Avetta Summit Sydney 2025

Nathan Farr

Leadership and Culture,
LKS Quaero Pty Ltd

Nathan is driven to support leaders to develop the skills essential for meeting today’s challenges and sustaining an effective organisation for the long term. With a background in rail, he has extensive experience in industrial relations, organisational development, and organisational learning. More recently, he has been involved in organisational transformation programs focusing on delivering safe, customer-focused operations.

Nicholas Arcifa

Product Manager,
Avetta

Nicholas Arcifa is the Product Manager for Worksite Safety at Avetta, where he leads WSS product roadmap strategy by combining his technical expertise with real-world industry experience. As a qualified Health, Safety and Environment professional, Nicholas has consulted across multiple industries on projects ranging from remote power station shutdowns to HSE Management System implementations. Since rejoining Avetta in 2020, Nicholas has worked across various business areas at Avetta before transitioning to the Product Team, where he leverages his HSE background to guide the development of solutions that matter.

Matt Schläpfer

Senior Consultant,
Fisher Improvement Technologies

Matt has spent the last 16 years working in global high-risk/high reliability industry to improve the performance of individuals and organisations with a key focus on delivering safety and reliability outcomes.

In this time, he has worked with multiple companies in various industries bringing an implementation mentality to consulting, along with a recognised capability to make concepts practically applicable at all levels.

Matt has extensive experience developing leadership capability, improving organisational communications, delivering Human and Organisational Performance Improvement systems, implementing corrective action programs, and educating people.

As an effective keynote presenter, he excels in delivering complex content to large groups of people.

Hana Chadburn

Specialist - Systems,
Whitehaven Coal Limited

Hana is a Systems Specialist with expertise in delivering HSE and risk management platforms across the resource sector. At Whitehaven Coal, she oversees the full lifecycle of complex system implementations, driving stakeholder alignment, vendor collaboration, data migration, user enablement, and organisational change. Her work enhances operational integrity by elevating data quality, optimising critical processes, and embedding compliance and performance into core business practices.

Colin Davies

General Manager, Sustainability and ESG,
ReGen Strategic

Colin Davies is an environmental scientist and sustainability professional with over 15 years of diverse experience in resources, infrastructure and industrial projects across Australia, Europe and South-East Asia. As General Manager, of ReGen Strategic, a partner of Avetta, Colin leads the Sustainability and ESG practice.

One of Colin’s key strengths is his ability to develop effective and strategic solutions to environmental and social issues and communicate these to a wide range of stakeholders.

His knowledge on the application of ESG/sustainable development principles and safeguards stems from more than a decade as an independent reviewer, auditor and technical specialist for due diligence and compliance assessments of new and expanded developments. This experience has given Colin specialist knowledge of International Finance Institutions’ (IFI) Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, Equator Principles and ISO14001. Colin has worked on a range of high capital sustainable investment projects for some of the world’s leading international financial institutions including the World Bank, International Finance Corporation and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

At ReGen Colin primarily focuses on the delivery of sustainability and ESG maturity assessments, materiality assessments, strategy development and reporting for a range of clients spanning multiple sectors.

Prior to joining ReGen Strategic, Colin has held the positions of Principal Consultant / Scientist, General Manager and Executive Manager for a number of reputable local and international sustainability and environmental and social consultancies.

Colin’s ESG and sustainable development experience is underpinned by a Master of Science in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. Colin is also an Exemplar Global Certified Lead Environmental Auditor and has completed a plethora of statutory legal compliance audits.

Craig Hagan

Head of Training & Safety Culture,
Yancoal Australia

Craig Hagan is a transformational business leader with more than 30 years of executive experience across mining, logistics, transport, and government. Recognised in the PEX Process Excellence Top 50 Transformational Leaders 2025and as an Avetta Global Change Maker, he is known for embedding values-driven culture and workforce capability into enterprise-wide strategy. At Yancoal Australia, Craig has led the enterprise-wide Capability & Learning Strategy for 11,000+ personnel across nine operations, building on the success of his Safe Way Culture Strategy, which delivered a 31% reduction in TRIFR, a 96% culture engagement score, and more than $13M in workers’ compensation savings.

Rebecca McPhee

Field Systems Lead,
Transgrid

Rebecca McPhee is the Field Systems Lead at Transgrid, where she brings a deep understanding of the electricity industry and a passion for data-driven systems. With experience across multiple areas of the business, she leads a high-performing team of business administrators focused on delivering seamless, high-quality user experiences through integrated systems and refined processes.

Kristy Wilkin

Head of Safety and Wellbeing,
David Jones

Kristy is a safety leader with over 20 years’ experience across FMCG, transport and retail sectors. With frontline and executive expertise, she is curious and passionate about engaging people to support dynamic Safety & Wellbeing solutions.

Sam Robinson

Managing Director,
LKS Quaero Pty Ltd

Sam helps leaders succeed by connecting people, relationships, systems, and structures. He has worked across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, implementing and guiding organisational transformation programs. A former lawyer, he brings a breadth of expertise, including internal organisational system design, risk management, and compliance as well as individual development and leadership potential.

David Fisher

Contract Delivery & Scheduling BU Manager, Safety Delivery & Operations,
Ausgrid

David has a long career at Ausgrid, starting as an apprentice and progressing through to senior leadership roles across project, program, and contract management. Currently, as the Contract Support and Scheduling Manager, he oversees functions related to contract support, including the management of contract KPIs and systems that facilitate contractor engagement and safety transparency, with Avetta as a key component. His team also manages critical supplier relationships and services – ranging from traffic management and excavation to crane operations, plant hire, and specialist activities such as helicopter lifting – all essential to constructing and maintaining Ausgrid’s network. A cornerstone of his work is contractor pre-qualification, a fundamental part of Ausgrid’s Health and Safety Management System, ensuring a consistent standard of competency and compliance across the workforce.

Luke Boyle

VP, Operations (APAC),
Avetta

Luke Boyle is an executive leader championing safety and compliance across Avetta’s Asia Pacific operations. As VP Operations, Luke manages cross functional efforts to enhance the overall experience of customers on the Avetta network, increase derived value from Avetta membership, and reduce overall complexity and effort associated with achieving compliance for suppliers and their workers. Before joining Avetta, Luke was the Chief Customer Officer for Pegasus. He spent more than 20 years in banking in various roles prior to that, including Head of Australia for Regional Small Business and Agribusiness Connect at the National Australia Bank. In his time working across Sales and Operations, he has led many successful high performing teams looking after a variety of customers.

Sharon Macquarie

Head of Global Training,
Avetta

As Head of Global Training at Avetta, Sharon Macquarie leads enterprise-level strategies that lift workforce capability, embed compliance, and deliver measurable value. From competency frameworks to scalable digital learning, her team’s solutions support clients in building safer, smarter operations across high-risk sectors. With 20+ years as Director of iSkills (now Avetta NZ), Sharon brings deep domain knowledge in Infrastructure, Utilities, and Facilities Management, alongside proven governance and executive leadership experience. She has a particular interest in aligning training systems with business risk, performance, and safety outcomes. Sharon is passionate about helping organisations shift from reactive compliance to proactive capability—whether that’s through board-level resource strategy, innovative training programme design or implementation of competency management systems.

Barb Newby

Manager, QHSE & Audit Services,
Avetta

With more than 30 years of industry knowledge, Barb Newby understands the evolving risk landscape – from ESG and sustainability to psychosocial safety – and the impact on people and safety culture. As a QHSE & Auditing Services Manager for Avetta, Barb is committed to ensuring health, safety, and environmental sustainability is paramount. Leveraging a strategic blend of expertise in infrastructure projects and operations, her role is central to driving compliance and fostering a culture of safety across the Asia-Pacific region. At the heart of Barb's work lies a passion for improving organisational safety practices and reducing environmental impact. She's pioneered innovative approaches to auditing, setting industry standards while simultaneously prioritising the well-being of our teams and the communities we serve.

Cindy Cavickas

Director, CSM (APAC),
Avetta

Cindy Cavickas has been with Avetta since 2015, bringing a strong background in supplier support management and a deep understanding of operational excellence. Currently serving as Director of Client Success for APAC, Cindy leads initiatives to ensure clients achieve maximum value from Avetta’s solutions. Her role encompasses overseeing client onboarding, driving engagement and retention, and fostering long-term partnerships through proactive support and tailored success plans. Cindy is passionate about building high-performing teams and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Edwin Chan

Director, Account Management (APAC),
Avetta

Edwin joined Avetta in 2014 when the company began its expansion into the APAC region. Since this time, he has worked across multiple areas of the business supporting vendor onboarding through to implementation and account management. As Director, Account Management, Edwin works closely with Avetta clients and the wider team to support client deployment, growth and success.

Hollie Rowsell

Team Lead, Solution Engineering,
Avetta

Hollie Rowsell is the Team Lead, Solution Engineering at Avetta APAC. Hollie has more than 15 years of experience in helping organisations transform the way they engage their customers to drive success. She has worked across multiple regions including Australia, Asia, North America, and the United Kingdom, representing global rapid-growth tech companies.

Hollie is passionate about being at the forefront of technology, helping businesses to eliminate obstacles and solve real world problems. Her versatile background spans solution engineering, system integration, customer success and management roles, providing a holistic understanding of client needs and industry dynamics, including but not limited to aviation, healthcare, finance, education, manufacturing, public sector, and technology.

Previously Hollie has presented on keynote panels discussing sustainability, aligning ESG initiatives with Health and Safety goals. She has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions and driving business growth for diverse customers. Her skill set includes strategic consulting, technical proficiency, and client relationship management, helping organisations seeking to thrive in today’s competitive market landscape through the advocating and adoption of SaaS, machine learning and AI.