Auckland Focus on Management SIG 2024

Meeting dates for 2024:

Thursday, 8 February 2024
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Thursday, 8 August 2024
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Thursday, 12 December 2024

Past Session Topics and Presenters
(Future sessions are confirmed a week or two ahead of each event date). Below gives a taster of what the SIG offers:

SESSION TOPICS 2024

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Recruitment | Craig Malcolm, Director, Cultivate

What is AI and how will it change the future of work? | Troy Gerber, COE Lead, Azure Ai & Copilot, Fusion5

Employment market update for 2024 | Loic Lallement Senior Manager Accounting, Robert Walters Auckland

Kia a tau ki te pae - Reaching toward the horizon | Richard Jefferies, CFO, Tainui Group Holdings

SESSION TOPICS 2023

UK-NZ Relationship & Free Trade Agreement Update | Stephen Cartwright, Consul-General at the British High Commission

Insurance Update | Mark Jones, Chief Broking Officer, Crombie Lockwood

4 Day Week | Charlotte Lockhart, Founder & Managing Director, 4 Day Week Global

Business Update | Alan McDonald, Head of Strategy & Advocacy, EMA

Economic Update | Finn Robinson, Economist, ANZ Bank

Surf Life Saving, Its role in the community and how it provides such an incredible service | Matt Williams, CEO, Surf Life Saving Northern Region

Employment Law Update | Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
NZ Budget, Inflation & Productivity | Kirk Hope, Chief Executive, BusinessNZ

Business technology | Bain Hollister, Executive Director, ClearPoint

Budget 2023 Tax Update | Louis McLennan, Partner - Tax & Private Business, PwC

Port of Tauranga connecting New Zealand with the world | Simon Kebbell, CFO, Port of Tauranga Limited

Economic Update | Henry Russell, Economist, ANZ Bank

Current Top Challenges in New Zealand Infrastructure | Nick Leggett CEO Infrastructure New Zealand

Directing Capital to Sustainable Solutions | Ben Taylor, Senior Manager ESG Advisory and Hannah Paterson, Senior Associate Sustainable Finance, Westpac

Queenstown Airport – Investing in the future | Glen Sowry, Chief Executive Officer, Queenstown Airport

Economic & Political Update | Bernard Hickey, financial and political journalist

Telecommunications 2023: Resilience, equity and where to from here | Paul Brislen - CEO, New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF)

The winds of change | Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams

Tax Update | Ross McKinley, Partner - Tax, KPMG & Robert Grignon, Director - Tax, KPMG

Economic Update with post election reflections | Henry Russell, Economist, ANZ

SESSION TOPICS 2022
Challenges and Opportunities for the Retail Industry - presented by Greg Harford, CEO, Retail New Zealand
Fair Pay, Pay Equity and more - presented by Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
Putting Business on a Sustainable Footing - presented by Bill Bennett, Business and Technology Journalist
Fraud Management - presented by Wayne Bryant, CEO and Founder 3rdegree
A practical, business focused Tax update - presented by Tom McCallum and Nigel Jemson, PwC
The year(s) everything changed - presented by Bernard Hickey, financial and political journalist
Economic Update - presented by Finn Robinson, Economist, ANZ
Mercury Energy - presented by Lucie Drummond, GM Sustainability, Mercury Energy
The future of finance: what happens when Bitcoin grows up and gets a real job? - presented by David Corbett, CEO, P^werFinance
Talent and the importance of people experience - presented by Brett O’Riley, CEO, EMA
The economy and financial markets in 2022 - presented by Mark Lister, Head of Private Wealth Research, Craigs Investment Partners
A look into the future of the workforce and the way we work - presented by Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams
City Rail Link Limited – “The second half” - presented by Patrick Brockie, CFO, City Rail Link Limited
Innovative lending for businesses - presented by Tim Wixon, CFA, Head of Technology Industries, Bank of New Zealand
Telco Update for 2022 - presented by Paul Brislen CEO of the Telecommunications Forum
Budget 2022 - presented by Alex Wondergem, Partner at PwC NZ

Via LIVE Webcast

Select meetings will also be held at (advance notice will be given):

Chartered Accountants ANZ Conference Centre
Level 5
8 Tangihua Street
Auckland 1010

Co-Convenors

Denise Bovaird

Scott Kerse

David Worth