse areas with a focus on risk management of human behavior – one of the more complex, dynamic and often overlooked areas of the risk and leadership industries.

Hennie Van Der Watt

Director in Risk Services
PwC New Zealand
Hennie van der Watt is a Director in Risk Services at PwC New Zealand, with over 25 years of experience across a range of sectors in New Zealand, the UK, Europe and South Africa. His career is split between time in consulting at PwC in London and New Zealand, as well as senior in-house roles including CRO at Alex Forbes Financial Services in South Africa and Head of Operational Risk at Westpac New Zealand. Hennie works with organisations to strengthen risk, compliance and resilience functions with a focus on operating models, governance, analytics and practical risk capability. He is a strong advocate for moving risk beyond compliance, embedding it into strategy and decision-making and embracing data-analytics as a key enabler. He is particularly passionate about how advances in technology, the pace of change in the world around us and the need for faster, more sophisticated decision-making are shaping future-fit risk functions.

David Tattam

Chief Risk Research & Content Officer
The Protecht Group
David is the Chief Research & Content Officer and Founder, in 1999, of the Protecht Group an Australian firm focussed on delivering its ProtechtERM GRC system, Risk training through Protecht Academy and Risk expertise through Protecht Advisory.David’s passion is spreading the gospel of risk management and ensuring Protecht stays at the leading edge of Risk Management thinking and systems.David has previously held roles of Chief Risk Officer and Chief Operating Officer with two international banks and Auditor with PwC and Grant Thornton.He is also the Author of “A short guide to operational risk”

Jennie Vickers

CEO
Zeopard-Commercial
I am still honoured that I was until November 2022, the IFSEC Global “Global Influencer of the Year 2021-2022″. My current hot skills are Audit and Assurance, Risk, Security, health and safety, privacy, legal, Relationship Management and Contract Management. The common denominator is delivering these skills into a “values led people first” philosophy underpinned with courage and a willingness to speak out and then work to find solutions to problems and issues. As always, the opinions I express in LinkedIn posts are mine and mine alone and I will continue to strive to be a trusted source of information in the risk, audit, security and many other spaces. I have had 25+ years in business building strong, trusting and enduring relationships and, as a lawyer thinking in a truly innovative and creative way, delivering great results by taking a different approach. I connect people with people, ideas with delivery and problems with solutions. Along with qualifications to practice law in NZ, Australia and UK, I recently updated my CCMP to add to my CCMA and SRME. I achieved Media Design School’s PostGrad in Digital Transformation in 2024. I was made a WorldCC Fellow in 2020. Now back to chipping away slowly (very slowly) at my Diploma in Art Appreciation from The Art Institute. I relish being involved in health and safety strategy and always excited to be doing Audit and Assurance, in a different way from the traditional, and delivering better value as a result. Applying new thinking to an age old problem is very satisfying. While I am now described as a LinkedIn Star, I am still a bit proud to have had one of the top 1% most viewed LinkedIn profiles in the World (as measured when they hit 200m members, a few years ago).

Nicola Knobel

Head of Safety, Risk and Assurance
Whānau Āwhina Plunket
Nicola is an experienced Health, Safety, and Strategic Risk Leader with over 18 years of working across high-risk industries like oil and gas, education, and innovation. Having recently completed a Master of Laws, she’s focused on making Health and Safety law more practical and people-cantered, ensuring compliance isn’t just about ticking boxes but actually improving workplaces.She has a strong track record in identifying and managing risks before they become problems, using a mix of strategic thinking, influence, and innovation to embed safety into everyday work.

Martin Petts

Head of Operations
F24 Oceania
Martin Petts has over 20 years’ experience in crisis management, emergency notification, IT business continuity, and data protection. He joined F24 more than seven years ago, where he has guided the digital transformation of emergency and crisis management functions for over 30 organizations. Now leading F24’s efforts in the Asia Pacific and Australasia regions, Martin is dedicated to bringing his expertise to these underserved markets and collaborating with organizations seeking to use technology to advance their crisis & emergency management / resilience capabilities.

Boaz Fischer

CEO
Australian Institute of Insider Threats
Boaz Fischer is the CEO and founder of the Australian Institute of Insider Threats (AIIT), a trusted national authority focused on strengthening organisational resilience against insider risk. He leads practitioner-driven initiatives, including Global Insider Threat Awareness Month (GITAM), the annual Insider Threat Predictions Report, and the Australian Insider Threat Symposium. A prolific thought leader with seven published books and hundreds of articles and videos, Boaz is recognised for bridging cybersecurity, trust, and human behaviour to help organisations move beyond compliance toward proactive prevention. He is a sought-after international speaker who has delivered keynotes globally.

Dr Tago Mharapara

Senior Research Lecturer
Auckland University of Technology
Dr Tago Mharapara is a Senior Research Lecturer in the Department of Management, Technology and Organisation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Tago is the Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Workplace Health & Safety (EMPL 702) at AUT. Topics covered in his course include risk management, accident investigation, and worker participation. Tago is a recipient of the AUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for his innovations on radical candour in teaching. Tago’s research focuses on work design and wellbeing in essential yet undervalued professions, including midwifery, general practice, and paramedicine. Tago is the lead investigator on three multidisciplinary research projects that have secured more than NZD 1.3 million in external funding. Tago’s work appears in highly ranked journals, including Journal of Professions and Organization, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Management Inquiry, and Organization Studies. In 2022, Tago was awarded a coveted Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award to conduct research in applied health policy at Brown University. Outside work, Tago enjoys spending time with his family, trail running, and exploring craft IPAs.

Sarah Singleton

Senior Financial Crime Specialist
Fisher Funds
Sarah is an experienced Senior Financial Crime Specialist. Has a demonstratable history of working in the finance industry. Skilled in Fraud Detection & Investigation, Assurance, Risk Assessment & Management, Counter-Terrorism & AML and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS). She is a confident professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Criminology & Sociology from Victoria University of Wellington.

David Fox

Director
Fox Risk Management Consultancy
With over 20 years’ experience, David Fox has worked with top organisations across New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East. He champions a practical, people-focused approach to risk management, simplifying complex processes and fostering risk-aware cultures. Through his firm, Fox-Risk Consultancy, David equips business leaders-the real risk managers-with the tools and support they need to navigate today’s volatile and uncertain world. He is committed to evolving risk management to meet the demands of rapid change and complexity.

Sarah Bogle

General Manager, Co-Convenor
Toitū Envirocare & Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals
With over 30+ years across financial services, infrastructure and the public sector, Sarah has led enterprise programmes that lift performance, reduce cost and build resilience to climate and market risks. She works closely with boards, executives and ministers to clarify outcomes, set governance that sticks, and align delivery with benefits. She helps organisations transform – so strategy, operating model, technology and culture pull in the same direction and value shows up in the numbers.

Wendy Bennett

Director
Outfox
Wendy has a wealth of expertise and real-world experience in information security and cyber resilience. Throughout her career, she has played a key role in protecting some of Aotearoa’s most critical organisations.Wendy has held information security and leadership roles with the New Zealand Police and the National Cyber Security Centre. In these positions, she was trusted to brief government ministers on major cyber threats facing the country and led the development of cyber policies, standards, and guidance for the wider public sector.

Jonathan Deegan

Technical Risk Manager
Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Charlotte Brown

Director
ResOrgs
Charlotte Brown is a Director at ResOrgs. As a social scientist with a civil engineering background, Charlotte often works at the interface between physical and social sciences. Charlotte’s areas of specialty include risk management, systems thinking, decision-making and organisational resilience.

Chris Hawksworth

Founder, Co-Founder
Speculo & CyberTeam
Chris Hawksworth is the founder of Speculo, a cybersecurity risk management platform built for New Zealand’s public sector and enterprise organisations, and CyberTeam Ltd, a specialist cybersecurity consulting practice. He advises government agencies and regulated businesses on frameworks including MCSS, PSR, NZISM, ISO 27001, and NIST, with a focus on making cyber risk accessible and actionable for non-technical decision-makers. Chris is also a co-founder of CyberTechNZ, a community initiative under Tech New Zealand supporting the local cybersecurity ecosystem.

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Workshops on afternoon 23 July

For 2025, the two day summit format has concurrent workshops
2.15 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Choose Option 1 or Option 2

OPTION 1:  From profiling to progress: Elevating risk maturity through advanced risk profiling

  • Highlighting the importance of combining practical risk profiling with continuous improvement to achieve higher risk maturity
  • Defining risk profiling and risk maturity
  • Exploring the co-relationship between risk profiling and risk maturity
  • Understanding how accurate risk profiling feeds into risk maturity progression
  • Highlighting how risk profiling and maturity together create a feedback loop of improved risk management
  • Explaining advanced risk profiling tools and techniques
  • Explaining how to build a roadmap to risk maturity and integrating risk profiling into the organisation’s culture and processes
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FACILITATOR:

David Fox

Director

Fox Risk Management Consultancy

OPTION 2:  From Risk to Readiness – Building AI Governance that works

  • Identify what AI risks are emerging across tools, processes, and everyday use
  • Explore real examples of AI missteps and blind spots in different context
  • Learn a simple, flexible structure for responsible AI governance
  • Join practical, peer-led discussions to share challenges, learnings, and early approaches
  • Use a self-assessment tool to review your organisation’s current approach to AI governance
  • Leave with practical next steps to start or strengthen AI governance in your organisation
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Sarah Mitchell

Founder & Director

Anadyne IQ

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Global perspectives – synchronisation with global movements, trends, and best practices

Learning from professionals from within New Zealand and around the world, so we can gather key insights and learnings to ensure we have the best information which we as a nation can use as we navigate an uncertain future.

As we consider the unanticipated events the last decade has delivered globally and locally; risk management, resilience and connectedness are now fundamental components of strategy and operational effectiveness across business, government, infrastructure and communities.

The New Zealand Risk & Resilience Summit will feature key learnings and insights from around the world which are relevant and can be applied in New Zealand. This includes; strategic planning, risk and resilience modelling through to organisational culture, operations and a broader view of supplier, customer, sector, community networks and relationship strategies.

What does resilience look like for the business, the risk leaders, c-suite, community leaders and our vulnerable. How can we create a better future where we ensure we have the best information and learnings from a much wider perspective?

Attend to connect, participate and think forward together, and attend to understand and learn what the world is doing and how we can use this experience and value.
 

Who should attend?

  • Corporate leaders from the private and public sectors, including Chief Risk Officers, CFOs, and CEOs. 
  • Advisory experts such as Risk Management Consultants, Risk Modelers and Strategy Heads. 
  • Industry leaders from energy, finance, retail, construction, and more, occupying roles like Resilience Manager and Operational Risk Manager. 
  • Governance and strategy executives like Directors, Governance Leads and Project Heads. 
  • Legal and Compliance including General Counsels, Compliance Managers, and Risk Analysts. 

Agenda Themes of 2025's event

Organisational Risk

Understand the gateway test for businesses to utilise when deciding whether a person is an employee or a contractor. 

Psychosocial Risk

Psychosocial risks encompass mental health challenges in the workplace, emphasising the importance of supportive environments and proactive well-being initiatives.

Technology Risk

Innovations bring opportunities but also tech risks like cybersecurity threats, privacy concerns, and potential job displacement; vigilance is crucial.

Climate and ESG Risk

Balancing profit with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors is vital. Climate risk highlights the need for sustainable practices and resilience.

These organisations attended our standout 2025 event

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  • AGLX Asia Pacific
  • AIG Insurance New Zealand
  • Airways Corporation of New Zealand
  • Arcady Hall
  • Auckland Council
  • Auckland Transport
  • Auckland University of Technology
  • Ballance Agri-Nutrients
  • Beca
  • Camms Group
  • Chubb Insurance New Zealand
  • Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand
  • ComplyWith NZ
  • Craigs Investment Partners
  • Department of Corrections
  • Done By
  • Far North District Council
  • Financial Markets Authority
  • Fire and Emergency New Zealand
  • Fisher Funds Management
  • Fonterra Co-Operative Group
  • Fox Risk Ltd
  • Frequency NZ
  • Fulton Hogan
  • Gallagher Group
  • Glenn Rose
  • Global Risk Consulting
  • GOVERN
  • Hastings District Council
  • Healix International and HX Global
  • Infrasure
  • Kobus Dippenaar
  • Kordia Group
  • LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance
  • Lotto New Zealand
  • Manulife Investment Management Forest Management
  • Matter Agency
  • McGuinness Institute
  • Milford Asset Management
  • Mind at Work
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
  • Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure
  • New Zealand Post
  • Northpower
  • NZ Super Fund
  • NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
  • Outfox
  • Powerco
  • ProCare Health
  • Protecht Group
  • PwC New Zealand
  • Re-Leased Property Software
  • Resilient Organisations Ltd
  • Ricoh New Zealand
  • Risk NZ
  • Royal NZ Plunket Trust
  • SBS Bank
  • Shift Advisory
  • Signal Corporation
  • Southern Cross Health Society
  • Southern Cross Healthcare
  • Southland District Council
  • Speculo
  • Stats NZ
  • The Treasury New Zealand
  • The University of Auckland
  • Tonkin + Taylor
  • Tower Insurance
  • Toyota New Zealand
  • UDC Finance
  • Umbrella Wellbeing
  • Unison Networks
  • University of Canterbury
  • Watercare Services
  • WEL Networks
  • Westpac New Zealand
  • WM New Zealand

Venue

The location and how you can get there

Address

Te Papa
55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011

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Agenda

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8:00

Registration and Coffee

8:45

Mihi Whakatau

9:00

Opening remarks from RiskNZ Chair

Regan Smith, Chair, RiskNZ

9:10

Introduction from RiskNZ CEO 

David Turner, Chief Executive, RiskNZ

9:25

Opening remarks from the MC 

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare 

9:30

The Future of Risk: Insurance as a strategic enabler, not just a safety net

  • Insurance industry priorities

  • Key challenges facing the industry, including effects of severe weather events

  • ICNZ strategic priorities of ensuring insurance remains affordable and accessible, investment in resilience, and ensuring regulation is cost-effective and coordinated

  • The importance of managing and reducing risk

Kris Faafoi, Chief Executive, Insurance Council of New Zealand

10:00

From global tensions to local impact: Preparing for geopolitical risks

  • Understanding current geopolitical shifts and how international events, trade policies, and regulatory environments are reshaping the global economy

  • Exploring the ripple effects of geopolitical instability on supply chains, financial markets and customer trust

  • Identifying key risks for New Zealand businesses from geopolitical instability - supply chain disruptions, market volatility, and regulatory shifts

  • Highlighting sector-specific vulnerabilities across key industries

  • Developing risk mitigation strategies to address geopolitical change

  • Emphasising the importance of leadership and communication in ensuring resilience through navigating geopolitical uncertainty

Chris Kumeroa, Managing Director - Security, Safety & Natural Disaster Risk Management, Global Risk Consulting Group – GRC Group

10:40

Morning break

11:10

Panel Discussion: Strategic foresight in risk management. Tackling emerging and evolving risks with adaptability and resilience

  • Highlighting how strategic foresight helps organisations anticipate future risks and seize emerging opportunities

  • How can organisations shift from reactive risk responses to proactive, long-term planning for sustained success – how can risk leaders enable this?

  • Identifying the key trends shaping the risk landscape, including geopolitical shifts, cyber threats, climate change, and technological disruptions

  • Practical strategies to improve organisational adaptability, enabling quicker and more effective responses to unexpected events

  • Understanding how to balance risk-taking with resilience-building to drive innovation and growth

  • Discussing real-world examples of organisations that have successfully navigated evolving risks to achieve long-term success

Sharyn Reichstein, Chief Risk Officer, Tower NZ      

Rodney Young, GM Risk and Assurance, Gallagher

Bindi Norwell, Group Chief Executive, ProCare

Steven McCrone, Managing Director, AGLX Asia Pacific Agnes

David Tattam, Chief Risk Research & Content Officer, Protecht

Mark Cubitt, Group Enterprise Risk and Financial Crime Manager , SBS Bank

12:00


Risk appetite as a strategic compass: Guiding decision-making in uncertain times

  • Defining risk appetite, risk tolerance, and risk capacity

  • Highlighting the importance of aligning risk appetite with organisational strategy, values and goals

  • Exploring how risk appetite serves as a strategic compass for decision-making in volatile environments

  • Finding the balance between risk-taking for growth and risk mitigation for stability

  • Highlighting the importance of adjusting risk appetite in response to changing external factors such as economic volatility, regulatory changes, and emerging threats

  • Case studies of organisations that have successfully aligned risk appetite with strategy

Nicola Knobel, Head of Safety, Risk and Assurance, Whānau Āwhina Plunket 

12:30


Lunch

13:30

RiskNZ Awards of Excellence 2025

14:10


Panel Discussion: Understanding risk and long-term organisational capability when making strategic workforce decisions in uncertain times                                           

  • Assessing the current economic landscape and its impact on workforces

  • Discussing rising unemployment rates, redundancies, and job insecurity across sectors

  • Exploring the tension between immediate cost-cutting measures and long-term workforce needs

  • Discussing the risks of over-reducing headcount, leading to critical talent gaps upon recovery

  • Highlighting strategies for managing workforce risks without compromising future capability

  • Exploring the trend of skilled talent leaving New Zealand for better opportunities overseas and the risk of a talent shortage in critical industries

Vivian Valbuena, General Manager, Risk, Fisher Funds

Greg Pasco, Head of HR Operations, Southern Cross Healthcare

John Fitzgerald, Registered (Clinical) Psychologist, Mind at Work

Guy Smith,Chief Health, Safety and Risk Officer, Waste Management NZ Limited

Crespo Gao, Principal Consultant, Mosaic FSI

15:00


Natural hazard preparedness and the new regulatory landscape

  • Key findings and implications from the FMA’s upcoming report into the 2023 severe weather events

  • Legislative updates and expectations for industry conduct

  • Focus areas and strategic direction from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026

Jane Brown, Head of Insurance, Financial Markets Authority

15:30


Afternoon Break

15:50

Roundtables

How is AI being used in risk management to be more effective and efficient yet still ensuring AI risks are being managed with confidence?

David Tattam, Chief Research and Content Officer, Protecht


From Noise to Insight: How AI is transforming open-source intelligence for risk management

Jarrod Varty, Lead Analyst, Signal Corporation


Climate risk assessment and mitigation planning

Dr Belinda Mathers, Chief Science and Advisory Officer, Toitū Envirocare


Financial & Reputational Damage of Non-Compliance

Jacob Peacey, Content Manager-APAC, LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance


Good legal compliance – myths and emerging standards

David Woodnorth, Managing Director, ComplyWith


Cross-functional teams and the risk team’s role in helping them manage risk

Bryan Whitefield, Director, Bryan Whitefield Consulting


How to build an effective emergency response

Regan Smith, Chief Risk Officer, Hastings District Council


Stakeholder engagement: Getting people to think of risk as a strategic facilitator, not a blocker

Vivian Valbuena, General Manager, Risk, Fisher Funds


How to balance competing priorities / agendas in an organisation’s risk appetite

Jacqui Lyttle, Director of Risk and Assurance, University of Canterbury


Shaping the Next Decade: Overcoming risk and resilience challenges in New Zealand and APAC

Matthew Meldrum, Senior Sales Engineer, Riskonnect  


Get your Enterprise Risk story boardroom-ready 

Gavin Vermaas, GRC Sales Soultions Director, Diligent

16:30

Mental wellbeing as a risk management priority: Tools for identifying and mitigating psychosocial hazards

  • Understanding psychosocial hazards and their impact on employee wellbeing and business risk

  • Examining the key compliance issues and legal obligations relating to workforce psychosocial safety

  • Exploring practical tools for identifying and mitigating mental health risks in the workplace

  • Exploring strategies to build a supportive culture that prioritise mental wellbeing as part of risk management

  • Recognising the role of leadership in creating a psychologically safe environment

  • Highlighting the importance of using key metrics and indicators to measure and review the effectiveness of mental wellbeing initiatives

Dougal Sutherland, Principal Psychologist, Umbrella

17:00

Summary remarks from the MC & networking drinks

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare 

8:30

Registration and Coffee

9:10

Welcoming remarks from the MC

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare 

9:10

The myth of the unsinkable ship: What the titanic teaches us about resilience

  • What the Titanic reveals about real-world resilience under pressure

  • Unpacking the overconfidence, blind spots, and structural failures that sank the 'unsinkable ship'

  • Why flexible and timely decision-making matter more than ever in times of crisis

  • How to embed these critical lessons into your risk and resilience program today

Matthew Meldrum, Senior Sales Engineer, Riskonnect

9:40

Navigating the future: How to tell the difference between an emergency and a crisis, and why it matters

  • Identify early signals of an emerging crisis vs. a contained emergency

  • Develop appropriate communication strategies for each scenario

  • Avoid overreaction or underreaction in high-pressure situations

  • Strengthen their crisis preparedness and decision-making processes

Wendy McGuinness, Chief Executive, McGuinness Institute

10:10

Turning climate risks into strategic resilience

  • Highlighting why climate risk is a key component of business strategy and wider risk management

  • Identifying the commercial and operational impacts of unmanaged climate risk

  • Exploring practical steps to identify and respond to climate risks within your business

  • Showcasing NZ businesses that are using climate risk management to protect operations and build long-term resilience

Aisha Daji Punga, Kaiwhakahaere matua (CEO), Toitū Envirocare

10:40

Morning break

11:10

Strengthening governance by improving board risk literacy

  • Understanding the critical role of the risk function in supporting governance and board decision-making

  •  Learning practical strategies to improve risk literacy at the board level

  • Exploring strategies to communicate risk clearly to boards, fostering better engagement and smarter decisions

  • Exploring how to align risk appetite with governance frameworks for balanced decision-making

Nigel Toms, GM Risk and Assurance, Watercare Services Limited

11:40

AI – risk or opportunity? Preparing for the unexpected

  • Gaining a clear understanding of risks and opportunities that AI currently presents to New Zealand organisations

  • AI as an emerging threat and its potential business impacts

  • Practical strategies to prepare for unexpected AI-related risks and build resilience

  • Insights into governance frameworks to ensure responsible and accountable AI usage

  • Tools and techniques for scenario planning and incident response to mitigate AI disruptions

  • Balancing innovation with risk management to achieve long-term success in an AI-driven world

Raj Hit, General Manager Enterprise Risk, Lotto

12:20


Lunch

1:20

People, processes, and cybersecurity: Closing the gaps in risk management

  • Understanding the human element in cybersecurity risks and how to empower employees to mitigate threats

  • Strengthening processes to close gaps in cybersecurity practices and improve risk management

  • Leveraging technology to enhance threat detection and incident response

  • Building a cyber-resilient organisation by aligning people, processes, and technology

  • Exploring real-world strategies for reducing cyber risk exposure and building long-term resilience

Wendy Bennett, Director, Outfox

1:50


Social media as a double-edged sword: Balancing opportunities and reputation risk in a hyper connected world

  • Understanding the dual nature of social media as a valuable business tool and a reputation risk

  •  Identifying potential social media risks and learning how to manage them proactively

  • Building a social media risk management framework to monitor, mitigate, and respond to risks

  • Exploring strategies to protect brand reputation while leveraging social media opportunities for business growth

  • Learning best practices for crisis communication to respond effectively to social media incidents

Lisa East, Managing Director, Matter

Olivia McIver, Managing Director, Done By

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare 

2:20

Summary remarks from the MC followed by workshops

Agnes de Calbiac, Head of Enterprise Risk and Assurance, Southern Cross Healthcare 

Concurrent workshops: you can select your preference 

2:30

From profiling to progress: Elevating risk maturity through advanced risk profiling

  • Highlighting the importance of combining practical risk profiling with continuous improvement to achieve higher risk maturity

  • Defining risk profiling and risk maturity

  • Exploring the co-relationship between risk profiling and risk maturity

  • Understanding how accurate risk profiling feeds into risk maturity progression

  • Highlighting how risk profiling and maturity together create a feedback loop of improved risk management

  • Explaining advanced risk profiling tools and techniques

  • Explaining how to build a roadmap to risk maturity and integrating risk profiling into the organisation’s culture and processes

David Fox, Director, Fox Risk Management Consultancy

2.30

From Risk to Readiness: Building AI governance that works

  • Identify what AI risks are emerging across tools, processes, and everyday use

  • Explore real examples of AI missteps and blind spots in different context

  • Learn a simple, flexible structure for responsible AI governance

  • Join practical, peer-led discussions to share challenges, learnings, and early approaches

  • Use a self-assessment tool to review your organisation’s current approach to AI governance

  • Leave with practical next steps to start or strengthen AI governance in your organisation.

Sarah Mitchell, Founder & Director, Anadyne IQ

5.00

End of workshop sessions & close of event 

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Speakers

To be announced

David Woodnorth

Managing Director
ComplyWith
David is a co-founder of ComplyWith, which is now New Zealand’s leading online legal compliance platform. ComplyWith is used by more than 180 organisations, including most of New Zealand’s regulators and 15 local authorities.Before starting ComplyWith, David practised law for 13 years as a private practice litigator and an in-house lawyer.David has Law and Arts degrees from the University of Otago and a Masters of Law with first-class honours from Victoria University of Wellington. David is driven by a passion for creating simplicity and clarity from the law’s complexity. “By making the law clear and accessible for people, we empower their organisations to know they are operating lawfully and know where their legal risks are.”  

Lisa East

Managing Director
Matter
By day, Lisa runs digital marketing agency, Matter – a collective of social, content and digital marketing experts who are obsessed with helping Kiwi businesses grow their influence online. By night, she is a master of the TikTok rabbit hole – spending countless hours “researching” (read: watching @blueeyedkaylajade and oddly satisfying clips about expandable sofas). Prior to starting Matter, Lisa spent more than a decade in corporate marketing management. She fully understands the challenges that come with the territory and has built Matter to make agency relationships easier and more rewarding for her marketing manager clients. #notallheroeswearcapes

Olivia McIver

Director
DoneBy

Jacob Peacey

Content Manager-APAC
LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance

Dougal Sutherland

Principal Psychologist
Umbrella
Dougal is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience and the CEO of Umbrella Wellbeing. His work spans public and private sectors, supporting individuals and organisations through complex psychological challenges both in New Zealand and internationally. Known for making psychology accessible, Dougal regularly contributes to media and delivers engaging training. He also teaches at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington, and his leadership experience enhances his ability to support wellbeing at both individual and organisational levels.

Regan Smith

Chief Risk Officer
Hastings District Council
Regan Smith is currently the Chief Risk Officer for Hastings District Council responsible for leading the Councils enterprise risk management programme and emergency readiness. Starting his career in aviation flight operations and moving in to quality and safety management systems at Air New Zealand. Now a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management Diploma UK and Chair of RiskNZ.

Crespo Gao

Principal Consultant
Mosaic FSI

Jane Brown

Head of Insurance
Financial Markets Authority
Jane joined the FMA as Head of Insurance in October 2023 and has spent her time since then building the insurance team and engaging with industry to help prepare for CoFI. Prior to joining the FMA, she spent six years as General Counsel for the Insurance Council of New Zealand and in 2022 was named an Insurance Business Rising Star. Jane started her insurance career as legal officer for local government insurer, Civic Assurance where her focus was on professional indemnity and public liability cover. Jane has a Master of Laws and a BA, and is an ANZIIF Senior Associate.

Jacqui Lyttle

Director of Risk and Assurance
University of Canterbury
Jacqui Lyttle is the Director of Risk and Assurance at the University of Canterbury, responsible for UC’s enterprise risk management, insurance programme, and audit oversight. She is also an advisor to the UC Incident Management Team and was a key member of the incident response following the seismic events in Canterbury in 2010 and 2011. Jacqui is a Board member of RiskNZ

Mark Cubitt

Group Enterprise Risk and Financial Crime Manager
RiskNZ
Mark’s public sector background includes the New Zealand Police, Financial Markets Authority and the UK Serious Fraud Office.  In the private sector he has specialised in risk management through AML/CFT consulting, litigating insurance fraud cases in England and working in operational risk and compliance roles in the financial sector. He was previously a Chief Risk Officer for a SaaS business. In July 2022 he joined Southland based SBS Group as Group Enterprise Risk Manager.

Wendy McGuinness

Chief Executive
McGuinness Institute
Wendy McGuinness, BCom, MBA and FCA, is the founder and chief executive of the McGuinness Institute. She went on to study at Manukau Technical Institute (gaining an NZCC), University of Auckland (BCom) and University of Otago (MBA), also completing environmental papers at Massey University. She became an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1984 and was awarded a Fellowship (FCA) in 2009. Wendy has worked in both the public and private sectors, focusing on risk management, sustainable development and climate change. In 2004, she established the McGuinness Institute as a way of contributing to New Zealand’s long-term future. To further this endeavour, she attended five World Future Society conferences: Washington, D.C. (2008); Chicago (2009); Boston (2010); Vancouver (2011); and San Francisco (2015). In 2025, Wendy was invited to become a member of the OECD Expert Group on Strategic Foresight.

John Fitzgerald

Registered (Clinical) Psychologist
Mind at Work
John Fitzgerald works as a self-employed consultant helping businesses understand and meet their legal and social obligations to manage psychosocial risks at work. He provides national evidence-based leadership and advice on mentally healthy work programs, innovations, assessment, and intervention. John previously led the Mentally Healthy Work team at WorkSafe New Zealand. He is a New Zealand Registered Clinical Psychologist who has worked in adult mental health, alcohol/drug services, and child & family psychological health. He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Massey University and a Fellow of the NZ Psychological Society.

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Workshop

To be announced

Workshops on afternoon 23 July

For 2025, the two day summit format has concurrent workshops
2.15 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Choose Option 1 or Option 2

OPTION 1:  From profiling to progress: Elevating risk maturity through advanced risk profiling

  • Highlighting the importance of combining practical risk profiling with continuous improvement to achieve higher risk maturity
  • Defining risk profiling and risk maturity
  • Exploring the co-relationship between risk profiling and risk maturity
  • Understanding how accurate risk profiling feeds into risk maturity progression
  • Highlighting how risk profiling and maturity together create a feedback loop of improved risk management
  • Explaining advanced risk profiling tools and techniques
  • Explaining how to build a roadmap to risk maturity and integrating risk profiling into the organisation’s culture and processes
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FACILITATOR:

David Fox

Director

Fox Risk Management Consultancy

OPTION 2:  From Risk to Readiness – Building AI Governance that works

  • Identify what AI risks are emerging across tools, processes, and everyday use
  • Explore real examples of AI missteps and blind spots in different context
  • Learn a simple, flexible structure for responsible AI governance
  • Join practical, peer-led discussions to share challenges, learnings, and early approaches
  • Use a self-assessment tool to review your organisation’s current approach to AI governance
  • Leave with practical next steps to start or strengthen AI governance in your organisation
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All prices are in New Zealand dollars ($NZD)
A surcharge of 2.5% + GST applies to credit card payments on top of the total amount.
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Group ticket options are valid for registrations from the same organisation, booked at the same time.
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