2025 Speakers
Christopher Dodson, Founder, HeroBlue Pty Ltd
Stuart Gregor, Co-Founder, Four Pillars Gin
Andrew Woodward, Founder, The Investors Way
Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist, HSBC
Peter White, Managing Director, Finance Brokers Association of Australasia
Josie Pane, Chief Financial Officer, HVP Plantations
Michael Morton, Assistant Commissioner, Small Business Future Tax Administration, ATO
Rob Marshall, ICB General Manager - Community Engagement & Education, Institute Of Certified Bookkeepers
Yenny Dewi, Global Decision Support & Analytics (DSA) Strategy Lead, Sanofi
Wayne Stokes, Chair of the Risk & Audit Committee, City West Housing
Cissy Ma, Managing Director, Grow and Sell Your Biz
Peter Pontikis, CPA Ethics Center for Excellence, Antisthenes Investments
Kelly Slessor, Ecommerce and Digital Marketing expert, The Ecommerce Tribe
Darren Chinnappa, Partner, Nexia Australia
Sammi Wu, Finance Director & Executive Director - Australia & China, Epay Australia
Kev Ryan, Accounting Firm M&A - Buy, Sell & Merge, Kev Ryan
Tyler Caskey, Partner, TheBeanCounters
Pradhima Shyamsunder, Chief Financial Officer, KARI
Victor Guevara, Chief Financial Officer-Australia & New Zealand, Elanco
Natalie Lennon, Founder & Director, Two Sides Accounting and Two Sides Academy
Alexi Boyd, Panel Moderator, Small Biz Matters
Heather Smith, Founder, ANISE Consulting
Inbal Rodnay, AI Adoption
Tanuja Bissa, CFO, SDN Children’s Services
Kirsten Taylor-Martin, Partner, Grant Thornton Australia
Mason Dunn, Chief Financial Officer, Carbon Group
Trent Yesberg, Director, Regional Business Services
Stacie Shaw, Partner, PKF Newcastle & Sydney
Soonah Walkom, Head of Bookkeeping, We Love Bookkeeping
Tish Bhagwandeen, Director, Infinance Solutions
Emma Fabbro, Accountant, Fusion Accountants
Michelle Kvello, Director, Lantern Partners
Kyelie Baxter, Managing Director, IQ Accountants
Mary Delaney, CEO, Karbon
Julianna Nagy, Owner Founder, Horizon Accounts
Debbie Hatumale-Uy, Founder, Only the Sweet Stuff
Chris Wheatley, Director, Scope Accounting
Alyse Sue, Co-Founder, Transhumanism Australia
Natalia Clack, Director, Easy Super
Peter Adams, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Augmentors
Sukhy Bansal, Director and Virtual Chief Financial Officer, ERS Advisory
Kelly Berger, Director, Bookkeepers Support
Shelin David, Founder, CFOWorx
Sam Dean, Director, BlueprintHQ
Kelvin Deer, Director ABN, Australian Bookkeepers Network
James Carey, Director, Prime Partners
Melissa Foote, Managing Director, Bloom 8 Global
Sarah Clayton, Managing Director, Freshwater Taxation
Martin Cattach, Working Capital Strategist, Finance For Business
Nicole Lynch, Co-Founder and Senior Client Wrangler, Streamline Management
Paul Milbourne, Business Protection & Life Insurance Specialist, Milbourne Insurance Solutions
Divya Singh, Chief Financial Officer, Kerwin Rae
Stan Corner, CEO & Founder, Business Automation Works (ATOmate)
Peter Thorp, Director ABN, Australian Bookkeepers Network
Sharon McClafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Slipstream Group
Greg Russo, Principal Solicitor Accredited Specialist - Wills and Estates, Greg Russo Law
Craig West, CEO, Succession Plus
Myreeann Tchopourian, Founder & Managing Director, Chisholm Business Services
Dimitrios Salampasis, FinTech Capability Lead and Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies and FinTech, Swinburne University of Technology
Dale Dixon, Head of SME Growth, MYOB
Sonya Jacobsen, owner, Your Bookkeeping Angel
Rachael Lewis, Senior Lecturer, Business School, School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, University of NSW
Sherlin Samaraweera, Principal Accountant & Bookkeeper, SDS Accounting & Bookkeeping Solutions
Denise Twigger, Owner Director, BAS and Balances
Simone Palfreyman, Principal, Palfreyman Chartered Accountant
Justus Siage, Head of Solutioning, Sage ANZ
Daniel Foo, Partner, TheBeanCounters
Carly Chant, CFO, AllianceSI
Sonia Gibson, Director, Accounting Heart
Sandra D'Souza, CEO and Founder, Ellect
Kaustubh Vazalwar, Director - Cyber Security & Privacy Risk Services, RSM Australia
Carrie Li, Senior Internal Auditor, Rabobank
Gill Walker, CRM Success Catalyst, Opsis
Vicky Tang, Head of Learning, Tax Nuggets Academy
Lauren Thiel, Founder and CEO, The Real Thiel
Rebecca Buchanan, Founder, Straight Up Bookkeeping
Ryan Barnes, Managing Partner, Twiyo
Sarah Bauling, Business Communication Strategist, Perfect Pitch Guru
Brett Goodyer, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Business Valuations Online
Sara Goepel, Chief Product Officer, Karbon
Hacia Atherton, CEO, Hacia Atherton International
Harry Sanders, Founder, Studiohawk
Rich Coombes, Partner, Nexus Advisory
Michael Edelstein, Director, RecruitmentExpert
Karina Kouroutzoglou, CFO, Liberty Industrial
Amanda Gascoigne, Accounting Practice Coach, Amanda Gascoigne Consulting
Lielette Calleja, Director, business DEPOT
Ashlea Roach, Founder & Managing Director, People Co.
Benjamin MacNevin, Career Coach, Quarterlife Academy
Renee Cooper, Director, Indepth Accounting
Sally Prosser, Voice and Public Speaking Coach, Sally Prosser Voice
Ron Drost, CEO, ATO SmartDocs
Viraj Joshi, Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer
Kaushik Sridhar, Founder & CEO, ORKA Advisory
Simon Kaleski, Finance Executive, Speakify
Noel Tiufino, Managing Director, My Accounts
Sarah Lawrance, Founder, Hot Toast
Deborah Power, Chief Executive Officer, Your Finance Team
Jeff Andersen, Solutions Director – OIA, iManage
Clare Nash, Managing Director, Nash Recruitment Group
Andy Wang, Director, Clarico
Antoinette Colbran, Managing Director, Benchmark Experts
Amit Shah, Director, The Gild Group
Angus Sedgwick, Chief Executive Officer, OptiPay
Tom Gough, Country Manager, Sage Australia
Shervina Tjawir, Associate Director Finance, The University of Sydney
Nick Bhalla, Founder & CEO, NextGen
Lisa Yen, Principal, HyVu Advisory
Ben Cull, Co-Founder & CTO, Pinch Payments
Jacqui Gilligan, Director - Private Business Tax & Advisory, Grant Thornton
Elise Bentley, VP of Marketing, Tax Dome
Daniel Harrison, Chartered Accountant, Phocas Software
Dan Osborne, Director and Co-host of the Two Drunk Accountants Podcast, CATS Accountants
Kegan Kashian, Chief Executive, TCB Consulting
Adrian Beales, Country Director - Australia, Frontline Accounting
Andrew Quinn, CEO, AVA Advisory
David Chambers, Senior Solutions Consultant, Phocas Software
Sharon Francisco, Director, Sharon Francisco
Richard Johnsson, Founder & CEO, Clearitt
Rebecca Mihalic, Head of Accounting, Ignition, businessDEPOT
Dale Crosby, Director, CPD For Accountants
Clayton Oates, Creator, QA Business
Jo Bright, Partner, Evolution Advisers
Andy O'Meagher, Managing Director, Act2 Solutions
Loris Minassian, Chief Executive Officer, CyberStash
Rob Stoneham, ERP Specialist, Jcurve
Darin Tyson-Chan, Publisher, Editor, Benchmark Media
Glenn Castle, Product Domain Expert, Dext Australia
Justin Campbell, Product Expert, ApprovalMax
Tiana Tran, Director, GovReports
Sophie Pank, Head of Customer Obsession, rikta.ai
Emma Crichton, CEO, AutogenAI
Robert Quint, Head of Product Marketing, MYOB
Brent Szalay, Director - Strategic Advisor, Leaders in Business
Paul Franks, Partner, Business Advisory, Lambourne Partners
Mark Livingston, Director, Felcorp Accounting Support
Jonathan Ryall, Director and Co-founder, Frontline Accounting
Shawn Yang, CEO, BookWell
Michele Grisdale, Founder, Rainforest Bookkeeping Pty Limited
Paul Timms, CEO, VerifiMe, Verifime
Matthew Feehan, Chief Executive Officer, Prophet Advisory
Sam Lentini, Director, B4Tax
Tejas Gandhi, Managing Partner, Eternix Global
Vidhi Ashik Mody, Founder, Pinnacle Advisors
Tim Mullen, Co-Founder and CEO, Projuno
Michael Small, Head of Growth, APAC, Sage Australia
Micha Veen, MD & Founder, ESG Custodian
Smriti Ahuja, Director, Spectrum Accountings
Kresant Mahilall, Head of Sales, Cloudoffis
Shaun Stubley, Director And Business Owner, Air Accounting
Aleesha Bailey, Manager, RSM Australia
Greg Nicolle, Capability & Performance Manager, Thryv
Joyce Ong, Co-founder, Tax Nuggets Academy
Martin Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Realise Business
Shrikant Prasad, Chief Executive Officer, SHABAAS
Bryan Sng, COO, Simple AI
Danielle Creet, Senior Sales Coach, Thryv
Leigh Gatherer, Solution Consultant Team Leader, MYOB
Jamie Cousins, General Manager, iaAutomate
Gabriel Costa, Project Director, Terrapinn
Amanda Liversage, Conference Producer, Terrapinn