Andrew Daddo - Master of Ceremonies
Andrew Daddo is the entertainer’s entertainer, and a perfect choice as the NIBA Convention’s MC. He has hosted many TV shows,and worked on the travel program The Great Outdoors. In recent years Andrewhas presented at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, Ian Thorpe’s Foundation launch, the John Eales medal, the Lions vs Wallaby series, the Tri-Nations, and numerous award nights around the country.

James Morrison
James Morrison counts among the most outstanding musicians of the past few years. Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays trombone, euphonium, flugelhorn, saxophone and piano. At the age of thirteen he was playing professional gigs and his international career has developed at the same blistering pace including performances with some of the legends of jazz – Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Woody Shaw, George Benson, Ray Charles and B.B King.		  

  Dr Adam Fraser
Dr Adam Fraser is one of Australia’s leading educators, researchers and thinkers in the area of human performance. For the past 13 years he has been working specifically in physiological and psychological aspects of performance. In this time he has worked with elite level athletes, the armed forces and business professionals of all levels.

Matthew Drennan
Director of Investments Zurich Financial Services Australia. Matt Drennan has worked in the finance industry for more than 16 years including at ANZ, the NSW Treasury and as a director at Deutsche Asset Management. In his present role at Zurich he oversees investment mandates with Zurich’s strategic partners and works with Zurich’s investment consultant Mercer Investment Consulting. He can explain complex economic issues with wit and clarity, and is a popular speaker at conferences.

  

  Professor Ian Plimer
Ian Plimer is Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide and Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne where he was Professor and Head from 1991 to 2005. He was previously Professor and Head of Geology at the University of Newcastle. He has published 120 scientific papers and received many national and international awards for science. He has also published seven books for the general public. His latest book “Heaven and earth: Climate change – the missing science” was published in Australia (where it is a bestseller), UK and USA. He has twice won the Eureka Prize.

The Hon Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister of Australia
Kevin Rudd was sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia in December 2007. Prior to entering Parliament in 1998, he was a diplomat at the Australian embassy in Stockholm and later served as First Secretary at the Beijing embassy. After an unsuccessful bid for the Federal seat of Griffith in 1996, he turned to the private sector. As Senior China Consultant for KPMG Australia he helped Australian companies establish and build their business links in China and Taiwan. In 1998 he again contested the seat of Griffith and was elected to the Parliament of Australia. He was immediately elected Chair of the Parliamentary Labor Party’s Committee on National Security & Trade and served on a variety of parliamentary committees and taskforces. Following the November 2001 election, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 4 December 2006 Mr Rudd was elected as the 19th leader of the Australian Labor Party.		  

 

Phil Ruthven - Chairman IBISWorld
Phil Ruthven is the founder and Chairman of IBISWorld, Australia’s best-known business information, forecasting and strategic services corporation. He is also a director of other companies, advisory boards and charitable organisations. Phil contributes regularly to media articles and programs on business, economic and social issues. He continues to be one of the nation’s most frequent and prolific commentators and is possibly Australia’s most respected strategist and futurist on business, social and economic matters.

Robbie Deans - Head Coach Qantas Wallabies
Robbie Deans is Super rugby’s most successful coach, taking the Canterbury Crusaders to the final six times in the past eight seasons. As a player, he still holds the record for the most points in the Canterbury provincial jersey (147 games, 1641 points). He also played five Tests for New Zealand between 1983 and 1985. He was an All Blacks Assistant Coach between 2001 and 2003, with the team winning 22, drawing one and losing only four tests. In 2007, Robbie was appointed Wallabies Coach until the end of the 2011 season.		  

  Steve Lardner - Director, Broking Operations Aon Risk Services Australia
Since joining Aon in 1990 Steve has served a number of roles including National General Manager of Retail Risk Services, State Director for New South Wales and National Manager of Aon Insurance Services. Steve is a member of Aon Australia’s National Operating Committee, a Director of Aon’s Asia Pacific Board and a member of its Affinity Worldwide Leadership Group. A longstanding advocate of the insurance broking industry, Steve was elected President of the National Insurance Brokers Association in December.

Terry Ibbotson - Chief Executive QBE Australia
Terry Ibbotson stands at the forefront of the Australian insurance industry as Chief Executive of QBE Australia. A vastly experienced insurance executive, Terry has worked in just about every job in the industry that relates to sales, underwriting or claims since his arrival from the UK in 1969. Terry is a change management expert with a PhD in business organisation, helping him ensure QBE remains a dominant force in the local insurance industry. Terry joined the company in 1993 and has served in several general management positions before his current appointment in 2007.

  Deborah Koromilas - Senior Executive Leader, Financial Advisors Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Deborah Koromilas, formerly Head of Regulatory Affairs and Legal at BT Financial Group, has had extensive involvement in the financial planning industry through various legal roles at BT as well as at AMP. She has worked closely with industry bodies such as the Investment and Financial Services Association and the Financial Planning Association.

Terry Towell - Managing Director Allianz Australia Ltd
Terry Towell was appointed Managing Director for Allianz Australia in November 1998. He is one of Australia’s most experienced general insurance executives with over 30 years’ experience at South British United, New Zealand Insurance and Suncorp Metway prior to joining Allianz. He has held senior roles across a broad range of management disciplines including strategy development, distribution, underwriting, product management, information technology and insurance operations. Mr Towell is President of the Board of the Insurance Council of Australia, and he is also a member of the International Executive Committee of the global Allianz Group.

 

John Trowbridge - Executive Member Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
John Trowbridge has most recently served as Executive Member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. He founded Trowbridge Consulting in 1981 after an extensive career in the public and private sector at the Commonwealth Treasury and QBE. John stayed on for two years after his actuarial firm merged with Deloitte in 2000. Since then he has held executive and director positions with insurance and reinsurance companies, including as Suncorp’s Group Executive, General Insurance, and has had advisory roles examining various financial sector issues. He was also President of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia in 1998 and served as a member of the Treasurer’s Financial Sector Advisory Council from 1998 to 2004.

Clement Booth - Member of the Board of Management Allianz SE
Clem Booth joined the Allianz SE management board in January 2006, bringing more than 30 years of insurance industry experience to the German financial services giant. South African-born Mr Booth sits on the 10-strong Allianz SE Board of Management, a central cog in the company’s two-tier control system alongside the supervisory board. Mr Booth’s responsibilities include Allianz Group Insurance Anglo Broker Markets, North American Free Trade Agreement Markets, and supervision of global lines including specialty business, reinsurance division Allianz Re and Allianz Australia. He is a respected insurance industry authority and advocate of corporate social responsibility, having contributed to a number of environmental and diversity initiatives undertaken by Allianz Group.		  

 

 The Hon Jeff Kennett AC
Jeff Kennett is regarded as one of Australia’s most interesting and charismatic speakers. He became Premier of Victoria in 1992 with huge majorities in both houses of the State Parliament. He also held the portfolios of Multicultural Affairs and the Arts, and gained a reputation as a reformer, reinvigorating Victoria’s economy. In November 1999, Mr Kennett resigned from the Victorian Parliament after 23½ years’ service to pursue a corporate career. He is currently the Chairman of\ Beyondblue (the National Depressionnitiative), President of the Hawthorn AFL club, and a member of many business and not-for-profit boards.

Paul Goddard - Director Macey Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd
Paul Goddard has been in the insurance broking business for almost 30 years and is a director of Macey Insurance Brokers, a regional broker based in Nowra, NSW. He has always been a strong advocate of NIBA and has served the association for a number of years in a variety of positions, and is the immediate past president of NIBA. He has been a national board director for the past seven years as the NSW divisional representative. At present, his board duties include sitting on the finance, PI and convention committees.		  

  Peter Roberts - Assurity Pty Ltd
Peter Roberts is an owner of a small general insurance brokerage, Assurity Pty Ltd, on the north side of Brisbane. Until 2001 when he and his partner bought their present business, Peter worked in the commercial insurance arm of Suncorp Insurance where he gained experience in claims, underwriting and business development.

Grant Richmond - Oxley Insurance Brokers
Raised in the NSW town of Port Macquarie, where he has worked as a broker for 13 years, Grant is a shareholder in Oxley Insurance Brokers. His experience includes three years in the financial sector prior to becoming a broker. He is also involved with the City of Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce, Australian Business Limited and Hastings Business Enterprise Centre. Grant enjoys running, cycling, motor sports, surfing and spending time with his family.		  

  Emilie Webster - Grampians Insurance Brokers
Emilie Webster is a director of Victorian regional brokerage Grampians Insurance Brokers. Prior to joining the insurance industry eight years ago she was involved in the banking sector. She became a QPIB in 2003 and in the same year won the Regional Insurance Brokers Association Award of Excellence. In 2004 Emilie became the Responsible Officer and Senior Account Executive of Grampians Insurance Brokers, and two years later was appointed Company Manager.

Carlie Spencer - Account Manager, Corporate Risks NSW Jardine Lloyd Thompson Pty Ltd
Carlie Spencer has been a corporate insurance broker for the past 13 years on the general insurance side and has been working at JLT for five years. She has been on NIBA’s NSW Young Professionals Committee since 2002 and is currently Chairman of the Young Professionals Committee.		  

  Gavin Creighton - Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Gavin Creighton is a partner in the Insurance Group. Gavin has extensive experience in professional indemnity, public liability and general litigation. He currently specialises in defending a wide range of professional indemnity claims, particularly against construction industry professionals, accountants and real estate agents. Gavin has presented papers to insurers and brokers on developments in the law. He has assisted with risk management, advice on recent legislative changes, policy drafting and interpretation. Gavin was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1995. He is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of NSW, Federal Court and High Court of Australia. Gavin joined CBP in 2003 and became a partner in 2006.

Paul Scales - Senior Underwriter Casualty Liberty International Underwriters
Paul Scales has over 20 years’ insurance industry experience and currently underwrites primary and excess liability business. Throughout his career, Paul has held a variety of liability underwriting and claims positions dealing with large corporate accounts.		  

  James Stack - National Broker Manager Zurich Financial Services Australia
James Stack has been working in the insurance industry for the past 11 years. He has spent all of that time with Zurich, working across underwriting and distribution functions. In 2009 he was promoted to National Broker Manager. He has been involved with the NIBA Young Professional Committee for the past five years and is a passionate advocate for the recruitment, education and development of young professionals within the insurance industry.

Peter Tredinnick - Partner DLA Phillips Fox
Peter Tredinnick is a solicitor specialising in insurance claims and advice, and resulting insurance and commercial litigation. He has specific expertise in policy drafting and interpretation. His expertise encompasses litigated matters, often comprising complex and sizeable litigation arising from financial collapses or losses. These matters include acting for insurers and many types of insured professionals such as accountants, trustees, financial advisers, stockbrokers, investment advisers and other professionals involved in a financial loss or crisis.		  

  Paul Kernaghan - Chief Market Manager Allianz Australia
Paul Kernaghan is the Chief Market Manager for Allianz with responsibility for strategic planning, marketing, customer communications, brand and e-business. He is also responsible for the company’s customer focus and innovation programs. With over 25 years’ experience in financial services, Paul held a variety of senior management positions in AMP and Prudential in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Paul joined Allianz Australia in 2004 as Chief General Manager, Corporate Services and became the Chief Market Manager last year.

John Petty - FCA Client Director Pitcher Partners
John Petty is a successful business coach and mentor at Australia’s award winning businessconsulting group Pitcher Partners. He was NSW Small Businessman of the Year, 1987/88, taking an Australia invention and licensing it into 28 countries. He has won 25 business awards in Australia and around the world. John has been a business coach for the past five years, and is also a lecturer in small business issues at the University of Technology, Sydney.		  

  John Breakspear - Director, Construction/ Engineering Risks Miller and Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd
John Breakspear has more than 40 years’ construction broking experience. He is regarded as one of Australia’s leading experts in the treatment of civil engineering risks and has participated in the placement of cover in all major construction insurance markets both locally and internationally. He regularly advises government on major infrastructure projects and designs and places the construction insurance programs for some of the largest Australian corporations. John provides advice to clients on all phases of construction/engineering projects.

Michael Harris - Forum Consulting
Michael Harris has been providing training services to organisations since 1978. He has presented to training and conference audiences in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and the United States. He specialises in sales, customer service and leadership and has worked extensively with financial services organisations in Australia and Asia over the past 17 years.		  

  Shayne Smith - Managing Director Insurance Broking Queensland
Shayne Smith has clocked up 42 years in the insurance industry, initially with an underwriter and the last 26 as an owner/director/licensee of a brokerage. His company Insurance Broking Queensland Pty Ltd caters to small to medium business operators from a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, engineering, construction and earthmoving. Shayne is currently the Queensland Divisional Representative on the NIBA Board.

Maureen Ball - Managing Director Finserv Consulting
Maureen Ball is the Principal of Finserv Consulting, a firm she established in 1990 to provide consulting, training compliance and cover-holder audit services to small to medium enterprises in the financial services industry, particularly the insurance sector. She has been a longterm industry assessor for NIBA College and has participated on a number of industry committees. Prior to running her own business Maureen held senior positions in large and SME brokerage firms.		  

  Helen Carroll - Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Helen Carroll commenced at ASIC in March 2009 as a Senior Specialist and currently manages the Sydney team for financial advisers. The Financial Advisers team is responsible nfor the regulation of financial planners, insurance brokers and their respective licensees as well as the protection of consumers who receive financial services from these entities. Helen has had considerable involvement in the financial planning industry through roles in regulatory affairs at BT Financial Group and as a senior specialist in professional standards at Colonial First State. Helen also has extensive experience in the insurance industry, most recently working as a legal counsel at Zurich Financial Services.

David Wyner
David Wyner has been in the insurance industry for 30 years, 20 of which were with OAMPS Insurance Brokers, in underwriting, claims and reinsurance in both Sydney and Melbourne. Until recently David held the role of Chief Operating Officer of OAMPS Insurance Brokers.		  

  Mike McDowell - Deep Ocean Expeditions
Mike McDowell is an Australian diver, climber and adventurer who has pioneered ecotourism ventures over the past few decades, including expeditions into the Arctic and Antarctic, natural history and scuba diving expeditions in remote regions of Papua New Guinea, Micronesia and Indonesia and his current work – taking people to explore the oceans’ depths in deep diving submersibles. In addition to producing great concepts for expedition travel Mike has a successful record of being able to carry hugely ambitious ideas from the concept stage through to fruition.

Alice Cahill - Corporate Responsibility Manager Zurich Financial Services Australia
Alice Cahill has been Corporate Responsibility Manager at Zurich Financial Services Australia for five years. Prior to her current role Alice worked in the banking/finance and venture capital sectors. As one of former US Vice President Al Gore’s 2500 “climate change ambassadors” she recently spent two months at his Climate Project, a non-profit organisation in Nashville, Tennessee which aims to increase public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level.		  

  Tao de Haas - Director Corporate XL
Tao de Haas is a psychotherapist, social ecologist and lecturer. As a corporate trainer, mentor and executive coach he specialises in emotional intelligence, people skills, communication, management and leadership development. He makes regular appearances on national radio and television, where he demonstrates an ability to use psychological understanding to think innovatively about complex and difficult issues.

Koert Slik - National Business Development Manager NAS Insurance Brokers
Koert Slik has been involved in corporate strategic planning, marketing, internal systems management, and portfolio management and analysis in his 28 years working in insurance underwriting, risk management and broking. As National Business Development Manager at NAS Insurance Brokers, Koert helps authorised representatives develop their general insurance portfolios and strengthen relationships with insurers and underwriting agencies as well as lead an internal broking team.		  

  Adrian Kitchin - General Manager Insurance Advisernet Australia
Adrian Kitchin is the General Manager of Insurance Advisernet Australia, a principal member of NIBA and the first and largest licensee to provide services for authorised representatives. He started working as a lawyer for a number of years before joining Minet Insurance Brokers as General Counsel in 1995. Since then, Adrian has worked for underwriters prior to joining Insurance Advisernet.

Tony Morgan - National Executive Adjuster GAB Robins
A highly qualified and experienced loss adjuster, Tony Morgan has managed thousands of claims around Australia and the Pacific region over the past 36 years, specialising in major property and business interruption. For most of that time, he has been part of the firm now known as Cunningham Lindsey, performing a number of roles including Chief Executive and National Chief Adjuster. These days he focuses on the professional side of the business and maintains a hands-on role in claim assignments. Tony is an active writer with around 80 articles published in industry journals along with seven textbooks.		  

  Mark Radford - Partner Colin Biggers & Paisley
Mark Radford is widely recognised as an expert in financial services reform. His work focuses on advising participants in the general and life insurance on the many legal issues affecting the operations of their businesses. He also acts for insurers, insurance brokers, insurance agents, premium funders, investment advisers and NIBA.

Nikki Heald - Managing Director Corptraining
Nikki Heald is the Managing Director of Corptraining, established to provide dynamic and modern training solutions appropriate to the business needs of today. Her programs focus on maximising professional and personal visibility through consistency in presentation, protocol and communication techniques. Regarded as an outstanding specialist in her field, Nikki is an author and adviser to various media channels as well as a regular presenter at many corporate events.		  

  John Kellington -  Senior Vice President ACORD
John Kellington is Senior Vice President of ACORD (Association for Co-operative Operations Research and Development), a global, not-for-profit standards development organisation serving the insurance industry and related financial services industries. Based in New York, he is responsible for all ACORD standards including forms, participation and membership, standards technology support and IT. John served on ACORD’s board of directors and chaired its Standards Committee before joining the association. Prior to this appointment, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Ohio Casualty Group and was at IBM for 18 years before that.

Andrew Sharpe - Partner DLA Phillips Fox
Andrew Sharpe specialises in insurance law, commercial litigation, dispute resolution and risk management. He has extensive experience in acting in major commercial disputes for leading Australian and international insurers and corporates. Andrew is a trusted adviser to the insurance industry on all aspects of insurance law including insurance coverage disputes and policy drafting and has particular expertise in professional indemnity claims and risk management for the broking profession.		  

  Philip Maguire - Development Director Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters
Philip Maguire has more than 30 years’ experience in the general insurance industry including key roles in professional associations. He has worked for US and British insurance companies in a number of different roles and worked on behalf of victims of failed insurance company HIH as Managing Director of the HIH Claims Support Scheme. Currently Development Director of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters, Philip has also served as Deputy Chief Executive of the Insurance Council of Australia and participated in several state and federal government committees.

Ian McWalter - President Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters
Ian McWalter is President of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters (AICLA) as well as Director and Executive Loss Adjuster at Technical Assessing Pty Ltd. He is a former Education Director at AICLA and more recently served as the International Development Director.

Ben Bessell - General Manager, Claims CGU Insurance
Ben Bessell has 15 years’ experience working in the insurance industry in Australia. Prior to his current role, Mr Bessell was the Head of CGU’s workers’ compensation business in New South Wales. He started working with IAG in Tasmania in 1993 and since then has worked in a range of claims and management roles across Australia. He has also had the opportunity to review international insurance operations to look at best practice models, and experience working across underwritten insurance markets and with government-funded workers’ compensation schemes.

Mark Ronan - National Manager Aon Global Risk Consulting
Mark Ronan is the National Manager of Aon Global Risk Consulting, with a team of 120 consultants who provide advice in disciplines such as forensic accounting, engineering consulting, enterprise risk management and business continuity management. A chartered accountant, Mark is an acknowledged industry expert in business interruption insurance. He has dealt with a number of large complex global losses and has been called upon as an expert witness for various courts. Mark has been with Aon since 2003 when he and a team relocated their insurance consultancy business from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. He had been with Deloitte since 1984.

Karl Sullivan - General Manager, Policy, Risk & Disaster Planning Insurance Council of Australia
Karl Sullivan is responsible for the facilitation of industry policy and initiatives regarding emerging risks as well as co-ordinating the industry’s response and partnership with government following a significant disaster event. He has wide experience in the disaster planning and risk management field. Prior to joining the council Karl was responsible for global disaster planning, response and mitigation for the Qantas Group.

Brent Duffy - Maximus International
Brent Duffy is an astute business consultant with over 12 year’s consulting experience leading the consulting team on a national basis. His core capability is in leadership development, coaching, teaming, selection process re-engineering, performance management and business planning. During Brent’s career he has worked across a range of business environments with consumer, financial service, IT&T and government organisations, adding value to an impressive list of clients including, QBE, MBF, Marsh, ING, NIB, Tabcorp, News Limited and Pfizer. Brent has played an integral role in the development of people’s potential in leadership, management, customer service and sales.

Leon d’Apice - Managing Director Ebix Australia
Leon d’Apice has been in the IT business for more than 30 years and is head of Ebix Australia, a specialist e-business software provider. Leon’s expertise in developing and marketing solutions for the insurance industry includes a specialist focus on the insuranceintermediary market. This culminated in 1992 with the establishment of
Complete Broking Systems Limited, now known as Ebix Australia. As a founding director, Leon has firmly established the company as a leading supplier of insurance intermediary solutions in the Asia Pacific region.

Peter Conquest - National Head Insurance Broking Macquarie Relationship Banking
Peter Conquest joined Macquarie Bank in 2002, having previously worked in investment management with Merrill Lynch in the UK. He is the National Head of Insurance Broking for Macquarie Relationship Banking and works actively with principals of insurance broking businesses to assist with acquisition, merger and succession.		  

Costa Zakis - National Manager, Business Risk Solutions Marsh
Costa Zakis is a National Manager with the risk consulting practice of Marsh, specialising in the delivery of business risk management services including enterprise risk management, business continuity, crisis management and supply chain risk. With over 20 years’ practical experience, Costa has been able to work with a number of private
and public sector organisations to develop practical risk management solutions that complement business operations. He has worked across a wide range of industry sectors both in Australia and abroad, including consulting to a number of high profile sport and construction projects.

Kai Dwyer - Head of Global Corporate Zurich Financial Services Australia
Prior to his current role heading up Zurich’s Australasian Global Corporate Business division, Kai Dwyer spent 27 years accumulating extensive industry experience across all key insurance functions as an underwriter and an insurance broker. He has worked in senior roles in Australia and internationally.

Lee Heycox - General Manager, Human Resources CGU Insurance
Lee Heycox is the General Manager, Human Resources at CGU Insurance. He has 29 years’ experience working in the human resources sector across a diverse range of industries. Prior to being appointed to his current role, Lee held several senior management positions at St George Bank and The Age newspaper.