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Our Speakers

Phil Ross

Chief Information Security Officer

Air New Zealand

Andrew Hood

Chief Advisor – Cybersecurity

Ministry of Education

Nancy Taneja

Group Manager – Security Capability and Partnerships

Te Whatu Ora Health

Nancy Ford

Programme Lead – GovTech Talent (Digital Graduate Programme for Public Sector)

Department of Internal Affairs

Freisi Alfonseca Morillo

Senior INFOSEC Assurance Advisor

New Zealand Defence

Jo Batchelor

Head of Product Engineering

University of Auckland

Malcom Mersham

Data and Information Lead

Trust Tairāwhiti

Kari Jones

Chief Data Officer; Expert Member

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand; International Institute for Analytics

Jonathan Wilkins

Chief Information Security Officer

Ministry for Primary Industries

John-Paul Sikking

Head of Cyber Protection

Bank of New Zealand

Sabine Scholl

Technology Risk Lead

ACC

Hassham Idris

Manager, Security Risk and Assurance

Ministry of Justice

Emma MacDonald

Director | Establishment Director, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa

Paul James

Government Chief Digital Officer; Secretary

Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs

Steve James

General Manager of Technology

Woolworths NZ

Kate King

Manager Digital Design, Te Au Reka

Ministry of Justice - New Zealand | Tāhū o te Ture

Jenna Whitman

Chief Information Security Officer

Callaghan Innovation

Laura Jones

Head of Cybersecurity

Transdev Australasia 

Jay Nowit

Senior Information Security Advisor

Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children

Taryn Murphy

Cyber Security Manager

Worksafe New Zealand

Peter Gavin

General Manager, Data & Analytics

ANZ

Carl Nixon

Chief Information Officer

New Zealand Defence Force

Paul Stone

Principal Advisor Information and Data Governance

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities

Katie Brown

Chief Executive Officer; Founder and Director; Founder and Director

Te Ao Matihiko; Te Hapori Mathiko; Social Good

Tamara Al Salim

Head of Business, Risk and Assurance; Ambassador

New Zealand Defence Force; NZ Network for Women in Security

Chhandak Bandopadhyaya

Principal Advisor – Digital Assurance and Compliance

Ministry of Education

Ann Babuji

Senior Information Security Specialist

Ministry of Justice

Cheow Hoe Chan

Government Chief Digital Technology Officer, Smart Nation and Digital Government Office; Senior Advisor

Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)

San Chander

Director, Digital Identity

digital.nsw

Atilio Ranzuglia

Head of Data and AI

Palmerston North City Council

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