CDAO New Zealand
2025 Speakers
James Beech
Chief Analytics and Insight Officer
Westpac
Helius Guimaraes
Chief Data & AI Officer
Fonterra
Sarah Cawsey
General Manager Data
Auckland Council
Mike Parsons
Data & AI - Tribe Lead and Chapter Area Lead
Air New Zealand
Hamish McEwen
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Fire & Emergency NZ
Graeme Jackson
GM Data & Analytics – Enterprise
Vector
Mira Bradshaw
Head of Data Governance
SkyCity
David Thomas
GM of Data and Enterprise Architecture
NZ Post
Neeharika Chowdhary
GM AI Product & Value
One New Zealand
Bryan Ng
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
Priya Mathur
Head of Enterprise Data
Fidelity Life
Peter Gavin
GM, Data & Analytics
ANZ
Angela Zhao
Head of Data and AI Governance
Genesis
Mike Congdon
Head of Data & Analytics
Southern Cross Healthcare
Xanthe Sulzberger
Head of Data - Operational Excellence
Fonterra
Sean Narayan
Artificial Intelligence & Business Intelligence Lead
Bidfood New Zealand
Mark Neal
Head of Data Science
Dairy NZ
James Bergin
EGM Technology Research and Advocacy
Xero
Tony Aitken
Group Manager – AI & Advanced Analytics
Auckland Transport
Chris Carter
Head of Data & Intelligence
Financial Market Authority (FMA)
Stasha Rmandic
Senior Manager, FCO Data and Reporting
ASB
Hayden Tuffery
Head of Data Enablement
NZ Post
Mazen Kassis
Head of Data & Analytics
Foodstuffs NZ
Andrew Parkinson
Head of Analytics
Auckland Council
Farhein Akmal
Product Owner (BI & Analytics)
Auckland Council
Jeff Smith
National Data & Analytics Manager
New Zealand Couriers
Krishna Pathri
Head of Data and Insights
thl
Gal Fybish
Data Analytics Lead
Turners Automotive Group
Adam Courtier
Head of Data & Digital Workplace
Mitre 10
Delia Rusu
Former Data Science Lead
The Warehouse Group
Penelope Maxwell
Data Analytics Manager
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Hilton Rosenfeld
Senior Solution Engineer-DataStax
IBM
Jonathon Bowring
Global Field Engineer
Informatica
Armon Petrossian
CEO & Co-Founder
Coalesce.io
Sam Darmo
Senior Sales Engineer
Precisely
Anup Singh
President
DAMA New Zealand
Prof Leo Paas
Programme Director, Master of Business Analytics
University of Auckland Business School
Paulo Gottgtroy
Head of Decision Science & Analytics
Mercury
Adam Courtier
Head of Data & Digital Workplace
Mitre 10
Jeff Turin
Data and AI Governance
Tower Insurance