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Yallamundi Rooms, Sydney Opera House
2 October 2025
From red tape to results.
Join top insurance, legal, and risk leaders for a day of strategic insights, impactful discussions, and real-world outcomes at the inaugural Compliance Summit 2025.
This event is for professionals who want to shift compliance from regulatory burden to strategic value.
Held in Sydney on 02nd October 2025, the summit brings together voices from insurance, financial services, legal, and risk to explore how compliance can drive impact – not just tick boxes.
From red tape to value. From obligation to opportunity.
What You’ll Learn
Real voices. Practical insights. Compliance that delivers.
At Compliance Summit 2025, you’ll learn how leading organisations are turning compliance into a source of value, not just red tape. You’ll hear directly from practitioners who rarely speak publicly — compliance leaders, claims specialists, legal advisers and operational risk professionals — sharing real-world insights from the front lines. From CPS 230 to AI and Privacy Act reforms, the day is packed with practical examples, honest conversations and forward-looking ideas you can take straight back to your business.
Why attend?
Designed for doers, not spectators.
Hear from real practitioners
Speakers who don’t usually do public circuits — sharing frontline experiences, not frameworks.
See where compliance is heading next
Discover how shifts in regulation, technology, and stakeholder expectations are reshaping the role of compliance — and what leading organisations are doing to stay ahead.
Go beyond box-ticking
Learn how organisations are embedding compliance into culture, data, decision-making and design.
Make valuable connections
Network with peers facing similar pressures — and find people solving the same problems you are.
The Agenda
2 October 2025
08:30 Registration Opens
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrive early for coffee, name tags, and informal networking with peers.
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Address
Welcome from the host and a preview of the day’s theme: How compliance can drive trust, impact, and strategic advantage.
09:15 – 09:35 Keynote: Compliance at a Crossroads – Rebuilding Trust in a Rules-Based World
What compliance must become in an era of consumer distrust, rising regulatory pressure, and AI-led transformation.
09:35 – 10:05 Keynote: Advancing Compliance Through Innovation – Insights from Singapore
Perspective from Singapore’s regulatory ecosystem on how industry and regulators can collaborate to build more adaptive, intelligence-driven compliance functions.
10:05 – 10:45 Debate: “You Can’t Have a Strong Compliance Function Without Strong Data”
For: Without good data, you’re flying blind.
Against: Culture, clarity, and leadership matter more than data dashboards.
Explores: Real-time reporting, AI/tech, soft controls vs hard data.
10:45 – 11:15 Morning Tea & Networking
11:15 – 12:00 Engaging Your People – Turning Compliance into Culture
If your people don’t own it, your policies don’t matter. This session dives into cultural compliance, frontline behaviours, ethical decision-making, and how to embed a sense of accountability beyond checklists.
12:00 – 12:45 Underwriting Agencies – Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Underwriting Agencies – caught between a rock and a hard place? How to remain nimble whilst complying with an increasing number of regulatory and contractual obligations?
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch & Networking
Buffet lunch served with time to connect with peers and speakers.
1:30 – 2:15 Roundtable: CPS 230 in Practice – Operational Risk Without Paralysis
Get unstuck. Practical models and what good governance looks like now.
2:15 – 2:45 Dialogue: Privacy, AI and Accountability – Who’s in Control?
As AI reshapes how we assess claims, monitor conduct, and interact with customers, how do you stay accountable for automated decisions? And how do the new Privacy Act reforms impact your obligations?
2:45 – 3:15 AI Compliance – Beyond the Hype
A reality check on what AI is actually doing in compliance today — and how to avoid false promises.
315 – 3:43 Closing Panel: What Will Matter Most in 2026?
Forward-looking discussion on shifting regulator expectations, climate risk, claims fairness, and the growing pressure on culture and leadership.
3:45 Onwards Networking Drinks
Wind down with drinks, conversation, and new connections.
Meet, Connect & Build lasting relationships
Hear from the Voices Shaping the Future of Compliance
Tetiana George
CEO & Co-Founder – Curium
Chamila Fernando
Head of Compliance – AUB Group
Lidia Jukic
Principal – White Edges Advisory
Yvonne Lam
Principal and Head of the Corporate Insurance and Insurtech- Gilchrist Connell
Karenne Hill
General Manager Risk, Compliance & HR at Insurance Advisernet Australia & New Zealand
Mowen Lee
Risk, Audit and Compliance Leader – Hannover Re
Richard Foda
Deputy Chief Risk Officer (AU & NZ) – Swiss Re
Nitesh Patel
Cyber and Technology Specialist – Gilchrist Connell
Wendy Foweraker
Executive General Manager – Broking Operations – Community Broker Network
Anne Johnston
Risk & Compliance Specialist – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Miranda Maxwell
Senior Editor – Insurance News
