A Taste of our Speakers

Pete was also the Chairman of the Deloitte Innovation Council for 14 years which enabled him to pursue his passion for creativity, design, technology and empowering people to explore the art of the possible. Pete’s work saw Deloitte become recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative companies, a legacy that continues to this day. Pete works part-time leading Deloitte Centre for the Edge, a futures think tank that explores the intersection of technology and society.

Pete has a commitment to giving back to the community. He has done extensive work in bushfire recovery in the aftermath of Black Saturday (2009) and Black Summer (2020), working on using digital technology to help advance education in Papua New Guinea, working with budding entrepreneurs in his role as an Adjunct Professor at RMIT and in his roles as a past board member of Circus Oz (Arts), The Reach Foundation (empowering young people) and his current role as a director of the Deloitte Foundation.

Pete has worked across the business spectrum with companies large and small, all layers of government and startups. Pete is also co-founder of Packform, a fast-growing start-up that is receiving local and global recognition as a disruptor.

Pete is an inspirational and dynamic speaker. He has the ability to take what seems complex and make it simple. He is a classic storyteller who shares many behind the scenes insights that help his audiences understand what it takes to tackle their most pressing challenges and provides practical steps that can be actioned immediately.

Prior to moving to WPP, Katie spent 23 years at Mindshare in Australia, a WPP company. She held positions across strategy, investment, and client leadership. Katie was promoted to Chief Strategy Officer of Mindshare in 2010 before stepping into the role of Chief Executive Officer in Australia and New Zealand in 2013, a role she held for over nine years. 

Katie has been named in B&T’s ‘Women in Media Powerlist’ every year since its inception in 2013. Katie is passionate about giving back to the industry, having served as a Board Member on the MFA for eight years, a Mentor for The Marketing Academy since its launch in Australia, and lecturing at the University of Technology Sydney’s Faculty of Business for three years.

Peter serves on the Australian Treasury’s Data Standards Advisory Committee, the NSW Government AI Review Committee, which reviews major applications of automated decision making and AI by NSW government agencies, the NSW statutory Information and Privacy Advisory Committee, which is tasked “to provide the [NSW] government with information, advice, assistance and training to deliver world-leading information and privacy management practices”. He chairs the Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising’s Regulation Group.

Richard has worked in a number of industries, focusing on those that have significant intellectual property to protect, a significant risk of brand damage from a cyber incident or whose core operations see them dependent on the digital ecosystem.

Richard is a recognized cybersecurity leader, advising senior executives and boards on cyber risk management and is frequently cited in media. Richard also has expertise in digital transformation, analytics, large-scale technology and program delivery. Originally from the UK, Richard is based in Sydney but operates Globally and throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Seeking a change from corporate life, he hung up his boots as the Executive Director and CTO of Lonely Planet and decided to move back to his entrepreneurial roots, becoming an investor, founder and mentor across the start-up ecosystem in Melbourne. He loves sharing a story, he loves even more, knowing those stories make a difference to people, helping them in their own business and life. 

Over the last 3 years Gus has presented to audiences of 10 across regional Australia and New Zealand, to audiences of 10,000 across North America, Europe, South America and Asia. To him there’s no difference. Small, large, private, public, board room to mail room, his lessons hit a chord, his simplicity disarms you, his energy infects you and his counterintuitive way of looking at the world will motivate you to do things differently. 

Often thought of as a futurist, not because he predicts the future, but instead because he helps you focus on what you can control to deal with any future. Still want to talk trends? Sure! He loves as much as the next person trying to imagine a world run by AI, but he warns that getting too distracted with future guesses will only take time away from you and your company to actually do something about the future.