Speakers
Jonathan Andrews
United Nations Development Programme / Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Chief of Staff
Ian Stewart
Deputy Commissioner, Queensland Police Service
This position is responsible for the strategic management and direction of regional police operations throughout Queensland.
Deputy Commissioner Stewart has the added responsibility of a number of significant portfolios within the Queensland Police Service and at state and national levels. Within the Service Deputy Commissioner Stewart chairs the Major Projects Board responsible for project based strategic investment in excess of $500,000. Deputy Commissioner Stewart was appointed the inaugural State Disaster Coordinator and was responsible for coordination and overview of state wide disaster response operations during the unprecedented flooding and cyclone events throughout Queensland, December to February 2010/11.
Deputy Commissioner Stewart played a key role within the national security agenda by managing the Queensland Government’s Security Planning and Coordination unit providing a whole of government security coordination and counter terrorism response. Deputy Commissioner Stewart was the inaugural chair of the Investigation Support Capability Coordination Sub-Committee for the National Counter Terrorism Committee.
Deputy Commissioner Stewart holds Master of Public Policy and Administration and Bachelor of Business qualifications and is a Fellow of the Institute of Police Administration Australia (IPAA). Deputy Commissioner Stewart is the recipient of the Australian Fulbright Professional Scholarship and the Australian Police Medal.
Peter Beck
Anglican Dean of Christchurch
Born in the United Kingdom Peter studied at Oxford University before being ordained in 1972. He and his Kiwi wife, Gay, came with their three children to New Zealand in 1981. Having served in the Diocese of Auckland latterly as Vicar of St Matthew in the City, he was appointed Dean of Christchurch in 2002.
He sees his ministry as one of engaging with the issues of the city and seeking to minister to the needs of its people. He is the patron of CanCERN, a community network formed after the September 4 2010 quake, and since the February quake he has had a high media profile as the ‘voice ‘of the Cathedral in the Square which for many is the iconic symbol of Christchurch, its spirit and values.
Peter is an avid tramper [he and Gay walked 1200kms of the Camino de Santiago de Compastella in 2008] and enjoys the occasional glass of fine Waipara Pinot Noir!
John Hamilton
Director, New Zealand Civil Defence and Emergency Management
John Hamilton assumed the appointment of Director Civil Defence Emergency Management in 2006.
John comes from Hawke’s Bay and was educated at Christ’s College and Canterbury University. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1971 and qualified as a pilot and subsequently flew helicopters. John’s career with the RNZAF spanned 35 years and saw him complete command courses in the United Kingdom and the United States and an exchange in Australia flying helicopters. He held command and leadership appointments at all levels of the RNZAF including command of the helicopter squadron, No 3 Squadron, RNZAF Base Ohakea, and the RNZAF’s Operations Group and his career culminated with a four year period from 2002-2006 as Chief of Air Force in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal.
In his current appointment he leads a small team responsible for facilitating improvements in New Zealand’s disaster resilience and its ability to prepare for an emergency, and manage the response and recovery activities. In a national emergency he is responsible for the control and co-ordination of the response.
John was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1981 for his service to the Queen. He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of his leadership of the joint planning for the initial New Zealand deployment to East Timor, and in 2006 he was promoted to become a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in recognition of his leadership as Chief of Air Force.
John is married to Susan and they have two adult sons. He combines his interest in aviation with risk management by exercising the privileges of a private pilot’s license.
Ken Gledhill
GeoNet Project Director and Department Head of Geohazaeds Monitoring, GNS Science
Dr Ken Gledhill is the GeoNet Project Director and Department Head of Geohazards Monitoring within the Natural Hazards Division at GNS Science. GeoNet is New Zealand’s geological hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, slow earth deformation, landslides and tsunami) monitor system employing state of the art equipment and telecommunications technology. He is also currently the chair of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS).
Ken is a technical and scientific project manager, seismologist, scientific instrumentation and telecommunications specialist with more than 30 years experience. His research has concentrated on geophysical instrumentation systems for geological hazards, the field studies of large earthquakes, and the study of the deep structure beneath New Zealand and internationally using the seismic waves generated by earthquakes. Ken has worked internationally in the Pacific, Asia and Europe.
Murray Poulter
Chief Scientist, Atmosphere, Natural Hazards & Energy
Margy Osmond
CEO, Australian National Retailers Association
Mrs Osmond is Chief Executive of the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), which was established in 2006 as a lobby and research organisation to be the voice of Australia’s largest retailers. The Board of ANRA includes the national CEOs of Woolworths, Coles, David Jones, Bunnings, Best and Less, Harvey Norman, Luxottica and Big W.
In addition, she chaired Sydney's successful bid to secure the hosting rights for the 2009 World Masters Games on behalf of the NSW Government and has been Chair of the Sydney Organising Committee for this international sporting event since 2004. Over 28,500 athletes from 107 countries took part in this event in Sydney in October 2009 contributing some $50 million to the NSW economy.
Mrs Osmond sits on the Boards of the Bell Shakespeare Company, the Retail Employee’s Superannuation Trust (REST), Australian Sports Commission and TAFE NSW.
Previously, Mrs Osmond was Chief Executive of the State and Sydney Chambers of Commerce in NSW and on the Boards of the State Transit Authority and NSW Police Advisory Board and a member of the NSW Major Events Board and Tourism NSW.
Jim Stuart-Black
General Manager Special Operations, New Zealand Fire Service
Biography to coming shortly.
Bruce Johnson
General Manager, Aviation and Marine, Ministry of Transport
Bruce Johnson spent 20 years in the Royal New Zealand Navy as a commissioned officer and warfare specialist. His last appointment was a 2-year secondment to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. This role was focused on national counter terrorism preparedness and intelligence, including the development and implementation of government wide security policies and standards; development and implementation of a national counter terrorism policy; and the co-ordination of improved national security measures across a wide range of government departments. He also chaired the National Working Committee on Terrorism and was a member of the Foreign Intelligence Requirements Committee.
More recently he was the General Manager, Maritime Security, with the Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand. During this time he was responsible for working with relevant government agencies, industry, and other stakeholders, to develop and implement a national maritime security structure to comply with the International Ship and Port Security Code which came into effect on 1 July 2004.
Reporting to the Secretary for Transport since 2004, Bruce is currently the Ministry of Transport’s General Manager Aviation and Maritime. This Group is responsible for policy advice to government in all areas of Aviation, Maritime, Freight, Security and Environment transport issues. This includes legislation, anti-trust regulation, international relationships and air services agreements, aviation security, airline licensing, transport rules and the Crown’s ownership interests in joint venture airports. The role also represents the New Zealand government at a number of international fora including ICAO, APEC and the IMO.
Bruce has a Masters Degree in International Relations from Victoria University of Wellington; a Graduate Diploma of Applied Science from the Royal Australian Navy; and is an alumnus of the Australia New Zealand School of Government Executive Fellows Programme and the New Zealand State Services Advanced Leadership Programme. He is also an Associate Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and has attended the Executive Programme in Strategy and Organisation at Stanford University.
Margaret Staib
Air Vice-Marshal M.M.Staib, AM, CSC, Australian Defence Force
Air Vice-Marshal Staib joined the Royal Australian Air Force in1981 as an Officer Cadet. She studied a Bachelor of Business Studies and graduated in 1983. She was posted to RAAF Darwin where she took up the appointment of Assistant Facilities Officer, responsible for base infrastructure. In 1987 she was posted to No 2 Stores Depot in Sydney and performed the roles of Stock Control Officer, and later Provisioning Officer. She was then posted to 486 Squadron where she was responsible for supply support for the maintenance on the C130, B707 and Caribou fleets.
Following her promotion to Squadron Leader in 1990, she was transferred to Headquarters Logistics Command where she was responsible for developing a Performance Management System for Air Force logistics systems. She then became the Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command. During this tour in Melbourne, she completed her Masters of Business Logistics at RMIT.
In 1997 she was posted to the newly formed Support Command Australia to act as the Personal Staff Officer to the Support Commander. She was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander in 1998 and became the Staff Officer Supply Chain Management for the Air Component of the Support Command and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for her leadership and contribution to ADF Aviation Inventory Management.
In 2000 she was posted to an exchange position with the United States Air Force, in the Pentagon. For her work on logistics transformation, she was awarded the United States Meritorious Service Medal.
In 2002 she was promoted to the rank of Group Captain where she took up the role of Director Planning and Logistics - Air Force. During 2005, she attended the Australian Defence College, Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, where she completed a Masters of Arts in Strategic Studies.
She was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore in 2006, and took up the post of Director General Strategic Logistics, in Joint Logistics Command. During 2008, Air Vice-Marshal Staib led the Logistics Companion Review in support of the 2008 Defence White Paper. In 2009 she served as the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
She was promoted to Air Vice-Marshal in 2009 and commenced as Commander Joint Logistics on 18 January 2010.
Air Vice-Marshal Staib was appointed as a Member in the Military Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List in 2009, for exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Defence Force in the field of logistics strategic planning as Director of Logistics Support Agency - Air Force and Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command.
Peter Steel
General Manager Engineering & Standards, KiwiRail Network
Peter is qualified as a Civil Engineer and Economist and has over 30 years of multidisciplinary infrastructure project engineering and asset management experience. His career started as a Graduate Engineer with Beca, where he advanced to Principal and Technical Director roles working in NZ and overseas on a wide range of multidisciplinary Engineering and Asset Management projects before moving to KiwiRail in 2008.
Outside work, Peter is a Council member for WelTec – the Wellington Institute of Technology. He has been active as a Board Member of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce and served terms as Vice President and President of the Chamber.
Barry Stratton
Senior Asset Manager, New Zealand Transport Agency
Barry is the Senior Asset Manager for New Zealand Transport Agency responsible for the maintenance and operation of the North Canterbury state highway network. During the recent earthquakes Barry led a team of consultants and contractors in responding and carrying out emergency repairs to ensure access to and around Christchurch City was maintained. He has 35 years experience in the roading business with particular expertise in operations and asset management, which includes the operation of the Lyttelton Tunnel a critical transport link during the February event.
Greg Miller
Group General Manager, Toll New Zealand
Greg has 24 years experience working in the supply chain and logistics industries globally. He has a rare mix of operational and commercial skills including strengths in finance and technology, whilst specialising in networks management, mergers and acquisitions, and organisational restructure.
Greg started his career with the Mainfreight Group in 1986 and held a senior executive position there for a decade. He was involved in all company mergers, acquisitions and restructures – nationally and internationally.
Greg joined Tranz Rail Holdings in 2001 to establish a new strategic direction for the freight, logistics and international companies within the group. He deployed a restructure companywide during which time Toll Holdings purchased Tranz Rail Holdings in October 2003. During Greg’s time with Toll he has overseen major improvements and conceived and lead operational and technical restructures.
Today Greg leads Toll New Zealand, which operates a nationwide network providing freight forwarding and logistics services to over 4,500 customers. Toll New Zealand has a team of 1600 across six divisions.
Greg has a strong background in networks management and has established himself as a leader in Enterprise Management System development, having visualised, constructed and implemented a best-of-breed in web-based technology systems across the entire supply chain.
Greg has an exceptional track record in global supply chain businesses having worked his way through the industry from the ground up.
Outside the transport sector, Greg holds an advisory board role with the University of Auckland Business School and holds a directorship of Visfleet Technology (a GPS and telecommunications company).
Greg also holds an advisory committee role for charity and fundraising for the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
Dom Kalasih
Logistics Manager, Z Energy
Dom Kalasih is Logistics Manager for Z Energy Limited. His team is responsible for supply chain inland fuel and ensuring that Z Energy’s customers have the energy to do what matters.
Prior to joining the fuel industry in 2005 Dom held roles as Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Transport and Senior Engineer at Land Transport Safety Authority. His areas of expertise include vehicle safety, heavy vehicle dynamics, performance based standards and improving heavy vehicle productivity.
As well as being a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Inc, Dom is a board member on the International Forum for Road Transport and Technology and has presented at several international symposia on heavy vehicle safety and productivity. He is a council member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers NZ and a Transportation member of the Institute of Professional Engineers NZ.
Sam Johnson
Leader of the Student Volunteer Army, Christchurch
Sam is the founder of the Christchurch’s Student Volunteer Army, an elected member of Riccarton/Wigram Community Board and is in his penultimate year studying law and political science at the University of Canterbury. Sam has a strong vision for the positive change that can occur if technology at our fingertips is harnessed by Generation-Y to build stronger community relationships. Sam initiated the team of young people who organised the 9,000 person volunteer force in Christchurch, and was also invited to travel to Japan after the Tsunami, to India as a delegate at the British Council Global Changemakers Asia Youth Summit and recently presented at the World Youth Summit for Volunteering in Colombia.
Martin Pinkham
General Manager, Canterbury Waste Services
Rick Ralph
Executive Director, Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association of Queensland
Rick has more than 30 years’ expertise in the waste management and recycling industry. For more than 13 years he held numerous senior management roles with Comalco Aluminium responsible for the implementation, development and management of the company’s “Cash for Can’s “program. As a recycling specialist, he worked on similar programs in New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.
Other career roles include owner and operator of a MRF, Director of Waste (City of Brisbane), General Manager (Keep Australia Beautiful Council, Queensland) and General Manager - Operations at Australia's first "Alternate Waste Treatment" facility. He is a founding Council member, and was past President of the Australian Council of Recyclers.
Rick is the current and founding Executive Director of the Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association of Queensland (WCRAQ). The Association is Queensland’s lead contractor organisation representing more than 85 companies. Its member’s investments and assets in the state exceed 2 billion dollars, managing more than 6.5 million tonnes of waste and recyclables annually.
As the head of WCRAQ, Rick leads a very strong and united advocacy group providing all stakeholders with an open and transparent dialogue, promoting, protecting and advancing the interests of the sector on a wide range of industry specific issues.
Mick Slater
Major General, Australian Defence Force, Recently Chair of Flood Recovery Taskforce and Queensland R
Mick is an infantry officer who has undertaken a broad range of command, instructional and policy roles in his military career. He has extensive experience working in diverse organisations both in Australia and over seas. His most senior appointments have been in human resource management, strategic policy planning and implementation, and the design and delivery of large scale complex training.
Included in his command experiences, were infantry battalion operations in East Timor in 1999 and also the international stabilisation forces in Timor Leste in 2006.
Most recently Mick was seconded by the Australian Defence Force to the Queensland Government where he was Chair of the Board of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority following the state wide devastating floods and cyclones in early 2011.
Stephen Selwood
Chief Executive of New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development
Stephen leads NZCID’s advocacy of and investigation into key infrastructure development issues in NZ and abroad. This key role is focused on highlighting the direct link between world-class infrastructure and New Zealand’s capacity to achieve its economic and social potential.
Stephen is an expert on infrastructure policy issues and a regular adviser, commentator & guest speaker both in the media & in public forums on these subjects.
Until his CEO appointment with NZCID, Stephen held various senior management positions with the Automobile Association in both operations management and policy areas.
His tertiary qualifications include Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Education from Otago University and a Diploma in Teaching.
Bruce Glavovic
EQC Chair in Natural Hazards Planning
Steve Wakefield
General Manager - Economic Recovery, CERA
Prior to joining CERA, Steve was the Managing Partner of the Deloitte Christchurch office and his experience with Deloitte has spanned over 30 years, in New Zealand, Britain, and the United States. He has led the firm’s Consulting Services practice, and has extensive experience in many areas of business consulting. His specialty has been in business process improvement, governance and direction of major change programmes, including information systems as well as technology planning and implementation. Post-earthquakes, Steve was appointed to the Community Forum for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, was one of the founding team of the Canterbury Business Leaders Group and has been a member also of the business & property advisory group to the CCC Central City Recovery plan development team.
Glen Hughes
Earthquake Response Manager, Southern Regional Manager, Partner, Opus International Consultants Ltd,
Opus International Consultants Ltd is an NZX listed professional engineering consultancy. Glen has led the South Island operations since 2007 and has managed the earthquake response activities of Opus since September 2010 from emergency response to longer-term recovery and rebuild.
In May 2011, Glen accompanied business delegates and Councillors of Christchurch City Council on a tour of the San Francisco Bay area to study preparedness and recovery in that area following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. He is a member of the Christchurch Business Leaders Group and sits on the Infrastructure Working Group of the CBLG. Glen is a member of the New Zealand Planning Institute and a companion member of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.
Michael Fulton
Christchurch Operations Manager, Fulton Hogan
Michael has worked in the construction industry for over 20 years. He has a demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams while maintaining strong relationships with clients and other stakeholders. He has a strong focus on business excellence and client and contract collaboration. Along with this, Michael has extensive experience in project and maintenance management and engineering of major civil infrastructure projects.
Michael’s current role he is responsible for the executive management of Fulton Hogan Christchurch Area Operations including Surfacing, Road Maintenance, Construction, Facilities Management, Industries, Quarries, Traffic Management, Workshop and Sign Manufacturing, with over 360 staff.
Tony Owen
Deputy Managing Director, Aon
Tony Owen is the Deputy Managing Director of Aon based in Wellington with overall responsibility for Aon’s Corporate operation in Wellington and the South Island.
Tony has had 37 years insurance experience both in insurance companies and international brokers.
His current role involves high level negotiation in both the local and global insurance markets and management of client relationships particularly in respect of large Corporate and Government Business.
As part of his role Tony travels to London and European centres to present New Zealand clients to underwriters in these locations. These visits also serve as an opportunity to remain up to date on latest market developments.
Tony has been with Aon since 1996 and in that time Aon in New Zealand has grown from 30 staff to over 690
Bob Parker
Mayor, Christchurch City
Elected to the position as Mayor of Christchurch in 2007, Bob Parker has been active in local body politics since the early 1990s.
Starting out as a member of the Banks Peninsula Community Board, he went on to serve two terms as the District's Mayor (2001-2006) and after leading the amalgamation of the Banks Peninsular District and the City Council became a Christchurch City Councillor in 2006.
He also held the position of independent chairman of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy for two years.
Margot Christeller
Deputy General Manager, Infrastructure, CERA
In the course of her employment, Margot has worked in a range of government departments including as a Senior Advisor in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet working on strategic issues and as a Regional Manager for the Ministry of Justice responsible for the South Island operations of the 2002 and 2005 General Elections. Margot also spent a number of years working with the Canterbury Development Corporation as the Infrastructure Manager and was responsible for the preparation of a stock take of economic infrastructure in Greater Christchurch prepared in 2010. This document has proven exceptionally useful in developing the baselines for earthquake recovery.
Margot is passionate about the value add of great communication, sharing knowledge and integrated planning. She is now the Deputy General Manager of the Infrastructure Team at CERA and has responsibility for developing the Built Environment Recovery Work Programme.
Onno Mulder
Chief Executive Officer, City Care Ltd
Onno joined City Care in 2000 as Divisional Manager - Civil Engineering, moving into the roles of Northern Regional Manager in 2002 and Southern Regional Manager in 2004, before being appointed Chief Executive in late 2005. As Chief Executive, Onno is focused on City Care's successful operation including overseeing the successful implementation and operation of all contracts, providing direction for the company's strategic development and monitoring financial and operational outputs. With over 23 years operational and management experience within the engineering and contracting industries, Onno contributes significant expertise and ability to City Care's business.
Jim Boult
CEO, Christchurch International Airport
Jim has extensive business interests in many fields, including tourism, financial services, property, automotive, publishing and hospitality. In his home town of Queenstown, Jim has chaired several council-sponsored charities, working parties and community groups.
Warren Boyes
General Manager, Toll Logistics
Warren started his career in Dunedin when he came back from his OE and commenced work with Pheloung Haulage as a store man, starting from the ground up Warren was responsible for the inventory of Wilson Whiskey and Rothmans Cigarettes. Through various acquisitions Warren went through a number positions and a Management Cadet roll with Southland Freight Haulage which really launched his career in the logistics industry. Warren joined Toll as a project Manager in 2003, since that time he has held a number of senior management positions within Toll and has been instrumental in the amalgamation of a number of Logistics projects that has over the past 6 years rationalised over 20 warehouse facilities into 6. This incorporated three purpose built facilities in Auckland with an overall warehouse footprint of 450,000sq ft.
Today Warren leads the Toll Logistics NZ Business Unit as well as Toll Tranzlink South Island, being a Mainlander Warren shifted back to ChristChurch from Toll National Support Office in Auckland in August 2010, just in time for the September Earthquake.
Warren has a sound understanding and knowledge of Supply Chain infrastructure, logistics, as well as technology applications within a 3pl environment.
Chris Russell
Chris Russell, General Manager, Group Logistics, Solid Energy New Zealand
Steve Chapman
CEO, Pacifica Shipping
These activities combined cover the entire domestic freight and distribution market with all forms of surface transport. The coastal ships provide scheduled links with seven of the country's leading import/export ports.
Previously Pacifica’s general manager of operations, Steve took over his current role in early 2011.
He began his transport career in the freight forwarding industry 25 years ago. In 1994 he joined Pacifica’s sales team and has held several positions since then, including Pacifica Express terminal manager and Auckland branch manager.
Jed O'Donoghue
Biography to come shortly.
Kris Lancaster
David Stenhouse
Manager, Passenger Services, Environment Canterbury
David Stenhouse is Environment Canterbury's Manager Passenger Services. David has been with Environment Canterbury for 7 years.
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