Speakers

Deputy Director-General Catherine Burn has had a distinguished 34 year career with the New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) reaching the rank of Deputy Commissioner. Her career encompassed many areas across the NSWPF including general policing, detectives, homicide, major crime, organised crime, internal affairs, counter terrorism and corporate areas. Catherine also commanded Local Police Commands, Region Commands and many major events and emergencies. In April 2018 Catherine was appointed Deputy Director-General Capability, Corporate Management and Transformation.

Following a 15-year career as a Federal Agent in the Australian Federal Police, where he established Australia’s High Tech Crime Centre, Alastair held senior cyber security and safety roles across the private sector, including head of eBay’s Asia Pacific Trust & Safety team.

Dennis James Richardson, AC (born 14 May 1947) is an Australian retired public servant and diplomat. His last appointment was Secretary of the Department of Defence (2012–17). In 1969 Dennis Richardson commenced what would prove to be an outstanding career in the Australian Public Service. Between 1969 and 1986, he had various positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs, including postings to Kenya, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

Former Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins is an experienced Senior Executive who has led New South Wales Police Force specialist tactical, operational and strategic intelligence capability. He held the position of Deputy Chair of the National Criminal Intelligence Capability Committee which led the coordination of law enforcement and security intelligence for the Commonwealth.

Jacinta is a Senior Executive within AUSTRAC’s leadership team, and a specialist in intelligence tradecraft, tools, data and governance. Jacinta leads AUSTRAC’s Intelligence Capability Branch, responsible for the strategy and delivery of AUSTRAC’s FIU of the Future and is a strong advocate of continuous improvement and driving the training and tradecraft uplift of intelligence professionals.

Phil is one of Australia's preeminent thought leaders in law enforcement, intelligence and national security. For over 34 years in the Australian Federal Police, he played a key role in many of Australia's most important law enforcement programs and initiatives. Phil is the President of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers and a member of the School of Justice Advisory Committee at the Queensland University of Technology.

Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness, CSC was appointed as Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator and leads national cyber security policy, the coordination of responses to major cyber incidents, whole of government cyber incident preparedness efforts, and the strengthening of Commonwealth cyber security capability. LTGEN McGuinness has served in the Australian Defence Force for 30 years in a range of tactical, operational, and strategic roles in Australia and internationally.

Dr Elsina Wainwright AM is Senior Strategic Adviser, Assessments at the Office of National Intelligence (ONI).

Ben Kite was commissioned into the British Army’s Intelligence Corps in 1990, retiring in 2022 as a Major General. During his thirty-two year career he worked on intelligence, Security and Cyber issues both in the UK as well on deployments to Germany, the United States, Belize, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dave Kramer is a Behavioural Scientist who has dedicated his life to empowering people to contribute to community safety, since the tragic loss of hisbest friend, Hannah Clarke, and her children in 2020. As sought after speaker and ambassador for Small Steps 4 Hannah, Dave brings a unique blend of honesty, personal narrative, and evidence-based violence prevention research to address critical issues such as masculinity, gender-based violence prevention, and respectful relationships. Dave’s heartfelt message of personal accountability resonates deeply, rallying all others to collectively contribute to community safety.

Tracy is a former Deputy Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (QPS). During her six years as a Deputy Commissioner, she held executive responsibility for the Crime, Counter Terrorism & Specialist Operations portfolio.  In this role she was responsible for the delivery of expert specialist & investigative support, & strategy direction in the areas of organised crime, counter-terrorism, youth justice, ethical standards, intelligence & specialist operations. She has a combined experience of over 39 years in both the Victorian Police & the QPS.

Samantha Rush helps teams make decision better by unravelling complexity and facilitating decision making that challenges thinking and safeguards psychological safety. She is an experienced Corporate Executive, Company Director, and Advisor who believes in the importance of making a positive impact. Samantha’s current work as a speaker, facilitator and consultant focuses on connecting an organisation’s people, system, information and processes in a way that helps to smooth out the decision-making continuum.