Speakers
Deputy Lord Mayor Roshena Campbell
City of Melbourne
First elected as a Councillor in 2020, and re-elected as Deputy Lord Mayor in 2024.
Deputy Lord Mayor Roshena Campbell is the portfolio head for Planning, and portfolio deputy for Tourism and Events. Roshena works as a commercial barrister. Her priorities are city safety, cleanliness and economic growth.
Laura Anderson
FCSA, FCIT, Chair of OneGlobalVenture, SVI Global, the United Nations UNCTAD Board of Advisors for the Creative Economy Programme, and Board Member of several organisations, including the Defence Science Institute.
Laura works extensively across governments and industries locally and globally as a senior adviser on global governance, strategy transformation and risk optimisation. Her professional speciality is harnessing technological advancements and the power of big data leveraging their effect on economic outcomes, global supply chain optimisation, trade, investment and critical infrastructure development.
Laura is Chairman of OneGlobalVenture, SVI Global Pty Ltd, G21 Pty Ltd, and the Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Laura is also a Director of several private investment companies. Laura actively supports economic development and innovation through entrepreneurship. She has been an honoured Judge recognising and fuelling innovation globally through the World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and other future industry development initiatives including Judge of the Global Space Technology Entrepreneur S-Booster Awards and SpaceTide.
Laura is a Governor, Board Member and inaugural Chair of the Future Industry initiative of the American Chamber of Commerce. Laura serves on the Board of the Defence Science Institute and has been a long standing, respected principal advisor on strategy, global industry structures, enabling technologies and supply chains to the Australian Defence Force and US National Defence University Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) in Washington DC.
Laura was honoured as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport for her contributions to industry, is recognised as a Fellow of the Chief of Staff Association, founding President of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP/CLM) in Asia Pacific and Chairman of Chartered Institute of Transport.
Madeleine McManus OAM
Director Industry Engagement Centre for Professional Engineering Education and Chair of Yarra Trams
Madeleine McManus OAM is an Australian engineer and educator with over 25 years of experience in the transport industry. She is the CEO of the Centre for Professional Engineering Education and the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education.
Throughout her career, Madeleine has held key leadership roles, including National Director of Engineers Australia and Chair of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics. In 2017, she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her contributions to engineering and education.
She is also an advocate for diversity in STEM, serving as the Global Director of Robogals.
Phil Breden
Elected member of the Ashurst Global Board and Partner in Corporate Transactions at Ashurst
Phil Breden is a partner in Ashurst corporate practice. He is currently an elected member of the firm's Global Board and has previously been the firm's Global Co-Head of Corporate and Head of Region, Australia.
Phil has received recognition as a leading Australian M&A lawyer in legal directories such as Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, and advises large ASX-listed companies as well as European and US-based multinationals.
Phil specialises in public and private M&A, corporate advisory and capital markets. His practice spans a variety of sectors, with particular expertise in energy, utilities, real estate, manufacturing and gaming. He also has deep experience in shareholder activism matters. Transactions which Phil has led include Woolworths Group's $13bn demerger of ASX-50 company Endeavour Group, CPH on Blackstone's $9bn acquisition of Crown Resorts, HOCHTIEF on majority investment in ASX-50 entitiy CIMIC and HomeCo Daily Needs REIT on its $3bn acquisition of Aventus Group.
Claire Braund OAM (Moderator)
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women on Boards
In addition to her remarkable professional journey, Claire Braund also serves as the Chair of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music.
As the co-founder of Women on Boards, both in Australia (2006) an d the UK (2012) it goes without saying that Claire has a wealth of experience in working with women who are seeking board roles. She is an informed, entertaining and engaging presenter who brings the world of boards across a wide range of sectors alive to participants and is able to quickly connect the dots and natch people to areas aligned to their skills and interests.
Claire is an experienced Non-Executive Director on small business and large non-for -profit organisations and has a deep understanding of the board environment across a wide range of sectors.
Gwladys Ngo Tedga Yagla leads Ashurst Risk Advisory's Risk Modernisation practice and advises clients on risk uplifts and remediation in complex regulatory investigations by ASIC, APRA and ACCC. She is passionate about helping businesses deliver positive customer and community outcomes, while delivering value for shareholders. Her work experience spans across the United States, Australia, and Africa.
As a Director for a Big 4 professional services firm in Australia, she advised senior risk leaders, executives and boards on forward looking conduct as well as remediation. Gwladys has led enterprise, conduct and culture risk assessments for numerous ASX listed companies across various industries and sectors. She has developed a national trust in banking index, led APRA Governance, Culture Remuneration and Accountability (GCRA) self-assessments for several APRA regulated entities, and advised several organisations on BEAR and FAR implementation.