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 Fox | Board Chair - RiskNZ
David has over twenty years of experience in project and enterprise risk management across New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East. He focuses on practical, people-centred methods to simplify risk processes and build tailored risk awareness cultures.

He helps business leaders with the knowledge and tools needed for effective risk management, emphasising that practices must evolve with today’s changing business conditions.

David founded Fox-Risk Consultancy to enhance risk expertise for organisations locally and internationally, and he currently serves as chair of the RiskNZ board.
 

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.