Exclusive Breakfast Event
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Sydney, Wednesday May 11th |
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Melbourne, Thursday May 12th |
Register
Risky Women invites you to an Exclusive Breakfast Event at the Park Hyatt Sydney on Wednesday May 11th and the National Gallery of Victoria on Thursday May 12th.
Join Lisa Edwards, President & Chief Operating Officer, Diligent a Modern Governance company, for a discussion on “The Link Between Corporate Purpose & Risk”.
For companies to grow quickly but sustainably, it’s inherent that they balance risk and reward in every strategic decision they make. The board of directors should take an active role in setting a framework for evaluating and managing risk, but too often, a long-term view of risk management gets deprioritized to address immediate needs. An EY survey reveals that 84% of boards do not believe their organisations have a highly effective risk management strategy.
An event celebrating and championing women in risk, regulation, compliance, and governance, join us as we:
- Discuss the link between corporate purpose and risk
- Explore how Integrated Risk Management (IRM) can help boards provide actionable risk oversight
- Share insight on mapping your ESG policy against key risks, allows the board to assist your organisation in navigating evolving threats while remaining committed to meeting corporate goals.
Seating is limited, we encourage you to register here to secure you place at either the Sydney or Melbourne event.
Sydney Event
8:00AM – 10:00AM
Park Hyatt Sydney
The Guest House Dining Room
7 Hickson Road
The Rocks
Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Event
8:00AM – 10:00AM
NGV National Gallery of Victoria
Garden Restaurant
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC
Lisa Edwards
President & Chief Operating Officer, Diligent
Lisa is President and Chief Operating Officer of Diligent Corporation, the leader in modern governance providing Saas solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG with more than $500 million in revenue and a $7 billion company valuation. Lisa assumed the role in September 2020 and is responsible for commercial growth and performance, including global sales, marketing, customer success and 24/7/365 worldwide support.
Lisa previously served as EVP of Strategic Business Operations at Salesforce after running Global Corporate Services (GCS) and serving as CPO. Prior to Salesforce, Lisa led global strategic partnerships for Visa, Inc. as SVP/Head of Global Strategic Alliances and Global IP Strategy and earlier served in an operations role as Head of Global Corporate Services. Earlier in her career, Lisa served as CEP of KnowledgeX, a database startup which she led in a sale to IMB and co-founded Valubond, an online fixed income exchange and subscription service, and served as President, COO, and head of the ATS, (Alternative Trading System) prior to its acquisition to Knight Capital.
Lisa serves on the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Stanford University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
Catherine Fox
Catherine Fox
Journalist
Catherine Fox is a leading commentator on women and the workforce, an award-winning journalist, author and presenter. During a long career with the Australian Financial Review, she edited several sections of the newspaper, and wrote the Corporate Woman column; and she has published five books, including "Stop Fixing Women” which was awarded the 2017 Walkley Award for Women’s Leadership in Media.
Catherine helped establish the annual Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards in 2012 and was named a Woman of Influence in 2018. She is a gender equality advisor to the Australian Defence Force, sits on the Australians Investing in Women board, and is co-founder of the Sydney Women’s Giving Circle.
Susan Forrester (Panellist at Melbourne Event)
Catherine Fox is a leading commentator on women and the workforce, an award-winning journalist, author and presenter. During a long career with the Australian Financial Review, she edited several sections of the newspaper, and wrote the Corporate Woman column; and she has published five books, including "Stop Fixing Women” which was awarded the 2017 Walkley Award for Women’s Leadership in Media.
Catherine helped establish the annual Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards in 2012 and was named a Woman of Influence in 2018. She is a gender equality advisor to the Australian Defence Force, sits on the Australians Investing in Women board, and is co-founder of the Sydney Women’s Giving Circle.
Susan Forrester (Panellist at Melbourne Event)
Non-Executive Director, Jumbo Interactive, Healthengine Ltd, and Plenti Ltd
For more than 30 years, Susan has been privileged to work with some of Australia’s leading public and private companies and corporate regulators as Chair, board member, chief executive officer and corporate counsel. This has included being Chair and Non-executive Director roles at nine ASX-listed companies; and executive roles, including as CEO and HR Director, in the finance, technology, energy, property, and health industries. Susan blends extensive board and management experience to lead companies undergoing rapid change and ensure robust governance.
Each of her current NED roles is in the technology sector and includes:
Chair – Jumbo Interactive
Each of her current NED roles is in the technology sector and includes:
Chair – Jumbo Interactive
Chair – Healthengine Ltd
Director – Data#3 Ltd
