Bruce O’Brien
Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police Bruce O’Brien joined the New Zealand Police in 2000 and began his career in Northland District before transferring to Auckland where he remained for the next 17 years. He worked across Auckland City, Waitemata and Counties Manukau Districts in a number of roles including Area Commander, Area and District […]
Paul Mackay, Employment Relations Policy Manager, BusinessNZ Paul has over 30 years high-level experience in the fields of industrial relations, employment law, labour market policy, strategic planning, change management and human resources in central government, state owned enterprise and the private sector. During the 1980s, Paul was extensively involved in the huge reforms of the […]
Ian McGlinchy, Principal Adviser, Ministry of Transport Iain has been a Principal Adviser at the New Zealand Ministry of Transport since 2005.He has been in the Ministry’s Demand Management and Revenue team since the startof 2019 where he is responsible for Road User Charges policy and is also working onpolicy around congestion pricing. He has […]
Alexia Hilbertidou, Social entrepreneur and founder of GirlBoss New Zealand Speaker, activist, and entrepreneur Alexia Hilbertidou will tell us about her mission to get young women to the boardroom table. Hilbertidou is the founder of GirlBoss New Zealand. Her passion for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) led her to create GirlBoss NZ when […]
Penny Simmonds, MP for Invercargill Penelope (Penny) Simmonds was born in Southland and has a background in education and sport. She was the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 1997 to October 2020. During this time, she implemented the SIT’s zero fees scheme. Simmonds was an advisory board member of Venture […]
Hon Michael Wood, Minister of Transport and Minister for Workplace Relations Hon Michael Wood is the MP for Mt Roskill, Minister of Transport and Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety. He is also Deputy Leader of the House. Wood was first elected to Parliament at the 2016 Mt Roskill by-election. In opposition he was Labour’s […]
Hon Judith Collins, Leader of the Opposition (National Party) Hon Judith Collins was first elected to Parliament representing the Auckland seat of Clevedon in 2002. Following electorate boundary changes she was elected MP for Papakura in the 2008, 2011 and 2014 elections. As a Government Minister she has held the Justice, Accident Compensation Corporation, Police, […]
Dave Ffowcs Williams, Head of supply chain, Datacom Dave Ffowcs Williams has spent the past 27 years developing and delivering game changing technology for major logistics business around the world. This work has spanned the first General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) based sign on glass system in the world in 1999, to a removal of […]
Chris Claridge, Chief Executive Potatoes New Zealand Chris Claridge has an extensive business and academic background. Founder of Carrickmore, a dairy export company specialising in marketing infant formula, the Carrickmore product range was launched in China and New Zealand in 2012. Claridge helped established the New Zealand Infant Formula Exporters Association to maintain and protect […]
Tony Laker, Laker House of Travel Tony Laker began his career in the travel industry more than 25 years ago, starting with Air New Zealand at Invercargill Airport. In the early 2000s, Laker and wife Tracey decided to open their own travel agency in Invercargill. Every travel industry expert (not to mention the bank manager) […]