| Adam Bowles Head of Operations, Australia SWL Australia | 0 |
| Professor Tim Brailsford PhD FAIM FCPA FFin Vice Chancellor & President Bond University Professor Brailsford is the Vice Chancellor and President of Bond University. Professor Brailsford’s previous positions include Executive Dean at the University of Queensland; Dean at the Australian National University in Canberra, and other senior academic positions at the University of Melbourne and Monash University. He holds a PhD, Master and Honours degrees and is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and Fellow of CPA Australia. Professor Brailsford’s area of expertise is finance and investments. He was appointed as the inaugural Frank Finn Professor of Finance at the University of Queensland and he is the co-author of the best-selling Australasian text on Investments, now in its 5th edition. Professor Brailsford has also published a number of books and research monographs and over 70 research papers. Professor Brailsford’s research has been recognised through various prestigious manuscript awards. In 2003, Professor Brailsford was awarded the Prime Minister’s Centenary Medal. Professor Brailsford’s expertise crosses into industry. He has experience on several company boards and government committees. Past Board appointments include the AACSB, EFMD, private investment companies, Queensland Rugby Union and Australian University Sport. Professor Brailsford is also a regular consultant and advisor to industry and government, particularly in the field of investment management and valuation. Clients have included organisations in both State and Federal governments and a number of listed corporations. Professor Brailsford has also served on a number of professional committees, including the Professional Education Board of CPA Australia, past President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia & New Zealand, past President of the Australian Business Deans Council and past President of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools. | |
| Peter Brennand Senior Procurement Manager University of Tasmania An International Procurement and Supply Chain Manager. Peter Brennand achieved considerable savings through process transformation improvements and systems implementations, and has enjoyed success in leadership roles in sectors such as Oil and Gas, Mining, Bulk Materials Handling, Transport and Construction in Projects and Operations. Particular strengths include Strategic Procurement, Contract negotiation and formation, Category Management and all aspects of Supply Chain Management including Inventory Control and Materials Management. International sourcing experience in diverse cultural environments such as China, Middle East, Africa and Europe. Qualifications:MBA. | |
| Michelle Brooke Pilbara Group Michelle is a senior member of the Pilbara Group team with over 25 years of experience in the military, public, and consulting sectors. Michelle coordinates and delivers the Higher Education consultancy services within Pilbara Group and has spent over 15 years building, implementing and maintaining cost models for a range of clients both here in Australia and in the United States. Michelle’s prior experience also include 6 years with Ernst & Young and KPMG and 11 years as a Supply and Logistics Officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Michelle shares her passion for education with her children’s school, where she is the Chair of the school’s Council. Michelle''s professional background and qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Oceanography), UNSW, Graduate Certificate in Accounting and Financial Management, Graduate Certificate of Administration and an Associate Diploma in Management. | 0 |
| Bianca Burt Associate Director, Money Market Sales, Short Term Money Market FIIG Securities | 0 |
| Andrew Butterworth General Manager of Innovation Management National Australia Bank Andrew is currently General Manager for NAB Labs, NABs innovation hub. NAB Lab’s mandate is to creating significant, scalable and sustainable innovation for NABs customers. Andrew has strong executive management experience covering telecommunications and high-tech; corporate transformation and turnarounds; working in Australia and across Asia. Andrew was ranked 33rd in the Australian Newspaper “Australia’s 2012 50 Most Influential People in Australian IT”. Andrew previously worked for Alcatel-Lucent where he was the Chief Operating Officer for their joint venture in China, based out of Shanghai. Andrew also held roles of Chief Transformation Officer across APAC and Managing Director and President of the Australian business. Prior to that, Andrew spent 12 years with Accenture.
| |
| Kate Christiansen Director The Adaptive Advantage Pty. Ltd Kate Christiansen is an adaptive performance specialist who has pioneered new thinking in the areas of strategy development and transformational change. Her book The Thrive Cycle: Unlock The Adaptive Organisation Within, synthesises 20 years’ experience adapting organisations to major strategic opportunities. This includes leading multi-billion dollar mergers, international change programs spanning 13 countries, finance and regulatory change and market entry for emerging SE Asian economies. Kate works with organisations, leaders and individuals who want to improve their adaptive performance and are looking for a refreshing, practical approach. More specifically, she specialises in helping clients to: embrace the uncertainty of change; bridge the gap between strategy and implementation; develop capable and confident change leaders; predict and effectively respond to disruption and build more adaptive, engaged teams.
| |
| William Confalonieri Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer Deakin University William Confalonieri is Chief Digital Officer and Vice-President with Deakin University Australia, originally being appointed Deakin’s first CIO in January 2012. William is recipient of the 2017 ComputerWorld/IDG Premier 100 Global Technology Leader Award, is finalist for the 2017 ‘Australian CIO of the Year’ ITNews Benchmark Awards (TDB Feb 2017), has been awarded 2016 ‘CIO of the Year’ by the Australian Executive Awards/CEO Magazine, was named and worldwide showcased ‘Global Digital Leader’ by Gartner Symposium 2016, was Finalist for the 2015 ‘Australian CIO of the Year’ ITNews Benchmark Awards and was named 2014 ‘Australian CIO of the Year’ - ITNews Benchmark Awards. William is representative of the new breed of Digital Leaders who are focused on digitally driven enterprise strategy, with special emphasis on creating competitive advantage through the orchestration of digital ecosystems and organisational change to deliver premium experiences to stakeholders. William is elected President of McKinnon Secondary College after serving many years as a Council member, and advisor to the Victorian Government – Victorian Public Sector Commission. He is also non-executive Director of VERNet Pty Ltd and member of the Advisory Board of Code for Australia. William has postgraduate qualifications in Computer Science, Business Administration, Negotiation and Economics, he is a certified Enterprise Architect and a graduate from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. email: william.confalonieri@deakin.edu.au LinkedIn: wconfalonieri Twitter: @WConfalonieri Ph: +61 3 9251 7880 | |
| Jonathan Dutton FCIPS FCIM Interim Sales & Marketing Director Open Windows Jonathan Dutton is an independent management consultant and former CEO of the professional procurement peak body in the region, CIPSA, as well as a non-executive director of the Australian Centre of Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) and, currently, part time interim sales & marketing director at Open Windows. Having worked at senior levels as both a buyer and a seller he has a real grasp of the pressures affecting both sides of the negotiating table in addressing the trend towards more conscionable choices in the context of risk management. He also has an enviable reputation as a lively, engaging and challenging key note speaker and MC working in front of audiences large and small. | |
| James Evers Manager, Travel Operation Curtin University James Evers is new into University land after spending 20 years at International SOS running their Travel Operations in the Australasia region he moved to Curtin last year. He manages the day to day activities associated with Curtin University’s travel booking service for Curtin staff, students and visitors . This involves managing the contracts and the operational interface between the University and TMCs and other associated suppliers ensuring efficient and effective travel booking and management services. | 0 |
| Daniel Fielding Director ArcBlue Consulting Group Daniel Fielding is a graduate of University of Warwick business school (UK) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. He has held a variety of procurement roles over 19 years. He started his career in a private sector blue chip organisation in the UK, fulfilling a number of procurement and project management roles culminating in contract management responsibility for outsourced contracts with spend in excess of AUD$250M. Daniel joined PMMS in 2000, and as a consultant has worked in a variety of industry sectors including State and Local Government, Higher Education and Transport sectors. He now leads the management and development of the Australia and New Zealand practices for ArcBlue Consulting Group (previously PMMS). | 0 |
| Jean-Louis Haie Managing Director Planet Procurement Jean-Louis Haie is an international expert in sustainable procurement and supply chain management and has advised public organisations and public companies in these fields for more than 10 years in Europe, Australia and Hong Kong. For the past 3 years, he's been leading the Australian delegation on the project of ISO20400. | |
| Kim Harrison Director P&T Solutions | 0 |
| Steve Ivey Exec Director University of Southern Queensland | 0 |
| Peter Kane CEO Unimarket Mr. Peter Kane serves as the Global Chief Executive Officer of Unimarket New Zealand Ltd. Mr. Kane served as an Acting General Manager of Finance and Operations of Wrightson Ltd. Mr. Kane as a Partner with KPMG for ten years, including five years leading the Management Consulting practice which specialized in information technology and business improvement consulting. Previously, Mr. Kane served as Senior Vice President of BearingPoint, with responsibility for South Asia Pacific. He has had a substantial career in business consultancy and accounting, principally with KPMG. In the past several years, Mr. Kane has performed executive contract roles including Chief Financial Officer for a public listed company in the primary sector, Chief Operating Officer for a large telecommunications company and Chief Executive Officer for an IT Services business. Mr. Kane serves as a Director of Unimarket New Zealand Ltd. He is an investor and director of two privately owned companies and continues to undertake management consulting assignments in areas of business improvement, change management and operational strategy and senior executive mentoring. | 0 |
| Craig Lehman Associate Director, Commercial Services, Financial Services Resources Division University of Newcastle Associate Director of Strategic Procurement has a track record of success in procurement and supply chain transformation. Influenced up to $3 billion of spend across bothcritical and non-critical portfolios covering FMCG manufacturing, Education and Media sectors and has procured capital projects totalling over $1 billion. Led entire supply chain transformation strategies for large FMCG manufacturer that included delivery to market of over 360 Million units per annum. | |
| Jacqueline Merritt Mgr, Contracts & Systems University of Southern Queensland | 0 |
| Peter Morichovitis Chief Procurement Officer Gold Coast City Council Peter Morichovitis is a highly accomplished Procurement and Supply Chain leader with diverse experience across the resources, manufacturing and government sectors. In 2016 he was recognised as CIPS Australian Procurement and Supply Chain Management Professional of the Year, and for leading his organisation to win best procurement Transformation at the Procurement Leaders World Procurement Awards. Peter is currently Chief Procurement Officer at the City of Gold Coast, Australia's second largest local government. He is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and currently the Chairman for CIPS in Queensland, Australia. Peter is an accredited Six Sigma Black Belt, and holds a Masters degree in Marketing as well as undergraduate qualifications in Commerce and Journalism. | |
| Kim Newcombe Business Transformation & HCM Specialist P&T Solutions Kim is the Senior Business Transformation & HCM Specialist at P&T Solutions – a consultancy and project management company, where the philosophy of connecting people and technological intelligence, the discovery of new ways of engaging, thinking and working are without limits, underpins every connection.
Kim is a Business Transformation and HCM Consultant, with over 20 years’ experience in providing strategic guidance and operational support to leaders and managers in
organisational and cultural transformation change which align with key business deliverables. She is a facilitator of leadership learning and development with a focus on the
new leadership frontier – digital leadership in the modern workplace.
She has worked in and consulted to a variety industries including tertiary education, medical research, acute health, professional services, local and state governments, FMCG and
Utilities
She consults to local, national, and international Senior Leaders, Managers, and HR teams in complex matrix organisations, providing HRM, OD, Employee Relations, Change & Transition and HCM advocacy and support.
| |
| Lea Patterson CEO Pilbara Group Lea is an electronics and computer engineer and former Royal Australian Navy Officer. While in the Australian Navy Lea was engaged on his first Activity-Based Cost model as part of a project building a large enterprise-wide model covering the entire Australian Navy. After leaving the navy, Lea was a foundation employee of what would become Pilbara Group with clients primarily in the Australian defense force. The US Navy saw the model completed for the Australian Navy and requested the same. This took Lea and the team to Pearl Harbor, HI and eventually Norfolk, VA. During this time in the US, the company started receiving requests from Australian universities to build ABC models, which kick started the Higher Education practice about 10 years ago. Now Higher Education is a primary focus for Pilbara Group in Australia and the US and Lea is currently heading up both companies servicing clients in Australia, US, Mexico and the United Kingdom. | 0 |
| Robert Radley National Director, Transaction Solutions Government & Education Global Institutional Banking National Australia Bank Robert Radley has 15 years’ experience in Transaction Banking & Working Capital Solutions. During Rob’s time in Transaction Banking he has held various roles, each providing him a broad market overview and understanding of delivering innovative solutions to meet specific client needs. Robert’s role is to lead the NAB Government & Education team across Australia with a keen eye on developing market leading Transaction Banking Solutions. Robert's team regularly engages in diagnostic workshops, process improvement sessions and business insights meetings to ensure that our clients are equipped with the latest technologies and transaction banking solutions. | |
| Gerard Reid Business Systems Analyst Charles Darwin University Gerard has been working in IT and Finance System for close to twenty years. Started working with City Councils in Darwin (NT) and Port Macquarie (NSW) managing their finance systems. He spent some time as a VET Lecturer in Information Technology as Charles Darwin University. Gerard served as Manager of the IT Department as Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education He has been working in the Office of Finance Services as Charles Darwin University for the last eight years. Projects included upgraded Oracle Financials to R12, several upgrades to OneStopSecure and well as implementing a data warehouse for finance reporting. | |
| Taryn Rulton Chief Operating Officer Monash College
Taryn is the Chief Operating Officer & CFO at Monash College, a subsidiary of Monash University. She is responsible for a broad range of functions including finance, IT, risk management, business intelligence and student services for the ~9000 international students studying at the College each year. Taryn is the Chair of Chartered Accountants ANZ’s Victorian Regional Council and is a board member at the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). Taryn has held senior finance and executive roles with several public sector entities and has experience creating new structures and developing teams across finance and corporate functions. As well as exposure to the public and not for profit sectors, Taryn’s career has included working in the private sector with a large UK bank and the Big Four accounting firms. | |
| Adam Ryan Founder Think | 0 |
| Richard Savva Director Changing Times Led a boutique travel company to being the largest independent travel management company in Australia. After selling to a global company took on the Asian MD role for two years. Skill set includes mentoring, business coaching, managing regional offices, marketing, rebranding, building technology solutions, leading sales, client retention, P&L ownership and recognised within the Australian travel trade as a true leader. Speaker, facilitator and moderator at numerous conferences and round table strategy meetings. Experienced and passionate about start‐up, marketing and engagement with new business models for technology. Worked with most industries including financial, legal, telecommunications, charities, universities, retail, technology and manufacturing in large & SME markets. Having taken a few months off to support a family member started a new venture. Please check out www.changingtimes.net.au for details on the services, which include business coaching, mentoring, moderator, facilitator and training. | |
| Mathew Simpson Head of Corporate Markets and Distribution – Managed Portfolios FIIG | 0 |
| Alan Smith Director UniLink Data Systems Alan Smith is a founding Director of UniLink Data Systems, a company established in 1989 to supply a range of quality software solutions for the Higher Education market. His current role is Director of Operations with specific responsibility for the ongoing development of OneStopSecure. This system has been installed by several major Universities to improve revenue collection. An integral part of the system is the automatic flow of information back to a nominated finance system and assistance in the reconciliation of multiple bank accounts across the University enterprise. Since it's inception, the system is now hosted and helps to reduce the scope of PCI-DSS in Universities, colleges, schools, hospitals and government departments. Alan's experience stretches back over 30 years in the industry. He is a senior member of the Australian Computer Society and has consulted to audiences throughout Australia, Asia and the USA. | 0 |
| Dr Andrew Trnacek Chief Executive Officer Higher Ed Services Dr Andrew Trnacek is Chief Executive Officer of Higher Ed Services (HES).Previously, a senior partner at Grant Thornton with account responsibility for the public sector and the national lead for education, Dr Trnacek brings to the role more than 14 years' experience and a solid track record of successfully leading high profile engagements, building markets and expanding client bases. He has in-depth experience in finance, strategy, marketing and business improvement. Dr Trnacek's projects at Grant Thornton have covered funding model design, government and higher education systems and program review, market and segmentation analysis, budget builds and financial modelling, in addition to business process improvement and machinery of government reviews. | |
| Justine Waddick Director | Consulting Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd | 0 |
| Adrian Whiting Director, Strategic Procurement Charles Sturt University | 0 |
| Tony Wilson Manager, Strategic Procurement and Business Services Edith Cowan University Tony Wilson is the Manager of Business Services within the Finance and Business Services Centre at Edith Cowan University. He has responsibility for the Payables, Payroll, Business Management and Strategic Procurement teams. Prior to his appointment at Edith Cowan University he worked in Operational Management in the Banking and Consumer Finance sector in the UK. | 0 |
