AGS25 speakers

We’re delighted to welcome industry-leading experts ready to look 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

Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne, 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.

Speaker lineup

Miles Bastic

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Bran Black

CEO, Business Council Australia

Valeska Bloch

Partner & Head of Cyber, Allens

Dr Juliet Bourke

Chair, Ovarian Cancer Australia

Lisa Chung AM, FAICD

Chair, Australian Unity

Michèle Flournoy

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

Sunita Gloster AM

Chair, Diversity Council

John Green FAICD

Chair, PwC Australia

Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Consultant, Johnson Winter Slattery

René Johnson

Managing Director, Pacific Search Partners

Alison Kitchen AM

Director, NAB

Anna Leibel

Non-Executive Director, AMP

Sally Loane

Chair, Destination NSW

Joe Longo

Chair, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Lyn McGrath

Chair, Australian Digital Health Agency

John Mullen

Chair, Brambles, Qantas, TWE

Steve Pell

CEO, BoardOutlook

Marianne Perkovic

Chair, Australian Fashion Council 

Jingmin Qian CFA FAICD

Director, IPH

Wendy Stops

Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne, Director, Coles

CEO, The Culture Institute of Australia

Brad Welsh

CEO, Energy Resources of Australia, Director, nib

Melanie Willis FAICD

Chair, QBE Australia Pacific


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From keynote presentations to breakout sessions, the AGS25 event program is packed with opportunities and information.

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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