Jeanette Roberts has more than 35 years’ international experience in the oil and gas industry. Her experience encompasses the entire oil and gas value chain, delivering projects all over the world, including Africa, Europe, UK, Former Soviet Union and Asia.

She is an active participant in Australia’s oil and gas industry and is passionate about developing Aussie home-grown talent in the industry. Ms Roberts is engaged in policy development and industry leadership at State and Commonwealth level.

Debra has a diverse background encompassing engineering, marketing and communications, entrepreneurship, and more recently governance. She works mostly in the high growth, tech startup space where she invests as an angel investor, provides advice and mentoring, and sits on a number of early stage company boards. She is sector agnostic, with interests spanning consumer goods/e-commerce, FinTech, InsurTech, Bioengineering, SaaS and others. She chairs the Investment Committee for Kiwinet, deploying MBIE acceleration funding into pre-seed commercialisation projects.

Suzanne is an experienced senior leader. She has over 30 years of experience applying technology to solve human problems in leading technology businesses.

She has held several executive roles, including Managing Director at MCI Worldcom, General Manager at Unwired, General Manager of Professional Services at Telstra, and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Information Industry Association, which is the leading organisation for professionals in the digital economy in Australia.

In 2013, she was recognised by Crikey as one of the 11 most influential people in Australia’s tech sector. In 2023, she won the Innovate with nbn® Grants Program in the Women in Regional Business category. Then, in 2025, her start-up, Vennu received the Top of the Props award

Jacqueline (Jacqui) Wilkins, FAICD, is a practicing company director of nearly 30 years’ experience in government, commercial and not for profit roles including 8 years as chair of the largest Australian-owned conformity assessment body. As an operational leader and consultant Jacqui has contributed in the areas of strategy, governance, change management and leadership development, across a wide range of industries and sectors notably health, the public sector, professional services organisations and not for-profits.

Steve McCutcheon has worked with the food and agriculture sectors for his entire career. From 2007-2017, he was Chief Executive Officer of Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) which develops food standards as part of the joint food regulatory system between Australia and New Zealand.

Steve has a Bachelor of Economics degree from Sydney University and a Graduate Diploma in Public Law from the Australian National University.  He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Alison Drury commenced as General Manager Trade and International Branch at the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources in January 2021. Prior to this she served for 16 years with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including diplomatic postings to Vienna UN and Israel. Ms Drury commenced her career in the private sector as an insurance underwriter and business analyst and holds a Master of Arts (International Relations) and a Bachelor of Economics (Social Science).

Brian is an experienced business leader having held CEO and other senior leadership roles in New Zealand, Australia and Asia over the last 30 years. His science and management qualifications together with more than 40 years of experience in the science sector (including the global ‘Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC)’ sector) give him an excellent understanding of the benefits and needs of conformity assessment bodies.

He is an experienced company director, board chair and graduate director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand who has had extensive Board interactions and held more than 12 directorships in Australia, NZ and Singapore.

Brian has a pragmatic and consultative approach which together with his knowledge and experience with science and technology has enabled him to value diversity of thought and find win-win solutions to complex business challenges. He is now a professional consultant, business mentor and company director.

Conformity assessment and accreditation have been a constant through Mark’s career. From early years manufacturing scientific instruments, to leading CSIRO’s testing and certification services, he has experience as a user, provider and accreditor of conformance assessment. An active supporter of industry, Mark has contributed to a wide range of conformance infrastructure including Australia’s Building Codes Committee, Victoria’s Heritage Council, multiple Standard setting committees, and as a member of the NATA board.

James Hartley is an experienced senior public sector leader and is currently the General Manager of Communications, Infrastructure and Trade Policy at the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. He has been responsible for a number of policy areas in his career, including telecommunications, financial markets, competition, intellectual property and consumer protection. He previously worked as a lawyer and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and as a lawyer in private practice.

James has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland, and a Master of Laws from the University of Michigan.

Sarah is the Acting CEO of JASANZ with extensive corporate leadership experience. She previously served as General Manager of Corporate Services/Deputy CEO at JASANZ, overseeing IT, compliance, HR, finance, and communications.

Her career includes senior roles in Defence Industry as Chief of Corporate Services for a multinational company, and leadership positions at the ACT Chamber of Commerce focusing on economic policy. She was named Telstra’s Corporate and Private Business Woman of the Year for ACT in 2015.

She holds Economics and Arts degrees from ANU and is recognised for strategic leadership, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement.