James Bergin, Executive General Manager, Technology Research & Advocacy, Xero
James uses his significant experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, technical strategy, innovation management and leading high-performing teams to help small businesses thrive. Combining his deep industry and technical expertise with the ability to motivate the team around him James has a strong track record of transforming business models for a digital future.
Fiona Hewitt, Deputy CEO, Stats NZ
Fiona is the Deputy CEO for Stats NZ. With a career spanning over 20 years in senior management, consulting and executive roles working for and with a variety of high-profile New Zealand organisations, she has honed her skills in strategy, business performance, transformation, customer and people experience, supporting her passion in enabling high performance cultures and environments for a fast moving and competitive marketplace.
Andrew Barnes, Innovator, Entrepreneur, 4 Day Week Architect, Author, TEDx Speaker, Founder of Perpetual Guardian, former Chair of Regional Facilities Auckland, PaySauce and Realestate.com.au (virtual)
Roxanne Salton, Chief Digital Officer, Southern Cross Health Society
Roxanne is a digital and ICT leader with over 20 years’ experience in the telco, energy and banking sectors, and a broad background across sales, product and strategy.
Angela Henderson, GM Digital, Kiwi Property Group
Angela leads Kiwi Property’s digital and information technology teams and has overall responsibility for the company’s digital transformation strategy. Angela joined the company in 2021 and prior to this was GM Digital Strategy, and Innovation at Air NZ. She has a wealth of experience leading innovative technology teams, and has held senior digital roles at high profile New Zealand organisations including Westpac and Watercare.
Kate Kolich, Assistant Governor/General Manager Information, Data and Analytics, Reserve Bank of NZ
Kate is an industry leader with a demonstrated history of delivering data and analytics capability in the financial services industry and public sector. Kate has over 25 years experience Digital Strategy, Data and Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management, Data Governance, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Integration, Data Architecture and Data Warehousing. Kate is passionate about leading successful teams and creating opportunities for people to thrive and innovate.
Michelle Hannan-Brown, Senior Executive, Data & Analytics, Air New Zealand
Michelle has a history of leading projects that straddle the divide between technology and business departments within New Zealand organisations and was involved in one of New Zealands first deployments of Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Michelle has helped build the RPA capability within a range of organisations and she currently leads the RPA Centre of Excellence for Air New Zealand.
Andrew Barnes, Innovator, Entrepreneur, 4 Day Week Architect, Author, TEDx Speaker,
Founder of Perpetual Guardian, former Chair of Regional Facilities Auckland, PaySauce and Realestate.com.au
Andrew has made a career of leading market-changing innovation and industry digitisation. He founded New Zealand’s largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian, and spearheaded the company’s efforts to create four-day working weeks that helped spark a global movement.
Barnes spent 20 years in Australia, floating realestate.com.au on the ASX and held senior roles in Macquarie Bank, Citi, Tower, County Natwest, and was chairman of Australasian Wealth Investments. In 2013, Barnes acquired Perpetual Trust in New Zealand, and purchased Guardian Trust, creating Perpetual Guardian. In April 2015, he acquired e-will platform My Bucket List and Foundation Corporate Trust. In 2018, Barnes announced that Perpetual Guardian would be trialling four day work weeks. The trial sparked widespread international interest, with the World Economic Forum. In 2020, Barnes published, ‘The 4 Day Week” and through this work he is on the advisory board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University.