Breaking barriers as women in governance

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Speaker(s): Dame Rosanne Meo, Anna Curzon, Kirsten (KP) Patterson
Date: 7:00am — 9:00am, 8 March 2024
Venue: Hilton Auckland
Location: Hilton Auckland, Princes Wharf, 147 Quay Street, Auckland
Price: $89.00 incl GST

Overview

As part of our Women Directors’ Network we will hear from experienced senior director, Dame Rosanne Meo on her long standing career in governance and the changes she has seen as a female director across various types of entities. Anna Curzon will share about her experience moving from an executive to a governance career after her recent appointment to the board of Kiwibank.

Are we making progress? How much has changed if anything and how far do we have left to go? Join us to find out and debate breaking barriers for women in governance.

Dame Rosanne Meo

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Rosanne has worked as a company director for over 30 years in New Zealand and Australia as well as extensive work as a trustee in the arts community and tertiary sector.

Her corporate career within the forestry and manufacturing sector predominantly working in marketing and human resources through to the early 2000s when she embarked rather ambitiously and tentatively into Corporate Governance.

Rosanne describes her career as a director and trustee as exciting demanding and extraordinarily rewarding.

She is currently chairman of Briscoes, chairs two of AMP NZ staff Superannuation schemes and patron of Auckland Philharmonia.

She is a mother of two marvellous daughters Annabelle and Victoria and now the grandmother of five grandsons who also play a very big part in her life .

Rosanne received an OBE in 1993 for services to business, Women’s Suffrage Medal also in 1993 and DNZM for services to business and for not-for-profit in 2011.

Anna Curzon

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Anna was appointed to the Board of Kiwibank in September 2023 and is the former Chief Product Officer at Xero. Over seven years at Xero she led the global product team, spearheading product management, design, product operations and marketing, and prior to that led the New Zealand business for Xero.

Anna also has a wealth of experience in the financial services sector, with over 18 years across senior leadership roles at ASB in Internet Banking, Brand & Marketing, Innovation & Design and the Contact Centre. She was appointed to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) by New Zealand's Prime Minister (Dame Jacinda Ardern) in 2021, and today is Chair of the ABAC Economic Integration Working Group. She has also served on the New Zealand Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group from 2018-2020, and in 2017 the Global SaaS Report named Anna one of the Top 25 global women leaders in SaaS.

Anna advocates for diversity within the tech industry and is passionate about encouraging women and other underrepresented groups into STEM opportunities.

Kirsten (KP) Patterson

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KP is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors. She is a qualified lawyer and a Distinguished Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand Her governance roles include:

- Co-deputy Chair, Global Network of Directors Institutes (GNDI)
- Chair, Brian Picot Ethical Leadership advisory board
- Director, NZ Rugby Foundation
- Trustee, Voices of Hope
- Board member, XRAP Advisory Panel, External Reporting Board (XRB)
- Board member, Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust.

With extensive governance and leadership experience, she is actively involved in community initiatives.

A strong advocate of diversity, KP was also a founding member of Global Women’s ‘Champions for Change’, a group of senior executives and directors who commit to diversity in the workplace, and a founding member of WiSPA, an organisation promoting women in sport, and mentors a number of business leaders.

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