The speakers and their addresses in 2008 (in Sydney unless otherwise stated)
24 July 2008 - Michael D'Ascenzo, Commissioner of Taxation - Large business tax risks and opportunities
17 June 2008 - Panel discussion with Dirk Morris, CEO of BT Investment Management Limited; Greg James, Partner, Clayton Utz; and Tim Regan, COO of Mirvac Group - Opportunities in uncertain times - the role of overseas and sovereign funds
13 May 2008 - Peter Wolnizer, Chris Styles and Alex Frino, University of Sydney - The education of the CFOs of tomorrow
8 May 2008 - Brett Godfrey, CEO, Virgin Blue Holdings Limited - an interview (held in Brisbane)
15 April 2008 - Michael Ullmer, Deputy CEO, National Australia Bank Limited - an interview (held in Melbourne)
10 April 2008 - David Deverall, CEO, Perpetual Limited - an interview with Sally Loane
4 March 2008 - Scott Haslem, Chief Economist Australasia, UBS and Guy Fowler, Joint Head of Equity Capital Markets for Australasia, UBS - A further economic update on what are the markets telling us
4 March 2008 - Justin Bown, Managing Director Australia and New Zealand, Stern Stewart & Co - What drives corporate wealth creation? (held in Melbourne)
The speakers and their addresses in 2007 (in Sydney unless otherwise stated)
13 November 2007 - John Egan, Chairman, Egan Associates - Senior Executive Rewards – is Australia leading the pack?
18 October 2007 - John Edwards, Chief Economist, HSBC Bank Australia Limited and Craig James, Chief Equities Economist, CommSec - What the current markets are telling us
18 September 2007 - Kurt Reisenberg, CFO Executive Board, USA - The Future of Finance (talk given in Melbourne)
18 September 2007 - Wayne Lonergan, Lonergan Edwards & Associates Limited - Current valuation issues
14 August 2007 - James Allt-Graham, National Partner, KPMG’s Business Performance Services practice- CFO of the Future – the evolving role of the CFO
24 July 2007 - Panel discussion with Nick Waterworth, Executive Chairman of Ambition Limited; Chris Horsley, Director of People and Change at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, General Manager at Commonwealth Bank of Australia; and Justin Mitchell, CFO of Mirvac Group - Generation Y, a few years on
19 June 2007 - Michael D'Ascenzo, Commissioner of Taxation - Creating the right environment: transparency, cooperation and certainty in tax
22 May 2007 - Justin Bown, Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand, Stern Stewart & Co. - What drives corporate wealth creation?
24 April 2007 - David Turner, CEO, Brambles Limited - an interview with Sally Loane
27 March 2007 - John Wartig, Group Chief Financial Officer, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited - It's time to respond to our critics!
The speakers and their addresses in Sydney in 2006
9 November 2006 - Richard Schrader, Chair of FEI in the USA and CFO, Parsons Brinckerhoff - Key issues for CFOs: current thoughts from the USA
11 October 2006 - David Rees, Mirvac Group - The property market - a more popular topic than sport
21 September 2006 - Panel discussion Annual general meetings – an opportunity or merely an obligation?
Dieter Adamsas, Deputy CEO and CFO, Leighton Holdings Limited - The importance of the AGM’s role in disseminating information
Andrew Horne, Group Company Secretary, Thakral Holdings Limited - Changes in how we prepare for an AGM
Geoff Hoffman, Partner, Clayton Utz - Executives hedging their equity incentives - a recent hot topic at AGMs
Stephen Matthews, Chairman, Australian Shareholders’ Association Limited - AGMs - what retail investors expect
10 August 2006 - Michael Bencsik, HSBC Bank Australia - Managing a finance function in a global environment
6 June 2006 - Mark Jones, Mettle Group - Mergers and acquisitions – managing the people risks for success
9 May 2006 - Panel discussion (repeated in Melbourne 13 September 2006) –The ever-changing role of the CFO-Gregory Robinson, Korn/Ferry International and John Wartig, CFO, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
11 April 2006 - Michael Hawker, CEO, Insurance Australia Group - Insurance and the community
23 February 2006 - Andrew Rogers, QC, barrister and former Chief Judge, NSW Supreme Court Commercial Division - The Audit Quality Review Board followed by Mediate – remain in control of your disputes and reduce your lawyers’ incomes
Some of the addresses given in 2004 and 2005
15 November 2005 - Tony Berg, Gresham Partners - Can you compete with private equity?
11 October 2005 - Frank Gelber, BIS Shrapnel - Frank talked on why are interest rates going to rise. The text is not available.
29 August 2005 - Wayne Swan, Shadow Treasurer - A new wealth creation agenda and the role of regulatory reform
2 December 2004 - Craig Dunn, AMP - Superannuation choices - what next?
29 October 2004 - Ray Armstrong, Marsh - Directors' and Officers' insurance - an update on market conditions
30 August 2004 - Vivienne James, Investec Private Advisers - Financial executives - the last people to plan their finances
19 July 2004 - Geoff Wilson, National Managing Partner, Audit and Advisory, KPMG - The CFO of the Future: leading through influence and integrity
8 June 2004 - David Gonski, Chairman Investec and CocaCola Amatil - Corporate Philanthropy - should you be giving away your shareholders' money?
20 April 2004 - Richard Humphry, Chief Executive of the ASX - Reflections on Australia's Capital Markets
2 April 2004 - Ian Blackburne, Chairman CSR - A perspective on the requirements of the CFO from a Chairman's point of view
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