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Explore how experience and fresh thinking combine to shape learning and growth in the boardroom.
The boardroom is more than a place for decisions; it is a place for growth and reflection. Our upcoming panel discussion, Battle of the Boardroom, will explore the questions every director should be asking: What am I learning? What have I learnt? What don’t I yet know—and how do I learn what I don’t know?
The conversation will highlight why we should never discount the wisdom of experienced directors, whose knowledge and perspective provide stability and insight. At the same time, newer directors bring fresh thinking, energy, and challenge, creating opportunities for shared learning. Together, the panel will discuss how boards can foster a culture of knowledge exchange—where mentoring and reverse mentoring are embraced as powerful tools for collective growth.
The real battle of the boardroom is not only making sound decisions today, but also equipping ourselves to make better ones tomorrow.
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Erica graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Clinical Pharmacy. She has over 20 years of experience across a range of roles in the health sector, including 11 years as Regional Manager for Healthcare of New Zealand—the country’s largest provider of community-based health and residential disability services.
Erica is currently an Associate with Navigator Ltd, a consultancy supporting NGOs and iwi organisations to translate strategy into sustainable operations.
A passionate advocate for strong governance, Erica has been an active member of the Institute of Directors, serving for 10 years on the Waikato branch committee and has lead Special Olympics NZ through SportNZ’s Governance Mark programme achieving certification in 2022, and recertification in 2025.
Outside of work, Erica enjoys golf, exploring New Zealand’s Great Walks and Bike Rides, travelling, and learning the art of growing her own vegetables.
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With a diverse career spanning accounting, information systems, commercial finance, and governance, Natasha brings critical insights that challenge thinking, sharpen strategy, and drive value creation. Natasha thrives on supporting and inspiring others—both in the workplace and across the wider community. Natasha is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a graduate of the Institute’s 2017 Mentoring for Diversity programme. Her experience bridges complex commercial environments and the for-purpose sector, underpinned by a commitment to transparency, visionary financial leadership, and practical, solution-focused thinking.
Passionate, driven, and endlessly curious, Natasha asks the right questions—what, so what, now what—to look ahead and challenge the status quo. Natasha thrives in dynamic, high-performing teams, bringing strong financial expertise, commercial acumen, leadership, stakeholder engagement, project delivery, and a talent for aligning cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, collaborative outcomes.
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Rodney is an audit and risk leader with deep experience in enterprise risk, assurance and strategic leadership. As GM Risk and Assurance at Gallagher Group Limited, he leads global enterprise risk, internal audit and organisational resilience, and has pioneered AI-enabled risk frameworks and objective-centric models to lift agility and performance.
Rodney has been recognised as RiskNZ Risk Professional of the Year (2024, 2025) and RMIA Asia-Pacific Risk Leader of the Year (2025). He is a National Board Director, Institute of Internal Auditors New Zealand; an independent member of Te Kāhui o Rauru Investment and Risk Committee; and a trustee of Community Link Trust.
He holds advanced qualifications in leadership communication, internal audit and risk management, and brings cultural competence, including mātauranga Māori, to inclusive governance. He is known for pragmatic, people-centred leadership and strong stakeholder engagement across complex, diverse settings.
With over fourteen years as a partner at Deloitte, Doug’s primary focus is largely acting as a trusted advisor to his clients. This can involve sitting on advisory boards, or just working alongside business owners to help identify and achieve their growth strategies. Over the last several years Doug has focused his advisory work on corporate finance related projects in the following related areas: Strategic Planning; Business structuring; Financial advisory; Business sales/acquisitions; Valuations; Capital raising; and Succession planning.
Doug also has several governance roles covering ‘for profit’ and ‘not for profit’ organisations and this provides a solid basis in understanding how to work on a business rather than in a business.
Jenny is a seasoned public servant and community leader with over 16 years of experience spanning the public sector, community development, and governance.
Jenny holds governance roles as Chairperson of Community Waikato, and Trustee of the Len Reynolds Trust, reflecting her deep commitment to youth empowerment, intercultural understanding, and equitable outcomes. She also contributes to intercultural dialogue and community cohesion as the co-chair of the Waikato Intercultural Fund.
Should you have any dietary, mobility, cultural or other requirements, you can let us know on the registration form.
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Regrettably, registration fees cannot be refunded when cancellations are received within two working days prior to any branch event. See our standard terms and conditions for more information.
Megan Beveridge
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Branch Manager
+64 21 358 772
megan.beveridge@iod.org.nz
The Waikato branch acknowledges the generous support of
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Members — $50.00
Non-members — $75.00
