DELEGATE REGISTRATION & COFFEE

STEPHEN HUPPERT
Independent Consultant & Advisor

• Best practices for defining roles and responsibilities across the 3LOA.
• How to improve collaboration and communication between the lines.
• The evolving role of Internal Audit in the 3LOA model.
• Case studies of organizations that have transformed their 3LOA approach.

MODERATOR:

NICOLE OBORNE
Partner - Superannuation & Asset
Management Assurance Leader, PwC Australia

PANEL MEMBER:

RHIANNON RICHARDSON
General Manager Enterprise Risk,
HESTA

NORLENA BROUWER
Head of Business Risk & Compliance - ETP, Aware Super

• Board engagement and reporting
• Risk culture development
• Three lines of defence model effectiveness
• Risk appetite framework implementation

MODERATOR:

SARAH PENN
Founder & CEO, Mayflower Consulting

PANEL MEMBERS:

SILVANA WOOD
Partner, Financial Services Solutions, Gilbert + Tobin

ROB FIRTH
Chief Risk Officer, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

JENNIFER DEAN
Financial Institution Specialist Convener and Professional Adviser, GovernWith

ARCHANA YALLAJOSULA
Director - Consulting (Cloud Transformation, Data Engineering, AI), Technology Risk, Protiviti

10:50 MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING

• There are superannuation funds that are really starting to progress risk culture, yet they remain a minority
• Existing cultural impediments in a superannuation fund often make risk culture either an unrealistic ideal or an afterthought
• There is an additional challenge for risk culture as a topic, given confusion or lack of direction around who owns risk culture
• While there is no silver bullet, there are ways to progress. We will explore a few practical methods that are often overlooked
• How to get to a whole systems approach – the role of advocates, advisers and everyone in between.

ANDREW BROWN
Director and Co-Founder of Adaptive Cultures

• What has been most challenging about progressing risk culture, when you have seen it progress, what are some practical methods or approaches that have really helped?
• If we don’t surface the uncomfortable truths, what are the implications?
• What’s the role of risk owners?
• How does the three lines of defence enable / get in the way?

MODERATOR:

ANDREW BROWN
Director and Co-Founder of Adaptive Cultures

PANEL MEMBERS:

ALICE RICHARDSON
Head of Risk Culture, Commonwealth
Superannuation Corporation (CSC)

JOLEIGH STAPLETON
Head of Emergent Risks at AustralianSuper

SIMON LEVY
Chief Executive Officer & Company Secretary,
RMIA - Risk Management Institute of Australasia

12:30 LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING

• Identifying and managing technology risks
• Managing risks associated with large-scale digital transformations.
• Strengthening resilience through risk-aware planning and agile adaptation

MODERATOR:

JOHN BURKE
Managing Director and Founder at Kyudo

PANEL MEMBER:

JOSEF PILGER
NED, Senior Advisor, Coach, Author

VASYL NAIR
Group Chief Executive Officer at Team Super

SADEER JAN
Chief Technology Officer, NGS Super

• Building Resilience: How superannuation funds can develop robust scenarios to test business continuity, crisis management, and recovery plans.
• Lessons from the Frontline: Insights from hundreds of real-world simulations and exercises—what worked, what didn’t, and key takeaways.
• The Board’s Role in Crisis Management: How board engagement can make or break an effective response to disruption.
• Evolving Threat Landscape: Understanding emerging risks, from cyber threats to climate-related events, and how to
proactively mitigate them.
• Bridging the Gaps: Identifying weaknesses in existing processes, controls, and technology to enhance overall operational resilience

JOE MCDAVITT
Director, Operational Risk, Battleground

• AI-Driven Decision-Making Risks – Understanding the potential for model errors, unintended consequences, and accountability gaps in AI-assisted investment and operational decisions.
• Regulatory and Compliance Challenges – Navigating APRA, ASIC, and legislative expectations around AI governance, transparency, and fiduciary responsibilities.
• AI Governance and Risk Controls – Implementing risk frameworks, stress testing AI models, and ensuring trustee oversight to prevent over-reliance on automated decision-making.

PHILIP MARQUET
Senior Associate, MinterEllison

SAM BURRETT
Director and AI Lead for Consulting at MinterEllison

INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE:
STEPHEN HUPPERT
Independent Consultant & Advisor

Closing Remarks from the chair