Speakers

Browse the bios for all speakers presenting at the All Actuaries Summit 2026

All Actuaries Summit 2026

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, 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.

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.

CFO, Intermediated Insurance Australia Division at IAG

Christa Marjoribanks

Christa is CFO of the Intermediated Insurance Australia Division at IAG, overseeing pricing, strategy, regulatory and risk governance, finance, and actuarial reserving. A key leadership team member since 2020, she has driven improved financial performance through enhanced pricing sophistication and data-led insights. Previously a senior partner at a major consulting firm, Christa brings over 30 years' experience in general insurance and injury compensation, including roles as Appointed Actuary and advisor to insurers, reinsurers, and government. Career highlights include leading the Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare project and guiding financial services clients through post-Royal Commission regulatory challenges. She is passionate about fostering collaboration across sectors to address economic and social issues.

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 Rubinsztein AM is a non-executive director and sits on several wealth management boards spanning superannuation, life insurance, technology and health insurance – UniSuper, OnePath Insurance, Class Limited, SuperEd and CBHS Health Fund.

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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