The fourth session of our Resilience Reset webinar series completes the journey from Part One, Part Two and Part Three moving resilience from day-to-day practice to enterprise-wide oversight.

This final installment explores how resilience is shaping the future of risk leadership, from strategic enterprise risk and resilience management and AI, through project management and delivery, to enterprise-wide governance.

Resilience is no longer just about surviving disruption; it’s a board-level responsibility. Boards are being asked to oversee resilience outcomes, not just crises responses. Regulations around the world are raising expectations, and stakeholders are paying closer attention than ever.

In this session, we will cover:

• The evolving role of boards in shaping resilience outcomes
• Defining and setting a resilience appetite
• Aligning strategy, culture, and operations
• Regulatory signals shaping governance expectations
• Designing governance structures that embed resilience for the long term.

Resilience is designed into an organisation's structure, culture and decision-making processes long before disruption strikes, enabling proactive adaptation rather than reactive survival.

For leaders serious about integrating and uplifting their organisational risk management and resilience approach to ensure sustained growth, this is a governance discussion that will provide useful strategic insights.

Speakers: 

David Turner | CEO - RiskNZ
David Turner is a senior business executive and trusted advisor with over 30 years’ experience in risk management and leadership. He began his career in the Australian Army, deploying to East Timor in 1999 as part of a specialised team. After leaving the military, he worked across private and government organisations before founding a risk management consultancy that supported major projects including BHP, Rio Tinto, Multiplex, Australian Elections, and CHOGM 2011 alongside State and Federal Police. Born in New Zealand, David returned in 2016 to support a major rail transition and now works across New Zealand and Australia advising corporates, government, Big Four firms, and mentoring senior leaders. His expertise focuses on the risks associated with human behaviour—one of the most complex and often overlooked areas in risk and leadership.

Brad Smith | Principal Solutions Consultant - Riskonnect
Brad brings over 25 years of experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance, Planning, and Performance across 375+ organisations spanning government, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally.  He has extensive expertise developing and reviewing GRC frameworks, policies, registers and risk appetite statements, as well as designing and implementing GRC software solutions. Brad also delivers training and thought leadership through courses, webinars, and product related consultancy. He holds qualifications in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Lean Six Sigma and Project Management and is a member of the RMIA and OCEG.