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When geopolitics moves from background noise onto board agenda.
How should boards respond when geopolitical risk is no longer a background issue, but a live factor shaping strategy, regulation and operations?
Geopolitical developments are increasingly affecting the environment in which organisations operate. Trade restrictions, sanctions, data controls and diverging regulatory expectations are influencing access to markets, supply chains, contractual arrangements and cross-border decision-making. What once may have seemed remote or hypothetical is now creating practical governance challenges for boards and their advisors.
For directors, the issue is not simply the existence of these evolving risks, but whether they are being identified early enough, tested rigorously enough, and governed well enough. Boards need to be confident that their organisations are legally and operationally positioned to respond.
Join us for a practical discussion on the legal and governance levers that underpin organisational resilience in a volatile global environment. Drawing on both legal and director perspectives, this session will explore:
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how geopolitical developments translate into legal risk, and the practical steps boards can take to strengthen resilience through contracts, compliance and governance.
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Hayden Wilson is Global Vice Chair of Dentons and the Chair of Dentons in New Zealand. He plays a key role in the firm’s key relationships and is a Partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Public Law team, specialising in public, regulatory, and commercial litigation. As a specialist in dispute resolution and crisis management, Hayden regularly works with clients to navigate complex disputes, regulatory investigations, and cross-border issues. Hayden has a particular focus on assisting clients with issues that have a political dimension. In addition to his governance roles with Dentons, Hayden is a Board member of Tika, a technology enabled legal service for people who have experienced sexual harm.
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Sophie is a highly experienced non-executive director with over 25 years’ senior commercial experience and more than a decade in complex governance roles. She is recognised for leading boards through strategy refresh, capital allocation/M&A, complex risk environments, regulatory engagement, and crisis events. She is a highly experienced both as a Chair and Audit & Risk Chair and brings strong financial discipline, risk oversight, sound judgement, and a focus on value creation.
Sophie held executive roles at Citibank NA (Corporate Finance), Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (Strategy), and New Zealand Post (Corp Venturing/M&A/Commercial). She is currently a director of nibNZ, Rangatira, CentrePort, Livestock Improvement, and Payments NZ.
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Jill Dawson
Wellington Branch Manager
+64 27 278 8814
+64 4 470 2673
jill.dawson@iod.org.nz
The Wellington branch acknowledges the generous support of
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The East Coast region also thank
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The Manawatu region also thank
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Members — $20.00
Non-members — $45.00
