Our Speakers Include...

Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and the founder of Inventium, a behavioural science consultancy whose clients include Google, Apple, Disney and Microsoft. She is the two-time winner of AI Consultant of the Year at the Australian AI Awards, in 2025 and 2026. 

More than half a million people have used Inventium’s programs to build stronger AI skills and lift their performance at work. 

Amantha was the first Australian to win the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which the Financial Times has described as the “Oscars for Management Thinking”. 

She hosts the top-ranking business podcasts How I Work and How I AI, with more than 6 million downloads, where she asks some of the world’s most successful people about their habits and rituals and shares practical AI strategies. Her ideas have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Forbes and Fast Company. 

She is the author of five bestselling books, including the international bestseller Time Wise. Her books have been translated into more than 10 languages, and her latest, The Energy Game, is out now.

Richard Holden is the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Professor, Chief Societal Economist, and Director of the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics UNSW. He is also President Emeritus of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Prior to that he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He received an AM and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Professor Holden has published in leading general interest journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, and Nature.

His research has been featured in press articles in the New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, and The New Republic. Professor Holden appears regularly as a media commentator, has published opinion pieces in outlets including the New York Times and The New Republic, and is a weekly columnist for the Australian Financial Review.

Prior to graduate school he worked in private equity for several years, and he continues to advise in the corporate sector.

He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

His most recent books are From Free to Fair Markets: Liberalism after COVID-19 (Oxford University Press), Money in the Twenty-First Century: Cheap, Mobile, Digital (University of California Press), and Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism: How we crushed the curve but lost the race (UNSW Press).

Guillaume Leger is a globally experienced finance executive whose three-decade career has spanned four continents and some of the world’s most complex financial, consumer and public-company environments.

He is Chief Financial Officer at Latitude Financial Services (ASX: LFS), where he leads the company’s financial strategy, planning and reporting, treasury and investor relations. Since joining Latitude in June 2025, he has helped strengthen the company’s funding and capital platform while supporting its strategic growth agenda.

Previously, Guillaume Leger was Global Chief Financial Officer of Omni Bridgeway (ASX: OBL), based in New York, and Group Controller of Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX: ATD), the Fortune 200 global retailer behind the Circle K brand. Earlier, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup Hong Kong, culminating a 15-year career with Citi that included senior leadership roles across North America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. His career began with Deloitte and PwC.

Across industries, markets and economic cycles, Guillaume has built his career around a consistent leadership mandate: bringing clarity to complexity, strengthening financial foundations and positioning organisations for sustainable growth.

André Freilinger is an accomplished Chief Financial Officer and strategic finance executive with more than 30 years of international leadership experience across financial services, technology, manufacturing / wholesale distribution and consumer products. He partners with executive leadership teams to improve business performance, strengthen governance and lead large-scale finance and technology transformation.

Most recently, André served as CFO, Technology and Data, Digital & AI at Westpac Group, leading the finance function supporting one of Australia’s largest technology organisations. During his almost 18-year career with Westpac, he held senior positions including CFO Technology, Head of Finance for Customer Solutions & Technology, Acting Chief of Staff to the Group Chief Operating Officer, Head of Transformation (PMO), and Group Head of Enterprise Project Finance. He worked closely with the Group CIO and executive leadership to shape technology strategy, optimise investment portfolios, improve financial transparency and strengthen financial governance across multi-billion-dollar technology and transformation portfolios.

Before Westpac, André held senior international finance leadership roles with Stora Enso, including Director Finance & HR for Global Corporate IT in Helsinki and Düsseldorf, where he advanced service-based IT costing and cost transparency. He later led the company’s Australian timber distribution business as Managing Director. Earlier roles included CFO of WIV Australia and software development roles with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency and Die Erste Bank in Austria.

André is a CPA Australia member and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from the University of Vienna.

Shilpa is the Strategy and Product Management Director for Oracle’s ERP Cloud Financials, where she shapes the vision and execution of this flagship offering. With over 23 years of experience in finance and technology, Shilpa has held consulting, strategy, and leadership roles, helping global clients achieve strategic business outcomes through technology investments. She supports clients in making the right choices for their businesses when partnering with Oracle across data, applications, platform, infrastructure, and industry solutions. Shilpa holds a Bachelor’s in Finance and a Master’s in Computers. Based in Sydney, she is passionate about mentoring young professionals, enjoys board games, and loves travelling with her family. 

Jon joined the Opera House in 2017 as the CFO and Executive Director Corporate Service. He is currently responsible for the finance, payroll, rostering and technology teams at the Opera House. Jon has more than 40 years’ global experience in the financial, property and professional services sectors. After starting his career at Price Waterhouse, he moved into financial services with senior roles at Macquarie Bank and was later CFO for Lloyds Bank businesses in Asia. Most recently, he was the global CFO at a family-owned global design and build services business.

David Walker was appointed Westpac Group’s Chief Technology Officer in August 2019. Since then, he is leading Westpac through its technology transformation - simplifying and merging the bank, building 4th gen cloud-native applications, establishing and operating evergreen platforms, leading Westpac’s AI technology, and building a culture of passionate and forward-thinking tech and emerging talent.

David began his technology career in 1987 as a software engineer, focusing on coding complex systems. After a decade of evolving his software engineering craft, David founded a data science consulting. Over the following decade, it became the number one expert data insights company in Australia and Southeast Asia.

For the last 15 years, David has held executive roles in large, complex organisations across the APAC region. Prior to joining Westpac, David was part of the leadership team of Singaporean bank, DBS. In his ten years there, David helped transform DBS from a traditional bricks and mortar bank with little brand presence or recognition outside Singapore, to being recognised as the ‘Best Bank in the World’ and the ‘Best Digital Bank in the World’ by leading global financial publication Euromoney.

Matthew Chun is the Executive General Manager - Finance, Broadcast and Infrastructure at the Australian Football League (AFL). In this role, he is responsible for the AFL’s financial performance and long-term financial sustainability, as well as overseeing key operational areas including broadcast, and infrastructure assets.

Matthew leads the finance function across the AFL and plays a central role in strategic planning, commercial decision-making, capital investment and risk management. His portfolio includes responsibility for major infrastructure projects, stadium operations and broadcast-related activities that support the delivery and growth of Australian football nationally.

With extensive executive leadership experience, Matthew works closely with the AFL Executive and Commission to ensure the organisation maintains a strong financial position while continuing to invest in the growth of the game. His responsibilities span revenue optimisation, cost management, capital allocation and operational performance across critical AFL assets and venues, including Marvel Stadium where he is also Chair of the Board (Melbourne Stadium Limited who manage the stadium)

Matthew is focused on balancing financial discipline with strategic investment to support the AFL’s long-term objectives, enhance fan experiences and strengthen the league’s position as Australia’s leading sporting code.

Tal Nathan is Rimini Street’s Regional Chief Technology Officer for Australia and New Zealand. With more than 20 years’ experience across technology, artificial intelligence, innovation, commercial leadership and business transformation, he helps organisations connect technology strategy with measurable business outcomes. Based in Melbourne, Tal works with customers to modernise, unlock greater value from existing enterprise systems and confidently navigate the shift toward agentic AI and business-led transformation.  

Martin Dube is an experienced technology and transformation executive with extensive leadership experience across Asia Pacific and Japan, spanning enterprise software, cloud services, AI and strategic partnerships. As Country Head for ANZ at Planview, he brings a strong focus on aligning technology investment with business value, operational performance and commercial outcomes. His previous leadership roles at Blue Yonder, Microsoft, Oracle and Rackspace include regional revenue responsibility, full P&L accountability and large scale go to market transformation. Martin offers CFOs a valuable perspective on driving profitable growth, optimising enterprise technology investments and translating transformation strategies into measurable business results. 

Kay is a member of the Oracle Solution Engineering Team with over 25 years of experience in business systems and process improvement. Kay assists customers with their business systems and reporting, helping them optimise and streamline their reporting processes. She is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) - Chartered Accountants ANZ. 

Luke Bebbington is a finance leader with global experience in strategy, transformation, and operational execution. He has led large-scale transformation programmes and now helps financial services organisations modernise and grow with Workday.

Since joining Workday in 2022, Luke has shaped go-to-market strategy, product direction, and customer success for financial services across Asia Pacific.

Before Workday, Luke was based in London, where he served as Finance Director at Man Group (a global hedge fund), Lloyds Banking Group, and Global Media. He began his career with PwC and ANZ Bank in New Zealand.

Luke is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University of Wellington.

Stephanie Phelan is an experienced business leader at Alteryx with a strong background in enterprise customer engagement, strategic relationship management and driving business outcomes. She is passionate about helping organisations unlock value from their data through analytics, automation and AI, working closely with customers to align technology investments with their business priorities. 

Marie Holmes is the Country Manager for ANZ at Alteryx, where she is responsible for defining and executing the go-to-market strategy. In this role, she leads business activities and partnerships to drive Alteryx’s next phase of growth in the region, empowering the team to shape the future of data analytics for customers across ANZ. She is passionate about helping businesses unlock insights and tell compelling stories through data, transforming complex information into meaningful, actionable outcomes.

With over 25 years of experience in building technology businesses and leading high-performing teams, Marie has held leadership positions at both global technology companies and high-tech scale-ups. Prior to joining Alteryx, she was Senior Director for VMware Tanzu in ANZ (now part of Broadcom), where she led the go-to-market function and drove revenue growth. She has also held senior regional leadership roles at Amdocs and Logica Plc and has extensive experience in country leadership.

While primarily based in Australia, Marie has also worked in leadership roles in Malaysia and Dublin. In addition to her corporate career, she has collaborated with a portfolio of startup and scale-up emerging tech companies, helping shape their go-to-market strategies to successfully enter and expand in new markets.

Marie originally moved to Australia as a graduate engineer, beginning her career with Telstra Network Engineering in Melbourne.

She holds an Honours degree in Electronic Engineering with a specialization in Telecommunications from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Commercial Finance & FP&A Leader | Driving Strategy, Performance & Value Creation

Commercially focused finance leader with a proven track record of partnering with executive teams to translate financial insight into strategic action and sustainable value creation.

With deep experience across FP&A, commercial finance and transformation, I operate at the intersection of finance and business—providing clarity, challenge and direction to senior stakeholders. I specialise in building forward-looking, data-driven planning environments that enable organisations to allocate capital effectively, optimise performance and scale with confidence.

My career spans Fortune 500 multinationals, private and family-owned businesses, government environments, and high-change contexts including M&A and greenfield builds across Australia, APAC, the UK and the Middle East.

Rosie Cairnes is BlackLine’s Regional Vice President for Australia and New Zealand. With over thirty years of experience in the IT industry, she has worked with industry giants like SmartForce, SAI Global, and SkillSoft. Rosie is dedicated to empowering and guiding organisations to seamlessly integrate technology in every aspect of their work for a better future.

Mike Goldsworthy is a Principal Value Architect at BlackLine. With over two decades of experience in IT and finance, Mike has a deep understanding of both professional services and end-user perspectives. His expertise lies in large ERP process architecture and best-of-breed application solution architecture, with a particular focus on seamless integration and optimising financial processes. Mike has a proven track record in successfully executing global, multi-jurisdiction deployments, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Prior to his career in technology consulting, he commenced his career in CA with five years in Audit.

Matt has more than 20 years experience helping organisations across Asia Pacific transform the way they engage with SaaS technology platforms to transform their businesses. Matt has deep expertise across multiple platforms, working with organisations of various sizes from small and medium-sized businesses through to global enterprises. Matt is known for collaborating with his clients to help them find new and innovative ways to delight and surprise their stakeholders, as well as drive incredible user experiences.

Vincent advises customers on complex indirect tax, data and technology challenges, helping them make informed practical decisions. Vincent brings experience across tax technology and transformation, indirect tax management and tax advisory, with previous roles at EY, JLL and PwC Australia.

Michael brings extensive leadership experience across client relationship management, tax and accounting, market development and proposition. He has held senior regional roles at Thomson Reuters since 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Laws from UNSW. Michael works closely with large enterprises across the region as they navigate technology transformation, AI, data governance and increasingly complex regulatory environments. 

Wesley Nolte is a Sage Intacct specialist with more than eight years of experience demonstrating, implementing, and supporting Sage solutions for organisations across a range of industries. With a background in both Accounting and Computer Science, Wesley combines financial expertise with technical knowledge to help businesses maximise the value of their financial management systems.

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Gerard Florian is a senior Australian technology and business services executive with more than 30 years of experience leading enterprise technology strategy and large-scale transformation across cloud, AI, infrastructure and shared services. His background spans banking, technology strategy, product, marketing and executive leadership, with senior roles across ANZ and Dimension Data.​

- Group Executive Technology at ANZ from January 2017, responsible for the bank’s technology strategy, infrastructure and major technology execution.​
- Expanded remit in 2022 to include Technology & Group Services / business shared services, covering areas such as payments, credit and KYC-related processes.​
- Led major modernisation efforts at ANZ, including cloud adoption, AI initiatives, enterprise platforms, and the establishment of a group-wide data and analytics function.​
- Previously held senior leadership roles at Dimension Data, including Chief Strategy Officer for the Global Cloud Business Unit, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer​
- Also serves in governance and advisory roles, including Chair of the UNSW Technology Advisory Committee and Director of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited.​

Jim founded ADAPT with a vision to help Australia thrive commercially, now and for the future.  To enable that, Jim leads ADAPT’s mission to connect, inform and equip our local business and tech leaders.

Leading the development of ADAPTs agenda’s and content strategy whilst also advising executive leadership teams from global technology service providers, Jim is uniquely experienced to be the voice of the end-user, the customer and the vendor.

Bringing his deep knowledge of the local market, Jim regularly presents “Know your Customer” webinars and guides the world’s largest vendors with their G-T-M and content strategies.

Through entrepreneurial product development and a servant leader mentality with his team and clients, ADAPT grows annually with clearly differentiated value for all stakeholders.

Joey leads ADAPT’s Strategy & Growth function, working closely with business and technology leaders to help build more agile, innovative and resilient organisations.

Joey has led key client engagements including:

Kyndryl, Executive Dinner: AI & Global Resiliency with CIOs & Chief Data Officers, co-hosted with Kyndryl CEO Martin Schroeter
ServiceNow Vivid Experience: AI Enabled Customer & Employee Experience with Heads of Strategy & Customer Experience - customer and VP interview and panel
AWS, Redhat & Apptio Executive Lunch: Controlling Cloud Costs, Enabling Efficiency & Unlocking AI with Heads of Cloud & Infrastructure - event moderation
Led Roundtables for: Rimini Street, Octopus Deploy, LivePerson, Redactive, Netskope, MicroStrategy, Diligent, Akamai and more.

Prior to ADAPT, Joey led strategic and technology implementation initiatives at Accenture, focused on financial services clients and Generative AI. 7 years in strategy, research and product roles at Gartner Australia and the UK and held business service analysis roles at Bain & Co.

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. He says his primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential and the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.

Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of our delegate surveys and the interrogation and analysis of ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-level data

As Director of Strategic Research at ADAPT Matt Boon, is responsible for directing and developing ADAPTs research content and positions. In his role at ADAPT Boon advises C-Suite executives across the end-user and technology provider landscape. Boon is also responsible for bringing together groups of C-Suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the myriad of challenges and opportunities they face.

ADAPT host’s numerous industry leading IT focused events annually and Boon is responsible for hosting, chairing and delivering ADAPT independent content and positions to help attendees make informed IT decisions.