Alison Cameron

Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance
Youi

Alison Cameron is the Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance for Youi Insurance. She is a passionate advocate for financial literacy within the community and social justice.  Having recently won the ANZIIF 2022 Making a Difference Award for her work on the Indigenous Financial Framework.  

Her philosophy is to be inclusive, and community focused on everything she does in insurance. Specially focusing on making insurance accessible, affordable, and relevant to all communities. Alison specializes in Governance, Risk and Compliance innovation and has been instrumental in her regulatory work across Government and large insurance corporations. She is Board Director for Basketball Australia and Chair of the Women’s National Basketball League Commission. In her free time Alison is lead singer in two rock bands.

Sema Whittle

General Manager, Corporate Governance and Sustainability
Allianz

Sema Whittle is the general manager responsible for Corporate Governance and Sustainability at Allianz Australia. She is passionate about organisations that lead with purpose, for the benefit of all stakeholders. Sema leads change by helping Allianz Australia and its customers transition towards net zero, supporting customers experiencing vulnerability and strengthening organisational conduct. Sema is also Chair of KU Children’s Services and co-author of two novels that inspire girls to be brave.

Shilpa Strong

Chief Executive Officer
Tokio Marine Management Australasia

Shilpa S. Strong is an accomplished C-Suite Executive who combines visionary leadership with execution to successfully grow businesses. In the past 12 months, as chief executive officer for Tokio Marine Australasia, she has rebuilt the company starting with talent and culture, establishing a new leadership team, and implementing transparency, new tools, and methods. Her 22+ years of insurance and reinsurance cross-functional expertise in strategy development, assessments of businesses, new markets and new products, financial planning, large scale transformations, intelligent automation and robotics speaks to her passion for growth and change. Shilpa has worked for AIG, Swiss Re, Munich Re, and Quanta Capital. She has lived and worked in India, Switzerland, Canada, USA and Australia.

Tiina Carpenter

Head of Operations
Freely

Tiina is three years into her role as the Head of Operations for Freely – a digital travel insurance scale-up based in Australia. Prior to Freely, Tiina built her career in the insurance industry, holding operational and consulting roles in more than 10 multinational multi-line insurers across Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Tiina is passionate about continuously improving customer and employee experiences within organisations. She is dedicated to using fact-based insights, logical and intuitive problem-solving techniques, combined with delivery capabilities to drive changes.

Outside of work, Tiina is dreaming of finding balance between family life and playing her favourite sport – beach volleyball.

Jaydon Burke-Douglas

General Counsel & Head of Operations
Prorisk

Jaydon Burke-Douglas joined ProRisk in April 2019 and is currently employed as Head of Operations & General Counsel. He has spearheaded ProRisk’s transformation over the last 4 years into becoming one of Australia’s leading, technology enabled underwriting agencies. Jaydon has re-written every product from the ground up and redesigned ProRisk’s rating model for platform delivery. He is a qualified solicitor, member of the Law Society of New South Wales, is admitted to practice law in the High Court of Australia, Supreme Court of New South Wales and holds an unrestricted Practicing Certificate. He is an insurance professional with over 15 years experience in the insurance industry. He has a wealth of knowledge from his experience in claims management, product design, underwriting and legal roles at some of Australia’s largest insurers. His most recent role was as General Counsel & Company Secretary for the DUAL Asia Pacific Group entities. He has a passion for helping policyholders and brokers navigate the complex world of insurance by simplifying processes, demystifying the bureaucracy of the decision making processes and making insurance products easier to understand. Jaydon is a member of the Australian Insurance Law Association, The Australian Professional Indemnity Group and an Associate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Chris Carydias

Founder and Managing Director
Lexicon an Endava Company

Christopher Carydias, Founder and Managing Director of Lexicon, an Endava company, has over 23 years of experience in the Technology industry, holding various roles across software engineering, senior management, and advisory positions in several startups. In 2016, Chris founded Lexicon, a multi-award winning Australian-based technology consulting, design, and engineering firm. Within 6 years, Lexicon grew rapidly to over 150 people, helping Financial Services and Insurance businesses build new digital solutions and accelerate digital transformation programs across enterprise systems, products and IoT. In 2022, Lexicon was acquired by Endava, a global technology services provider, and today Chris holds an Australian leadership position in the business.