speakers

Are we ready to forge ahead with automation and AI in credit risk management?

Dr Lucy Hone

Resilience Researcher, Grief Specialist, and Author

Keynote

Accept. Focus. Choose. Leadership, judgement and performance in a permanently disrupted world.

David Stephens

Credit Risk Modelling Manager at Fundtap

Technical

Real-time credit modelling across the full spectrum of small business.

Jason Humphrey

Highly respected Senior Risk Professional

Keynote

From specialist to generalist: The new shape of credit risk.

Josh Hodgson

Director of Enterprise & NZ Country Manager at Experian

Keynote

The death of traditional credit risk: Welcome to the era of intelligent decisioning.

Craig Dargusch

Chief Data Officer at Cotality

Climate Risk

How extreme weather is reshaping New Zealand’s property markets.

Tony Meredith

Head of Identity at Equifax

Fraud

Fraud - The changing puzzle.

Luke Kelly

Head of Agentic AI at Simplyai

Fraud

Application scam interceptor: Stopping "urgent boss" fraud without killing customer experience.

Ronnie Tan

Founder of CreditWorks

SME

The trust equation - building resilient credit ecosystems through transparency.

Cameron Bagrie

Lead Economist at Bagrie Economics

Keynote

Economic gymnastics with lots of twists and turns.

Brian Bond

MD, Credit Bureaux, Data & Analytics and Tenderlink at Experian

Innovation

The new anatomy of a score: the art of the possible.

Barrett Hasseldine

Head of Data Science at Experian

Innovation

The new anatomy of a score: the art of the possible.

Sacha Close

Co-Founder of Qurioux Solutions and Women in Credit Risk and Collections (WiCRC)

Lunch Session

Is diversity important in decision-making?

Isaac Manase

GM Commercial at DebtManagers

Collections

Optimising capital management through strategic debt sale.

Josh Daniell

Co-founder of Akahu

Smarter Risk

Open banking: How to use the new regulated system for loan applications, monitoring, and repayments.

Seth Close

Data Analyst at Qurioux Solutions

Smarter Risk

AI in regulated environments: Moving beyond the bot.

Heiko Jonkers

Senior Product Manager – Social and Affordable Housing, Westpac

Innovation

Affordable housing ecosystem.

Neill Borg

Country Manager – AU, Credisense

Innovation

Automation or AI: Practical lessons in origination.

Michael Blyth

GM, Policy & Advocacy at Arca / RDEA CEO

Industry

Lessons from Australia’s credit reporting industry.

Will Fourie

Retail Modelling Lead at ASB Bank

Technical

Home loan servicing stress: Modelling its emergence and portfolio effects.

James Fuller

CEO & Co-Founder of Hnry

SME

The new blueprint for SME lending: Modern risk, modern needs.

Nick Goodall

Head of Research at Cotality

Keynote

Property market update: Rebuilding confidence.

Joy Roberts

Head of Functional Delivery & Customer Success APAC at nCino

SME

The proactive advantage: Redefining credit risk to protect and grow your portfolio.

Phil Norman

Global Head of Client Advisory at RDC.AI

SME

The proactive advantage: Redefining credit risk to protect and grow your portfolio.

Joshua Wong

Manager - Credit Management & Debt Recovery at Fletcher Building

Smarter Risk

Credit control: From back office to strategic partner - learnings from the inside.

Geraud Hennin

Modelling Specialist at Happy Prime

Technical

Stacking generalisation and practical implementation for scorecard development.

David Myers

Executive Consultant – Client Services, FICO

Fraud

Ahead of the threat: Navigating the next generation of fraud risk.

Vaile Mexted

Head of Sales - APAC, C&R Software

Collections

Global trends in collections.