The 2019 BFSO Conference

Crossroads: The 2019 Banking and Finance Conference

Financial Services is at a crossroads. And the Banking and Financial Services Oath invited current and future leaders to be part of the discussion, to think critically about how they can ethically navigate those crossroads, at their Conference on Thursday 8 August 2019.

How can tomorrow's leaders contribute to a positive future? How do individuals find balance in decision making and maintain their integrity? This is a conference for individuals seeking a balanced view at this defining moment for the industry, and an understanding of the role they can play to positively drive it.

Speakers included:

  • The Regulators: APRA Chair Wayne Byres and ACCC Chair Rod Sims
  • The Philosophers and Ethicists: Dr Simon Longstaff and Dr Leslie Cannold
  • The Professors: Dr Walter Jarvis, UTS and Dr Kym Sheehan, Sydney University
  • The CEOs: Kat Dunn, Grameen Australia and Catriona Wallace, Flamingo AI
  • The Directors: Jacqui Coombs, Director, Bunnings NZ and Shade Zahrai, InfluenCEO
  • The Disrupters: Lisa Schutz, Verifier and Joseph Healy, Judo Bank

Related media coverage

AFR article, 5 December 2018: Clubby directors in 'bubble of sweet content' have no understanding of customers

PANEL: Ethics of Data with Lisa Schutz, Tony Ohlsson, Moderator, Susheela Peres da Costa

PANEL: WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS? WITH ALEXIS GEORGE, JOHN ATKIN, PRU BENNETT, MODERATED BY HOLLY KRAMER

PANEL: Dignity and the wellbeing of employees and society with June Smith, Margo Lydon, Dr Kym Sheehan, Moderator, Pauline Vamos

Shade Zahrai: Five generations in one workplace

Carol Austin: Setting the scene of financial services in Australia

Katrina Dunn: Can Capitalism be saved?

Dr Tim Dean: Moral courage

PANEL: Dignity and the wellbeing of employees and society with June Smith, Margo Lydon, Dr Kym Sheehan, Moderator, Pauline Vamos

Anna Bligh (ABA): Responsible lending

PANEL: Fireside chat with Simon Longstaff, Rod Sims (ACCC), Karen Chester (ASIC) & Wayne Byres (APRA)

Leslie Cannold: What do rotting fish have to do with it?

Wayne Byres (APRA): Is self-regulation dead?

 

The Oath

  • Trust is the foundation of my profession.
  • I will serve all interests in good faith.
  • I will compete with honour.
  • I will pursue my ends with ethical restraint.
  • I will help create a sustainable future.
  • I will help create a more just society.
  • I will speak out against wrongdoing and support others who do the same.
  • I will accept responsibility for my actions.
  • In these and all other matters;
    My word is my bond.