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2021 Australian Dialogue on Bribery
and Corruption
Responsible business conduct through integrated risk
management

Speaker and Facilitator Biographies

James Anderson
Lead Governance Specialist, The World Bank
Appears in: The interconnectedness of corruption and human rights risks
James Anderson (Jim) is a Lead Governance Specialist and Global Lead on Anticorruption for the World
Bank. Jim started his career as a development economist in Mongolia where he lived from 1993 through
1997, researching institutional reform, the informal sector, and the impacts of large-scale privatization. In
1997, Jim took his interest in institutions and empirical tools and began to apply them to governance
challenges, notably anticorruption and judicial reform, in the transition countries of central and eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. He moved to Vietnam in 2008 and focused his attention on access
to information, transparency, anticorruption, and human rights. Jim served as the Country Manager for
Mongolia from 2014 through August 2018, supporting the World Bank’s program in all fields. Since
returning to Washington in 2018, Jim has led the Bank’s anticorruption work in the Governance Global
Practice. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland and did his undergraduate
studies at UMBC.

Rosemary Bisset
Head of Sustainability, Governance and Risk, National Australia Bank
Appears in: Practical insights into developing and implementing an integrated risk and compliance
approach
Rosemary Bissett is Head of Sustainability, Governance and Risk at National Australia Bank. She has
responsibility for the integration of ESG (environmental, social and governance) risk into the NAB Group’s
risk management framework and for ESG-related disclosures, such as those relating to human rights and
climate change. This includes coordinating NAB’s work on climate risk. Rosemary is a director of North
East Water and Sustainable Business Australia. She is also a member of a number of advisory boards and
committees including: the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Advisory Board, the National
Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Research Hub Steering Committee, United Nations
Environment Program Finance Initiative Banking Committee and the Natural Capital Coalition’s Advisory
Panel and Biodiversity Steering Group. Rosemary has previously worked as a Board Secretary for a
Victorian Government agency and in various roles in the water industry. She has an MBA and Master of
Applied Science in analytical chemistry.

Cath Bozanich
Manager of Sustainability, Fortescue Metals Group
Appears in: Practical insights into developing and implementing an integrated risk and compliance
approach
Cath Bozanich joined Fortescue in 2008 and was appointed Manager Sustainability at Fortescue in 2019,
bringing extensive experience in sustainability and environmental management to the role with particular
expertise in the areas of climate change, human rights, biodiversity and waste management. She is a
member of the Climate Change and Sustainability Committee and has been instrumental in driving
Fortescue’s success in this area. She holds a Bachelor degree in science from the University of Western
Australia and has recently completed her MBA with Curtin University.

James Campbell
Partner—Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response
James is a disputes and investigations partner, providing legal and strategic advice in relation to risk and
compliance advisory, regulatory investigations and the defence of class actions.

He works with major Australian companies navigating complex matters with multiple investigating
agencies (including ASIC, APRA, the AFP, Parliamentary Inquiries and Royal Commissions), concurrent
class actions and commercial disputes.
In risk and compliance advisory work James specialises in anti-bribery and corruption advice and advice
concerning the Banking Executive Accountability Regime.
James's clients include Macquarie Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac and CIMIC Group.

Jonathan Drimmer
Partner – Litigation, Paul Hastings
Appears in: Keynote Address: Crystalising ESG obligations: the convergence of anti-corruption and other
due diligence obligations
Jonathan Drimmer is a partner in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings LLP, and co-chair of the
firm’s ESG Risk, Strategy and Compliance practice. He has been recognised as one of the world’s leading
attorneys on business and human rights and a recognized expert on anti-corruption. He is a frequent
speaker, author and commentator on both areas. Before joining Paul Hastings, he was Deputy General
Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Barrick Gold, one of the world's largest mining companies. The
human rights and anti-corruption programs he built at Barrick have served as an industry standard, and
elements of both have largely been duplicated by numerous other companies inside and outside of the
extractive sector. He has directed hundreds of investigations around the world related to anti-corruption
and human rights, has represented companies and individuals in numerous government enforcement
proceedings in the U.S. and overseas, and has participated in dozens of major disputes in the U.S.,
Canada, and abroad. He is a former Deputy Director within the criminal division of the U.S. Department of
Justice, and in addition to Paul Hastings, is a Strategic Advisor for the Secretariat of the Voluntary
Principles on Security and Human Rights, a Senior Advisor to the consultancy Business for Social
Responsibility (BSR), and the North American Advisor to the Global Business Initiative (GBI). He recently
was named Independent Monitor of the Kakuzi Operational Grievance Mechanism in Kenya, following a
legal settlement between the company and 85 claimants alleging security-related human rights abuses.

Victoria Eastwood
Senior Associate — Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response
Victoria specialises in corporate criminal and regulatory investigations and commercial disputes. She has
worked on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters across multiple sectors, including
conducting major investigations into allegations of foreign bribery and anti-money laundering and counter
-terrorism financing (AML/CTF). She has also advised on compliance with anti-bribery, AML/CTF, foreign
interference legislation, business and human rights (including modern slavery), and sanctions in relation
to transaction-based due diligence, designing risk assessments and compliance frameworks to address
those risks, and conducting policy and procedure reviews.

Jessye Freeman
Senior Associate — Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response
Jessye is a Senior Associate in Allens' Melbourne Disputes and Investigations Team. She has a broad risk
and compliance advisory practice, covering ABC and business human rights issues. Jessye also has
experience in complex foreign bribery and AML/CTF compliance investigations. Prior to joining Allens,
Jessye worked at New York University's Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice and as a judge's
associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Debbie Goodin BEC FCA MAICD
Chair, Atlas Arteria Limited. Director and Chair, Audit and Risk Committee, APA Group. Director and Chair,
Audit and Risk Committee, Australian Pacific Airports Corporation

Appears in: Spotlight on culture: embedding ethical leadership and a holistic risk and compliance approach
Debbie is an experienced and highly regarded non-executive director having come from a successful
career in the corporate and consulting world. Debbie is currently Chair (and former Chair of Audit and Risk
and Chair of People and Remuneration) of Atlas Arteria Limited, an ASX100 owner and operator of toll
roads in Europe and the US; director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of APA Group; an ASX 50
energy and infrastructure company, and a director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of
Australian Pacific Airports Corporation, the owner of Melbourne and Launceston Airports. Prior to this
Debbie was director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for Senex Energy Limited, Ooh Media
Limited, TEN Network Limited, Beyond Australia Bank, Mt Hotham Resort Management, Doutta Galla
Aged Care; and the Breast Cancer Network of Australia.
Debbie has diverse executive experience in operations, finance, risk management, M&A and corporate
services. She has worked globally, and in both the public and private sectors. Debbie has a Bachelor of
Economics degree, is a Chartered Accountant and has deep experience in finance, audit and risk
management.

Jacki Johnson
Co-Chair, Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. Non-Executive Director, Community First Credit Union.
Co-Chair, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative
Appears in: Stakeholder demand for an integrated risk and compliance approach
Jacki is passionate about the role finance can play in ensuring a sustainable and resilient Australia.

In 2019 Jacki retired from her Group Executive role with Insurance Australia Group where she had
successfully held several Group executive roles including CEO CGU Business Partners, CEO The Buzz (a
start up insurer in 2009), CEO New Zealand and Group Executive People, Performance and Culture.
Through the last 10 years Jacki has held industry representation roles such as President ICA NZ.
Jacki is now an advisor to the Group on Climate, Sustainability and Resilience. In this capacity she holds
the roles of Co-Chair United Nations Environment Financial Initiative, Co-Chair Australia Sustainable
Finance Initiative. Jacki is a Fellow of the AICD with previous directorships as Non-Executive Director
Workcover Authority, Executive Director of IAG NZ. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of
Community First Credit Union and member of the CFCU Board Corporate Governance subcommittee.
Jacki is also a member of Chief Executive Women.
In 2020 Jacki commenced her PhD Candidature at UOW focusing her research on the relationship
between Corporate Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, and the role
each play in Australian businesses creating stakeholder value. Her interest in this area of research was
strengthened during her role as CEO Insurance Australia Group New Zealand from 2010 to 2016, leading
the organisation and insurance industry through the period of earthquake recovery and significant market
change. Her additional roles during her time in NZ included President of the Insurance Council of NZ and
Chair of the Christchurch Recovery Chief Executive Forums.
During her career she has received external recognition for her skills in strategy, leadership, governance
and innovation. Most significantly in 2015 Jacki was recognised as NZ Herald Executive of the Year and
in 2010 received the Australian Business Awards for Innovation for the creation of The Buzz.

Steve Killelea AM
Founder and Chairperson, Institute for Economics and Peace
Appears in: Spotlight on culture: embedding ethical leadership and a holistic risk and compliance approach
Steve Killelea AM is a global philanthropist focused on peace and sustainable development, with a long,
successful career in high technology and international business development.
More than 20 years ago, he established The Charitable Foundation, now one of the largest private
overseas aid organisations based in Australia providing life-changing programs to some of the poorest
communities in the world.
He is the founder of the independent think tank the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and the
Global Peace Index (GPI), the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. IEP is a highly impactful
non-profit and non-partisan research institute known for innovative analysis on the relationship between
business, peace and economic development, used by many international organisations including the
United Nations and the World Bank. Steve serves on the President’s Circle for Club de Madrid, the largest
forum of former world leaders working to strengthen democracy. He is also an honorary president of
Religion for Peace, the world’s largest organisation working on inter-religious challenges.
As an entrepreneur in the high technology industry, Steve founded and built one of Australia’s leading
publicly listed IT companies. Integrated Research has a 30-year heritage providing its PROGNOSIS
performance monitoring software for business-critical computing and IP telephony environments.

Dr Attracta Lagan
Co-Principal, Managing Values Pty Ltd
Appears in: Spotlight on culture: embedding ethical leadership and a holistic risk and compliance approach

Dr Attracta Lagan is a leading Australian business ethicist who has worked extensively in the corporate
and government areas in Australia and throughout Asia. She draws on the latest research from behaviour
science to work alongside organisational leaders in designing preferred workplace cultures.
She has focused her attention on developing the social infrastructure necessary to embed risk
management to enable governance and accountability to become a shared responsibility throughout an
organisation.
Attracta has worked alongside the leaders of many major enterprises in Australia and Asia, helping Exco
teams measure and benchmark culture, draft organisational values and engage all organizational
members with their ethical accountabilities.

Serena Lillywhite
Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International Australia
Appears in: The interconnectedness of corruption and human rights risks

Serena Lillywhite is the Chief Executive Officer at Transparency International Australia.
Serena has had a 20-year career in responsible business conduct and is an experienced corporate
accountability practitioner, researcher and advocate. Serena is well known for her work on the social
dimensions of international business, particularly: governance, corruption, human rights, labour rights,
resettlement and gender. This has included work in the financial services sector, mining and the garment
and apparel sectors, and support to communities and civil society to secure their rights.
Serena holds a Masters in International Business from The University of Melbourne, and has authored
several corporate accountability publications. She has lived and worked in China and Cambodia, among
other countries, and has also had an extensive career in the education sector.

David Lines
Global Chief Compliance Officer, QBE Insurance Group
Appears in: Stakeholder demand for an integrated risk and compliance approach

As QBE’s Global Chief Compliance Officer, David is responsible for leading and managing QBE’s global
compliance program and overseeing the day-to-day operation of the Group Compliance team and its
Compliance Framework. The Global compliance function is also responsible for managing QBE’s Conduct
Risk, Risk Culture and Privacy – both the Group Head of Conduct and the Global Privacy Officer report into
the CCO.
As CCO, David reports into the Group Chief Risk Officer and reports on compliance matters at each
meeting of the Risk and Capital Committee of QBE’s Group Board and the Executive Risk Committee.
David has extensive experience in insurance and corporate law, ASX regulations, financial services,
consumer and business finance law, including the NCCP Act and National Credit Code.
Whilst a partner in private practice, David practiced corporate and insurance and reinsurance law
specializing in formations, corporate finance, corporate structuring, and general insurance regulatory
matters. David advised on a wide variety of matters for a client base dominated by Fortune 500
companies.

Caroline Marshall
Managing Associate—Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response

Caroline specialises in financial and corporate crime and has extensive experience advising clients in
relation to anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. She also advises clients
facing regulatory investigations into allegations of bribery, sanctions laws breaches, money laundering
and accounting fraud, and counsels clients on risk management and corporate compliance matters. She
has represented corporations, financial institutions and individuals in domestic and cross-border criminal
and regulatory investigations, including those brought by AUSTRAC, ASIC, the U.S. Department of Justice,
the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, the UK Serious Fraud Office and other regulators and
government agencies.

Cindy McNair
Managing Associate—Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response
Cindy specialises in large-scale contentious regulatory matters, corporate internal investigations and
commercial litigation, with a particular focus on corporate crime and misconduct. She has represented
multinational companies, financial institutions and individuals in connection with investigations and
proceedings brought by various international and domestic regulators involving allegations of bribery and
corruption, fraud, market manipulation, money laundering, sanctions violations and other financial
misconduct. Cindy also advises companies on a range of corporate compliance and risk management
issues.

Prior to joining Allens, Cindy spent over five years working in the White Collar Criminal Defence and
Government Investigations group at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

Dean Mitchell
Partner—Forensic, KPMG Australia
Appears in: Stakeholder demand for an integrated risk and compliance approach

Dean is a Partner in KPMG’s Forensic practice and leads anti-bribery and corruption services.
Over the past 20 years he has worked with global companies helping them build trust and shareholder
value. Dean works with leading companies responding to their biggest compliance challenges, including:

•       Fraud investigation, detection and prevention;
•       Foreign bribery compliance and response;
•       Forensic fraud and corruption analytics;
•       Anti-competitive behaviour compliance and response; and
•       Pre and post M&A compliance and integrity due diligence.
As regulatory compliance has grown in complexity, he has worked with global clients to build frameworks
to keep the companies, their boards and customers protected.

Dean has an unrelenting focus on building talented diverse teams; his clients operate across borders,
cultures and communities.

He builds teams that reflect this diversity and understand the unique fraud, bribery and compliance
challenges.

Rachel Nicolson
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Workstream Chair, GCNA. Partner – Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country and dialogue overview (Day 1); Practical insights into
developing and implementing an integrated risk and compliance approach ; Closing (Day 1); Welcome,
Acknowledgement of Country and workshop overview (Day 2); Reflections on AFP and
CDPP best practice guidelines on self-reporting of foreign bribery; Case Study.

Rachel is a Partner at Allens Linklaters (Allens), specialising in Commercial Litigation & Dispute
Resolution. Before joining Allens, Rachel spent several years managing law reform and other World Bank
and Australian government-funded development projects in the Asia region.
Rachel has particular expertise advising on global risk and compliance issues including anti-bribery,
sanctions, trade and investment laws and corporate human rights obligations. She works with clients on
the impact of these risks on company stakeholders including regulators, employees, customers, the
community and civil society. Rachel has particular expertise in resolving disputes with regulators or third
parties in a manner that maximises stakeholder relationships.
Rachel’s experience includes advising on legal issues in Australia and internationally, including the US,
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.

Meagan Pillinger
Corporate Governance and Compliance Manager, Fortescue Metals Group
Appears in: Practical insights into developing and implementing an integrated risk and compliance
approach
Meagan is a Governance and Compliance Professional, specialising in Anti-Bribery and Corruption and
Sanctions Compliance. Her career encompasses experience across the international oil and gas and
mining sectors, spending most of her time at INPEX Corporation, before moving on to Mineral Resources
and then to Fortescue Metals Group where she reports direct to the Company Secretary as the Manager
Corporate Governance and Compliance. Meagan’s work has involved the development and
implementation of global Anti-Bribery and Corruption and Sanctions Compliance programs, and the
management of international Whistleblower systems.
Meagan has a double degree in Commerce (majoring in Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting) and
Communications (majoring in English and Communications) from the University of Western Australia.
She completed her post-graduate studies with the Governance Institute of Australia, obtaining a Graduate
Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance. Recently, Meagan became a Certified Fraud Examiner,
completing her qualification with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Meagan is passionate about the role that anti-corruption plays in eliminating social and economic
injustice and promoting global peace and security.

Kylie Porter
Executive Director, Global Compact Network Australia
Appears in: Closing (Day 1); Closing (Day 2)

Kylie Porter is the Executive Director of the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA); the Australian
Local Network of the UN Global Compact. Kylie is a sustainability expert and business leader holding
particular expertise in delivering and implementing responsible business and corporate responsibility
strategies and policies and guiding businesses on reputation risk management for ESG issues.
Kylie leads a team of experts across the fields of business and human rights, the transition to net zero,
the SDGs and bribery prevention. During her tenure, membership of the GCNA has doubled, and over
A$1.5 million of funding has been secured. Previously, Kylie spent most of her career in the financial
services sector in Australia, the UK and Singapore.
Kylie is a member of the Australian Government’s Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group and is the Chair-
alternate for the UN Global Compact’s Regional Network Council (Asia-Oceania). She holds a Bachelor of
Business, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Science (International Development). Kylie is a Graduate
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Anita Ramasastry
Professor of Law, University of Washington. Member, United Nations Working Group on Business and
Human Rights
Appears in: Keynote Address: Crystalising ESG obligations: the convergence of anti-corruption and other
due diligence obligations; The interconnectedness of corruption and human rights risks
Professor Anita Ramasastry is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Laws and Director of the Graduate
Program in Sustainable International Development at the University of Washington School of Law.
Ramasastry is a member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights. She
teaches and researches in the fields of anti-corruption, business and human rights and law and
development. Ramasastry is also a Co-Editor in Chief of the Business and Human Rights Journal and a
founder and President of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association.

Ben Rix
Head of Anti-Bribery and Corruption, National Australia Bank
Appears in: Practical insights into developing and implementing an integrated risk and compliance
approach
Ben Rix is the Head of NABs Anti-Bribery and Corruption Unit and has over 20 years’ experience working
in Fraud and Financial Crime. Working predominately within banking, but also as a service provider to
various industries, including Government and Insurance, Ben specialises in the prevention, detection and
investigation / response for Integrity matters.
At NAB Ben has been responsible for building a first line of defence operational unit; uplifting
preventative controls, implementing detective controls and responding to events specifically relating to
bribery, corruption and the broader insider crime environment.
Ben works closely with all other risk partners across the bank as bribery and corruption have intrinsic
connections to other types of risk. Specifically, financial crime risk, fraud risk, conduct risk and supplier
risk; and describes having an integrated risk and compliance approach as ‘just common sense’.

Jeldee Robertson
Financial Crimes Specialist, Australian Federal Police
Appears in: Reflections on AFP and CDPP best practice guidelines on self-reporting of foreign bribery

Jeldee Robertson joined the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in 2019 as a Financial Crime Specialist. In
that role, Jeldee works on the AFP’s fraud and corruption investigations with a key focus being foreign
bribery investigations and associated corporate resolutions under the Self-Reporting Guideline.

Prior to joining the AFP, Jeldee worked for more than 10 years as a prosecutor with the Commonwealth
Director of Public Prosecutions. During her time at the CDPP Jeldee specialised in complex fraud and
corruption prosecutions. Jeldee was the case officer at the CDPP for the Securency and Note Printing
Australia matters which were Australia’s first ever foreign bribery prosecutions. Jeldee also chaired the
CDPP’s Foreign Bribery Focus Group.
Prior to joining the CDPP Jeldee worked as an Associate at the Federal Court of Australia and as a
solicitor and articled clerk at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (as it then was).

Annika Wythes
Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Appears in: The interconnectedness of corruption and human rights risks

Annika is the UNODC Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser in the Pacific under the joint UNODC-UNDP Pacific
Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project and the designated UNODC Representative in the Pacific.
She has been with UNODC working on corruption since March 2009, previously at Headquarters and
since 2013, in the Pacific. Prior to joining UNODC, she worked for law firms in Australia and the
Netherlands (Clayton Utz and Greenberg Traurig, LLP), as well as briefly at the ICC Arbitration Court and
with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.
Annika is a lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences from the
University of Sydney, a Master in Public International Law from the University of Leiden and a Master in
Public Policy from the University of Oxford, where she was a Public Service Scholar.

Andrew Wilcock
Senior Associate—Disputes and Investigations, Allens
Appears in: Workshop Part I: Evaluating adequate procedures and identifying gaps; Workshop Part
II: Mapping out an incident response
Andrew specialises in corporate criminal and regulatory investigations, and has conducted investigations
into allegations of fraud and foreign bribery, and advised on compliance with anti-bribery, anti-money
laundering, business and human rights and economic sanctions laws in relation mergers and
acquisitions, new country entry and individual transactions. Andrew also specialises in complex
commercial disputes. Andrew is admitted to legal practice in the United States as well as Australia, and
spent time working at a white-shoe law firm in New York. Andrew holds a Master of Laws from Columbia
Law School in New York City, where he graduated with highest honours.