AGS25 speakers

We welcomed experts and leaders who took us beyond the horizon at AGS25.

Featured speakers

John Mullen

Chair, Brambles, Qantas, TWE

John is currently a Non Executive Director and Chair of Brambles, Treasury Wine Estates and Qantas, and a Director of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP. John had a distinguished career with the DHL Group from 1994 to 2009, ultimately becoming global CEO of DHL Express in 2006.

Wendy Stops

Director, Coles

Wendy is a Non-executive Director of Coles Group, Chair and Non-executive Director of the not-for-profit Fitted for Work, and a Deputy Chancellor & Council Member of The University of Melbourne. Prior to taking up her Director career, Wendy was an information technology and management consultant, spending her 32+ year career with global leader Accenture.

John Green FAICD

Chair, PwC Australia

John M. Green is a leading company director, philanthropist and author. His previous careers were in investment banking (as an executive director at Macquarie) and, before that, in law (as a partner in predecessor firms of Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills). Until recently, he was also a book publisher (as co-founder of Pantera Press).

Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Consultant, Johnson Winter Slattery

Dr Pamela Hanrahan is a non-executive director and lawyer, and the author of Directors’ Legal Responsibilities: A Handbook for Australian Boards (AICD, 2022). She is Chair of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a member of the AICD’s Corporate Governance National Committee.

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Senior Policy Adviser, AICD

Miles Bastic

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Bran Black

CEO, Business Council Australia

Valeska Bloch

Partner & Head of Cyber, Allens

Hon Anna Bligh AC

CEO, Australian Banking Association

Dr Juliet Bourke

Chair, Ovarian Cancer Australia

Jessica Bulger

CEO, Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, Co-Chair, Outward Bound Australia

Phil Butler

NFP Sector Lead, AICD

Lisa Chung AM, FAICD

Chair, Australian Unity

John Connolly

Director, John Connolly & Partners

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Policy Adviser, AICD

Naomi Edwards FAICD

Chair, AICD

The Hon Victor Dominello

Co-Founder, ServiceGen Pty Ltd

Michèle Flournoy

Former US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors

Susan Forrester AM FAICD

Chair, Jumbo Interactive

Christian Gergis

Head of Policy, AICD

Sunita Gloster AM

Chair, Diversity Council

John Green FAICD

Chair, PwC Australia

Roy Green AM

Former Chair, Port of Newcastle

Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Consultant, Johnson Winter Slattery

Tracey Horton AO FAICD

Director, GPT Group

Graeme Innes AM

Chancellor, Central Queensland University, Board Member, NDIA

René Johnson

Managing Director, Pacific Search Partners

Alison Kitchen AM

Director, NAB

Helen Kurincic FAICD

Chair, McMillan Shakespeare, Director, Ramsay Health Care

Melanie Laing FAICD

Director, AUB Group

Anna Leibel

Non-Executive Director, AMP

Sally Loane

Chair, Destination NSW

Joe Longo

Chair, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Ruth Madden

ESG Manager, Port of Newcastle

Louise McElvogue

Non-Executive Director and Digital Advisor

Lyn McGrath

Chair, Australian Digital Health Agency

Rohan Mead

CEO, Australian Unity

John Mullen

Chair, Brambles, Qantas, TWE

Steve Pell

CEO, BoardOutlook

Marianne Perkovic

Chair, Australian Fashion Council 

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CEO, NCS

Jingmin Qian CFA FAICD

Director, Abacus Group

Mark Rigotti

Managing Director & CEO, AICD

Stela Solar

Managing Director, Data & AI, Accenture

Wendy Stops

Director, Coles

Mark Thirlwell

Chief Economist, AICD

Karl Treacher

CEO, The Culture Institute of Australia

Tim Trumper

Chair, NRMA

Heather Watson

Chair, UnitingCare Australia

Brad Welsh

CEO, Energy Resources of Australia, Director, nib

Elena Wise

AI, Cloud and Specialist Sales, Microsoft

Melanie Willis FAICD

Chair, QBE Australia Pacific


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I am amazed at the calibre of experience in the presenters... What a thought stimulating and inspiring two days it has been!

Dr Brooke Feltis GAICD
Founder, Myall Psychology

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