Speakers
Browse the bios for all speakers presenting at the All Actuaries Summit 2026
Keynote speaker
The Hon Dr Daniel Mulino MP, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Financial Services
Born in Brindisi, Italy, Daniel was a young child when he moved with his family to Australia. He grew up in Canberra and completed his first degrees – arts and law – at the ANU. He then completed a Master of Economics (University of Sydney) and a PhD in economics from Yale. He lectured at Monash University, was an economic adviser in the Gillard government and was a Victorian MP from 2014 to 2018. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Victoria, Daniel helped deliver major infrastructure projects and developed innovative financing structures for community projects. In 2018 he was preselected for the new federal seat of Fraser and became its first MP at the 2019 election, re-elected in 2022 and 2025. From 2022 to 2025, Daniel was chair of the House of Representatives’ Standing Economics Committee in which he chaired inquiries; economic dynamism, competition and business formation and insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims. In 2025, he became the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services. In August 2022, Daniel published ‘Safety Net: The Future of Welfare in Australia’, which aims to explore the ways in which an insurance approach can improve the effectiveness of government service delivery.
Keynote Speaker
Danielle Wood Chair of the Productivity Commission
Danielle Wood is a leading voice in public policy and economic reform. Now Chair of the Productivity Commission, she brings experience from her time as CEO of the Grattan Institute and senior roles at the ACCC and NERA Economic Consulting. She has also served on key national advisory bodies and co-founded the Women in Economics Network. In her keynote, "Charting Australia's Economic Future: Insights from the Productivity Commission" Danielle will outline how Australia can lift productivity through evidence-based reform. She will share insights from recent Commission inquiries on workforce participation, regulation, technology and service delivery. Attendees will gain a clear view of upcoming economic challenges and how actuaries can contribute through stronger policy design, better data use and effective risk management.
Global Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director, Australia at Hnry
Karan Anand
Karan Anand is the Global Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director, Australia at Hnry, with nearly 20 years of experience in strategy, technology and scaling high-growth businesses. As part of Hnry’s three person executive team, he helps shape global strategy and has led the company’s expansion in Australia. Previously a Director at Monitor Deloitte, he advised boards and CEOs across financial services and technology. Karan has been recognised through awards including Commbank’s Young Hero Innovator of the Year and Asialink’s Asian Australian 40 Under 40. He holds a Master of Finance from UNSW and a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Studies and Finance.
Founder, The Helix Lab
Suhit Anantula
Suhit Anantula is a leading voice on co-intelligent organisations—enterprises that blend human expertise and machine intelligence into adaptive, compound-thinking systems. As founder of The Helix Lab, he works with CEOs, boards and policy leaders to architect AI strategy, build private LLM engines, and redesign organisational decision rhythms across complex environments. Suhit is the author of "The Helix Moment" and co-author of "The Policy Playbook". He is currently writing his next book, "The Co-Intelligent Organisation"(2026).
Head of Proposition & Product, Acenda | Winner 2025 Super Review Thought Leader of the Year
Alison Bodinnar
Alison leads Acenda’s Group Proposition and Product team, delivering innovative life insurance solutions for superannuation funds and their members. Alison and her team are driving reform through improved disability design and member engagement, advocating for solutions that enhance wellbeing and retirement confidence.
CEO and Managing Director, Daiichi Life
Brett Clark
Brett Clark is a highly experienced leader in the life insurance industry, currently serving as the Managing Director and CEO of Daiichi Life Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., where he oversees Dai-ichi Life Group’s strategy, business interests, and regional operations across the Asia-Pacific markets. In addition, he is a Senior Managing Executive Officer at Dai-ichi Life Holdings, playing a key role in shaping the Group’s global strategy. Brett is also a Non-Executive Director at Dai-ichi Life Group Companies in India (Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance) and New Zealand (Partners Life), providing governance oversight and strategic direction. Prior to his current role, Brett spent 16 years at TAL Life, the Australian subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life, including nearly a decade as its Group CEO and Managing Director, where he led TAL to become Australia’s leading life insurer, expanding its presence across retail advice, group, and direct to customer insurance. A qualified actuary, Brett has held senior leadership positions at AIG Life and served as Chairman of industry boards, bringing deep expertise in strategy, finance, distribution, and operations across international insurance markets. His extensive experience in executive leadership, corporate governance, and industry transformation positions him as a key figure in the global life insurance sector.
CEO, Private Healthcare Australia
Dr Rachel David
Dr Rachel David is the Chief Executive Officer of Private Healthcare Australia, the peak body for health insurance funds in Australia. In her corporate career, she has earned a reputation for identifying strategic commercial opportunities and delivering on them by navigating complex regulatory and stakeholder environments. Rachel previously worked for Australian biotechnology powerhouse CSL at the time it transformed from being a local plasma company to a global pharmaceutical giant. Her proudest moment was a successful campaign to secure the initial government funding for the Australian-developed HPV vaccine Gardasil program to immunise women and girls. She was the inaugural practice manager for the health and government services practice at McKinsey & Company and worked as a senior adviser to the Federal Health Minister in the Howard era. In her current role, Rachel undertakes high-stakes negotiations between governments and commercial players in the healthcare sector and provides advice and advocacy to ensure the Australian healthcare system is both sustainable and effective. She also plays a role to ensure the health insurance sector can play its rightful role as a leader driving transformation of Australian healthcare to better serve the needs of the consumer. Rachel is a medical doctor who started her career working in public and private hospitals. In addition to her medical qualifications, she has an MBA and has completed postgraduate studies in economics.
CEO and Co-Founder, Quantium
Adam Driussi
Adam Driussi is the CEO of Quantium. He co-founded Quantium in 2002 and today they have grown to employ over 1,200 staff globally, serving major clients such as Woolworths, Telstra, CBA, Qantas and various government departments. Since February 2024, he also serves as the Chairman of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Rugby League Club after previously joining the board in 2022. Adam is an actuary and is very passionate about how AI will change the way we work - currently driving that change at both Quantium and the Bulldogs.
CEO, Reconciliation Australia
Karen Mundine
Karen Mundine is from the Bundjalung Nation of northern NSW. As the CEO at Reconciliation Australia, Ms Mundine brings to the role more than 25 years’ experience leading community engagement, public advocacy, communications and social marketing campaigns. An architect of the landmark Australian Reconciliation Barometer, Ms Mundine works with governments, the business sector and civil society to advocate for change. Over the course of her career, she has been instrumental in some of Australia’s watershed national events including the Apology to the Stolen Generations, Centenary of Federation commemorations, Corroboree 2000 and the 1997 and 2021 Australian Reconciliation Conventions. Ms Mundine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and was the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Australian UTS Alumni Award. In 2023 she was declared the National Winner of the Australian Awards for Excellence in Women’s Leadership. She is a member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia, a Company Director of Sydney Festival and the Council of First Nations and is a Member of Chief Executive Women. Previous roles include: membership of the Australian Government’s Referendum Engagement Group; Director, Mary Mackillop Foundation; Director, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre; Director, Gondwana Choirs; Deputy Chief Executive and General Manager Communication and Engagement, Reconciliation Australia; Senior Consultant, CPR Communications; and senior public affairs and communications roles with federal government departments including Prime Minister and Cabinet, Communications IT & the Arts, Health and Ageing, and Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Head of Performance & Growth, Member Growth, Aware Super
Lara Elgey
Lara Elgey understands that modern retirement is about purpose, connection and confidence – not just financial security. With over 25 years in financial services, she leads member growth initiatives and drives performance, strengthening the retirement savings of more than 1.2 million Australians at Aware Super, the nation’s third-largest Superannuation fund. Currently leading program implementation and governance for Aware Super's $30 billion merger with TelstraSuper, Lara brings both strategic and personal perspectives to retirement planning. Her work establishing innovative distribution partnerships through employer technology platforms has revolutionised how super funds connect with members at critical career transitions, making retirement planning an integrated part of working life rather than a distant consideration. A recognised advocate for gender equality in retirement outcomes (Women in Fintech Awards 2021), Lara champions whole-systems thinking that addresses the financial, social and wellbeing dimensions that create fulfilling retirements. She is also an experienced speaker, recently presenting on "Leveraging AI for Workplace Productivity" at the Forefront Tech Leaders Executive Breakfast 2025 and "Driving Gender Equity in Super Outcomes" at Women in Banking and Finance. Her unique blend of strategic expertise, operational excellence, and genuine care for member outcomes positions her as a thought leader in reimagining how super funds can empower Australians to not just retire, but to thrive beyond their working years.
Non-Executive Director, Community First Bank
Jacki Johnson
Jacki Johnson brings over 30 years’ leadership experience across insurance, regulation and sustainable finance. As CEO of IAG NZ, she rebuilt the business following major seismic events, securing capital, strengthening customer and community trust, and delivering long-term resilience in a high-hazard market. She has held global system-level roles including Co-Chair of UNEP FI and Founding Co-Chair of ASFI, shaping the frameworks that now guide climate, risk and sustainability practices across the financial sector. Jacki is a research fellow at the University of Wollongong, a faculty member with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and an Non-Executive Director at Community First Bank . Her work focuses on sustainable insurance, climate governance, stakeholder value and system resilience.
Founder of The NeuroTech Institute and FOCUS Consulting
Dr Fiona Kerr
Dr Fiona Kerr is a global expert in human connectivity, synchronisation and the partnership between people and technology. As founder of the NeuroTech Institute and FOCUS, she advises industries worldwide on human centric solutions to complex challenges, drawing on four decades of international experience in systems engineering, cognitive neuroscience, psychology and anthropology. In 2024 she also became Director of AIR at MindChamps in Singapore, advancing research into how digital tools and human proximity shape learning. A Fellow of ATSE and one of Australia’s top speakers, Fiona works with leaders, policy makers and sectors including defence, health, finance and education.
Principal, Finity Consulting
Rade Musulin
Rade Musulin is a Principal at Finity Consulting in Sydney, specialising in extreme events and climate risk. He previously held senior roles at FBAlliance Insurance, Aon Benfield Analytics, and Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. Rade chairs the International Actuarial Association's Climate and Sustainability Committee and serves on the Actuaries Institute's Climate and Sustainability Practice Committee. He was named co-winner of the Actuaries Institute's Actuary of the Year (2023) and received the American Academy of Actuaries' Jarvis Farley Service Award (2025). His main areas of interest include how changing population demographics affect catastrophe exposure, climate change adaptation, applications of catastrophe models for disaster planning in developing countries, building code development, and community resilience.
Chair, Non-Executive Director, Actuary, Author
Nicolette Rubinsztein AM
Nicolette is a non-executive director in the finance industry. She is Chair of CBHS Heath Fund, on the board of Zurich and was previously on the boards of UniSuper, Class and SuperEd. She is also Chair of Greenpeace Australia Pacific and a South African charity committee, Missionvale Australia. In 2024 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to business. She was President of the Actuaries Institute in 2019 and was a director of ASFA for eight years. Prior to her board career, Nicolette held senior roles with CBA/ Colonial First State, BT and Towers Perrin. Nicolette is a qualified actuary, holds an executive MBA from the AGSM and is a Fellow of AICD. She is author of the book “Not Guilty”, a guide for career mums. She is married to Jonathan Rubinsztein and they have three daughters.
General Manager, Climate, Social Policy and International Engagement, Insurance Council of Australia
Alix Pearce
Alix is the General Manager, Climate, Social Policy and International Engagement at the Insurance Council of Australia, drawing on the industry’s critical role in the economy to drive down climate risk and better protect communities. Alix’s leadership has been recognised with numerous awards, including a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to travel around the globe in 2025, exploring how to tackle the insurance protection gap being widened by worsening disasters. She has a history of building unique alliances to drive change, her career has seen her work with global security leaders, first-responders, front-line communities, consumer groups, major companies and all tiers of government. As the Head of Campaigns for the Climate Council, Alix led the organisation's advocacy and government relations team, focused on driving down emissions this decade. As the Director of Policy and Campaigns for the Consumer Action Law Centre, she led a team of policy professionals, and campaigners in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission. She also worked as the Founder and Director of the Cities Power Partnership, the biggest climate and energy program for cities in the country. She is also a published author, working with Australia’s premier climate experts, economists and policy analysts on landmark reports that have shifted the national conversation.
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