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  • Leas Bachatene

    VP & Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance, Asia Pacific
    Thomson Reuters

    Leas is the Vice President, Managing Director for Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) division for Asia Pacific. Leas joined Complinet (acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010) in 2005 to establish the Middle East operations. Leas quickly grew the business and subsequently expanded the business to Asia by establishing a presence in Hong Kong and Singapore. Leas has vast experience in the Governance, Risk and Compliance space and has strong ties to regulatory bodies across the region.

    Prior to Dubai, Leas was based in London where he held various positions with large Engineering, Petrochemicals and information services multi-nationals. He obtained his BA in Mechanical Engineering and Marketing. He is also a master of the Neuro-Linguistic programming science.

  • Lindesay Brine

    Head of Business Risk & Regulatory Change
    National Australia Bank

    Lindesay Brine is Head of Business Risk & Regulatory Change in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities business in Wholesale Banking, National Australia Bank Ltd, and has over 25 years experience in Risk Management, Financial Markets, Training, Corporate Lending, Commercial/Business Lending and Administration. Prior to joining National Australia Bank in 1994 Lindesay commenced his finance career with Westpac, and also worked for R & I Bank of WA / BankWest. At National Australia Bank he has worked in Business Banking, Derivative Sales, Middle Markets Sales (Interest Rates & Foreign Exchange), Accreditation & Training, Risk Management, and Business Management.

    Lindesay holds a Bachelor of Economics, Diploma in Education and Master of Applied Finance.

    Lindesay is a member of the AFMA OTC Derivates Working Group, Finance & Treasury Association NSW Technical Committee and a member of PRMIA and Finsia.

  • John Hempton

    Chief Investment Officer
    Bronte Capital

    John Hempton is the CIO at Bronte Capital, a boutique hedge fund based in Sydney. He has extensive experience in global markets through his work with Platinum Asset Management and prior to that spent six years working in policy roles at the Department of Treasury. Hempton was recently commended in a parliamentary report for his instrumental role in identifying the $176m Trio/Astarra superannuation fraud and reporting the matter to regulators. He is a strong advocate for regulatory reform in Australia to streamline the role of regulators and offer better protection to investors.

  • Wietske Jarvis-Blees

    Regulatory Analyst
    Thomson Reuters

    Wietske Jarvis-Blees is a regulatory analyst for Thomson Reuters GRC in Australia & New Zealand. She has worked previously as a financial journalist for publications including Risk, Asia Risk and Operational Risk and Regulation, covering derivatives, structured products and risk management. Her specialist fields of interest include securities and banking regulation, enforcement cases and global developments that affect Australia (e.g., FATCA and Dodd-Frank).
    Wietske holds a Masters degree in global political economy from the University of Sussex in the UK, and a first-class degree in International Relations and French from the University of Sussex and France's Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble.

  • David Love

    Director – Policy & International Affairs
    Australian Financial Markets Association

    David is the Director – Policy & International Affairs at the Australian Financial Markets Association. In this role he works with AFMA members on policy public issues that affect the operation of financial markets. This work involves close consultation with the government and financial sector regulators.
    Previously, David worked for over a decade in senior policy positions with the Australian Treasury and is an expert on financial market regulation through having advised governments on successive reforms in this area. David has also been a consultant for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on financial sector legal reform projects in Vietnam and Cambodia. David began his career as a banking and finance lawyer working for a number of years in Japan before returning to practice in Australia.

  • Nathan Lynch

    Head Regulatory Analyst
    Thomson Reuters

    Nathan Lynch is the head regulatory analyst for Thomson Reuters' Governance, Risk and Compliance operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Nathan joined Thomson Reuters's London office in 2000. He returned to Australia in 2002 and has written about regulatory affairs, anti-money laundering and compliance developments for Thomson Reuters' Compliance Complete service across the Asia-Pacific region ever since.

    Nathan is a member of the Australasian Compliance Institute and has presented workshops at the ACI's annual governance, risk and compliance conference. Nathan also appears regularly in print and electronic media as a specialist commentator on financial markets and regulation.

  • Joe Shannon

    Director - Audit & Assurance (Sydney)
    Moore Stephens

    Joe has worked in the profession for over twenty five years having first joined Price Waterhouse in Ireland as a graduate in 1980. Since then Joe has worked in a number of large and mid-sized chartered accounting firms including since 1988 in Australia with Greenwood Challoner and Deloitte before becoming a director of Moore Stephens Sydney. Over this time Joe has primarily been involved in the provision of audit and corporate advisory services to listed, non profit and private organisations.
    As well as his expertise in the provision of audit services to large listed and private entities, Joe provides specialist audit, assurance and advisory services to significant organisations within the religious and non profit sectors, including those involved in the provision of education, health, aged care, and financial services. Joe writes regularly on matters affecting this sector.
    Joe's experience has also included many specialist advisory assignments in the areas of business sale and purchase transactions, due diligence, fraud investigations, internal control reviews, expert financial reports, impairment assessments, application of Australian Accounting Standards, editor of the CCH Audit Manual and other technical support material.
    He is the leader of Moore Stephens specialist national Not-For-Profit Sector Focus Group, Chair of the Quality Assurance Champion Committee of Moore Stephens Australia and a member of the Board and Audit Committee of Fundraising Institute of Australia.
    Professional Qualifications
    Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia & Ireland)
    Memberships and Appointments
    Registered Company Auditor

  • Guy Underwood

    Chief Executive Officer
    RISQ Group

    Guy Underwood has extensive experience in risk management, fraud response and investigation in both the public and private sector. He has used this experience to assist clients around the world in dealing with issues relating to Governance, Risk and Compliance.

    Guy established RISQ Group in 2002 and from its beginnings in Australia, the RISQ group of companies now has operations across 8 locations in 6 countries. This has allowed Guy to service clients on global basis, with recent engagements in Malaysia, Brunei and New Zealand. His counsel is frequently sought by senior management when addressing potentially serious compliance breaches or acts of fraud and corruption.

    Prior to founding RISQ Group, Guy was Director of the Fraud and Investigations Team at one of the Big 4 professional firms, responsible for providing fraud and risk-related advice to organisations in Australia and throughout Asia.

    Guy has conducted major investigations into banking, purchasing, sales and other fraud in Australia and South East Asia. He also developed a fraud risk management methodology based on the framework of IS031000:2009 - Risk Management.

    Guy is an Associate Fellow and Chair of the Board Strategy and Communications Committee of the Risk Management Institute of Australasia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, ASIS International and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

    He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Protection Professional and a Certified Practicing Risk Manager. Guy holds a Master of Risk Management, a Graduate Diploma in Criminology, Diploma in Fraud Control (Investigations) and a Diploma in Fraud Control (Prevention and Detection). Guy is a regular contributor to industry specific publications.

  • Rob Walsh

    Partner, Compliance & Regulatory
    Ernst & Young

    Rob Walsh leads Ernst & Young's Financial Services Risk practice in Australia.

    Rob has over 16 years experience in assisting organisations to respond to the challenges of regulatory change.

    Rob's experience includes serving as the independent compliance specialist to undertake compliance reviews on some of Australia's largest corporations involving complex regulatory issues.

    Rob has also overseen legislative impact assessments and post implementation reviews.

  • Grant Whitehorn

    Enterprise Risk Manager
    Vodafone Hutchison Australia

    Grant has over 17 years experience in the risk management industry and is a globally recognised risk management specialist and commentator. Grant is currently the Enterprise Risk Manager for Vodafone Hutchison Australia.
    Prior to joining VHA in 2011, some of Grant’s previous roles included:
    • Director of Enterprise Risk Management for the Australian Department of Defence where his role included responsibility for implementing an Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the entire organisation, encompassing the full spectrum of civilian and military risks and the Defence insurance portfolio, with annual insurance premiums in excess of $35 million;
    • Chief Executive Officer & Company Secretary for Riverwall Constructions Pty Ltd, a building and construction company servicing the property insurance market and providing emergency construction services to those affected by natural and manmade disasters;
    • Senior Associate & Business Risk Leader with Arup’s Australasian Resilience, Security & Risk Consulting Practice; and
    • CEO & Principal Consultant for Risk Management Innovations Pty Ltd, a specialist Governance, ERM and Business Resilience consultancy.
    Grant is a Certified Practicing Risk Manager (CPRM), a Fellow of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia Limited (RMIA), has a Graduate Certificate in Risk Management from Griffith University (QLD, Australia), completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Company Directors Course in 2009 and was awarded an Australian Government Top 10 Ranking for Public Sector Risk Management in 2005.
    Grant has contributed to the development of the risk management profession in various capacities and is currently the National President of the RMIA and a Director of the International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations Inc.
    Grant was formerly a Director of the Federation of Asia Pacific and African Risk Management Organisations, a member of the Standards Australia Risk Management Technical Committee (OB7), a contributing author of the Standards Australia Handbook “HB327:2009 Communicating and Consulting about Risk” and subject matter expert and editorial contributor to the “RMIA Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge” (SRMBOK).
    Grant has provided consulting and training services to organisations throughout the Asia Pacific region spanning a range of sectors including Government, Defence, Aviation, Tourism, Maritime, Mining, Construction, Insurance, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Education, Community & Not-For-Profit sectors.
    Grant also held the senior voluntary role of ACT Territory Superintendent for St John Ambulance Australia and helped to coordinate the deployment of over 200 volunteer personnel in St John’s emergency response to the Canberra Bushfire disaster in 2003.


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