TECHNICAL PROGRAM

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Workshop series.

All Professional Development Opportunities forming part of RMIA 2010, MARSH Monday Business Briefing Breakfast, Wednesday Workshops and Seminars are able to be booked separately and conference registration is not essential.  Preference will be given to delegates registering for full conference at RMIA 2010.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PATRICK MCCLURE, AO

Ethics Fellow, St James Ethics Centre and Centre for Social Impact, UNSW

Patrick McClure is a recognised leader with experience in running successful state and national enterprises across different sectors. He was CEO of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (NSW/ACT) for four years and CEO of Mission Australia from 1997 - 2006. During that period the organisation was transformed from a state-based entity to a highly successful international enterprise with 3,000 staff providing employment, training, housing, youth and family services for disadvantaged Australians.  More recently, he was CEO of the Retirement Villages Group within Macquarie Capital Funds.

Patrick was Chairperson of the Federal Government's Reference Group on Welfare Reform, Commissioner of the Australian Fair Pay Commission, Member of the Board for a New Tax System and Member of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Board. He was Chairperson of the OECD-LEED Forum on Social Innovation, based in Paris.  

Patrick has been at the forefront of welfare reform and has dedicated his career to addressing social justice issues and building social capital. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2003 and an Australian Centennial Medal (2001). He was selected as an AFR-BOSS True Leader in Australia (2005), and was winner of the Equity Trustee's EQT CEO Award for 'Lifetime Achievement' (2002).

He is currently an Ethics Fellow of the St James Ethics Centre and the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW. He is also a Director of a private company. He has an MA (Public Policy), BSW (Distinction), Dip Theology and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

MICHAEL WILKINS
 Executive Officer, Insurance Australia Group Limited

Michael Wilkins was appointed Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director in May 2008 after holding the position of Chief Operating Officer since November 2007.

Mr Wilkins has more than 25 years experience in the insurance and financial services sector. He is a director of the Insurance Council of Australia and a member of the Australian Government’s Financial Services Advisory Council.

Michael was formerly managing director of Promina Group Limited (from August 1999 until March 2007), managing director of Tyndall Australia Limited (from 1994 to 1999) and a director of the Investment and Financial Services Association.

He is a non-executive director of Maple-Brown Abbott Limited and was formerly a non-executive director of Alinta Limited.

In 2004, Michael was voted as Outstanding Chartered Accountant in Business and in 2005 as ANZIIF Insurance Personality of the Year.

Dr Andries Terblanche

Chair of Financial Services, Partner KPMG Australia

In 2006 Andries was honoured by KPMG’s International Office as one of the firm’s top ten global partners, and the Washington-based National Historical Society inducted him as a “Who’s Who of International Business Professionals” in 2007.

He recently received the University of Pretoria’s Laureate Alumni Award, and last year the World Economic Forum invited him to serve on its Global Risk Network.

Andries is, under the auspices of the World Economic Forum, a co-author of The Australia Report 2010 – a report that discusses our country’s major risks and opportunities for the next decade.

TERRY FLEMING

President, Risk and Insurance Management Society, (RIMS) Inc USA

Terry Fleming is the Director - Division of Risk Management, Montgomery County, Maryland, a position that he has held since 1988. As Director, Mr. Fleming is responsible for all aspects of the County’s risk management program, including the purchase of insurance, risk financing, loss control, and management of the County’s self-insured property and casualty operation covering over 40,000 employees, in a pool arrangement consisting of 13 public entity participants.

In his career Mr. Fleming has also served as Risk Manager for Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia and has served RIMS in the following capacities:

• Member, Conference Programming Committee, 1999-2002  
• Chair, Conference Programming Committee, 2002 - 2003
• Audit Committee, 1998
•  Director, RIMS Board of Directors, 2004 – present
• President, Potomac Chapter, 2006 – 2008
• Vice President 2008-2009
•  President 2009 - present

He is a former President of the Maryland Chapter of the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) and a current member of the RIMS Board of Directors, where he serves as RIMS President.

JEM WALLIS

Research Partner, Cat.Dog

Jem is a consumer psychologist paid for his insight and understanding of people by blue chip companies such as AMP, Commonwealth Bank, Optus, Nestle, Unilever, Coca-Cola, SBS, Rio Tinto and Astra Zeneca. He has owned and run his own businesses for over 20 years. Kaleidoscope, Heartbeat and Vivid are all highly acclaimed in the research industry both here in Australia and internationally. He was awarded best paper at the world research conference in Barcelona in 2006 and again in 2008 in Melbourne.

GEOFF DENMAN

Creative Partner, Cat.Dog

With 8 Cannes Advertising Lions, Geoff Denman is one of the most awarded creative people in Australian advertising His work includes major campaigns for Yellow Pages, The Commonwealth Bank, NRMA Insurance, AXA Financial Services, HBA Health Insurance, Lion Nathan, Yoplait and Goodman Fielder. In his ten years at Clemenger Melbourne, Geoff became one of their youngest Creative Directors and Board Members. Geoff moved to Clemenger Sydney as Executive Creative Director and Board Director where he oversaw the successful launch of Hahn Premium Light and Pepsi Max in Australia. Geoff has been part of the creative team behind the successful 2007 Federal Election Campaign, the Commonwealth Bank, NRMA Insurance, the Australian Coal Association and BHP Billiton.

KEYNOTE PLENARY SESSION: THE QUEST FOR OWNERSHIP OF “RISK”- STAKEHOLDER ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS

Panel Members:

 Brian Roylett

• President, Risk Management Institution of Australasia Limited

 Melinda Howes

• Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Actuaries

Andrew Dix

• President and Chairman, Institute of Internal Auditors

Tim Sheehy

• Chief Executive, Chartered Secretaries Australia

Lee White

• General Manager Leadership & Quality, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

 Noel Pettersen