Project Description

Delivery Summit

The Delivery Summit’s key objective is to spotlight great delivery across the market, featuring guest speakers and participants in an interactive day of discussions and insights. We’re delighted to announce that Seven Consulting’s 6th Annual Delivery Summit will be back in Melbourne on Thursday, 29th of May, 2025. This year’s theme, “Insight to Impact,” focuses on moving beyond theoretical knowledge to real outcomes.

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Agenda

MORNING AGENDA

08:00AM Coffee and Breakfast
08:45AM Welcome to Summit, Introduction to Seven Consulting & Overview of Agenda – Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting) & Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting)
09:00AM KEYNOTE: INSIGHTS OF GREAT SPONSORS – Mick O’Brien (EQT), Cameron McLean (Former GMHBA) & Rob Thomsett (Seven Consulting), facilitated by Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting)
09:50AM PANEL: The Evolution of Program Delivery: Has it truly improved?
– Darren Abbruzzese (NAB), Glenn Waterson (AGL), Jane Harford (Former Melbourne Girls Grammar) & Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting) (Facilitator)
10:45AM Morning Tea
11:10AM Introduction to Seven Consulting’s Portfolio Optimisation, Pathfinder and PRISM Tools – Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting)
11:25AM  BREAKOUT SESSION:
MAIN ROOM: Drive Project Success Through Metrics That Matter – Louise Ford (Seven Consulting)
ROOM 3: The loss of critical path management – Gareth James (Seven Consulting)
ROOM 5: Maturing an In-House Change Function for Improved Impact – Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting)

AFTERNOON AGENDA

12:10PM LUNCH
1:05PM High performance lessons: World No. 2 ranked Seven Consulting Opals – Alice Kunek (Seven Consulting Opals), Kristy Wallace (Seven Consulting Opals) and Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting)
1:30PM Creating pathways for women in project delivery – Louise Ford (Seven Consulting)
1:40PM KEYNOTE: Purpose, Culture and Performance in the Intelligent Age – Geraldine Chin Moody
2:35PM Afternoon Tea
3:00PM BREAKOUT SESSION:
MAIN ROOM: Rethinking Project Risk – an integrated approach – Rob Thomsett (Seven Consulting)
ROOM 3: EPMO: Key Insights for a high performing portfolio – Jeya Shan (CLP Power Hong Kong Limited) and Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting)
ROOM 5: Creating Pathways for Women in Project Delivery: Driving Gender Diversity in Projects – Cindy Vandecasteele (Former Alinta Energy), Margaret Wilde (NAB), Victoria Jones (ANZ) and Louise Ford (Seven Consulting)
3:55PM KEYNOTE: Woolworths – Transforming Technology – John Hunt (Woolworths Group)
4:45PM Summit Closing Thoughts – Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting)
4:50PM Networking Drinks
5:50 PM Close

Delivery Summit 2025 Speakers

John Hunt
CIO & Managing
Director of Group
Enablement
Woolworths Group

Jeya Shan
Director –Strategic Projects
CLP Power HongKong Limited

Mick O’Brien
Managing Director
EQT

Darren Abbruzzese
CIO Business Banking and Group Digital
NAB

Glenn Waterson
GM Retail Transformation
AGL

Victoria Jones
Head of Lending
Transformation
ANZ

Jane Harford
Former Director of IT
Melbourne Girls Grammar

Cindy Vandecasteele
Former General Manager Customer
Engagement
Alinta Energy

Cameron McLean
Former Chief Technology & Data Officer
GMHBA

Margaret Wilde
Program Director
NAB

Geraldine Chin Moody
Non Executive Director &
Chair, Advisory Board

Alice Kunek
Australian Professional
Basketball Player
Seven Consulting Opals

Kristy Wallace
Australian Professional
Basketball Playe
r
Seven Consulting Opals

Declan Boylan

Declan Boylan
Founder
Seven Consulting

Gareth James

Gareth James
Managing Director
Seven Consulting

Andrew Marshall
GM Victoria / Senior Program Director
Seven Consulting

Temre Green, PhD
GM – Change Management
Seven Consulting

Rob Thomsett

Rob Thomsett
Thought Leader
Seven Consulting

Louise Ford

Louise Ford
PMO Practice Lead
Seven Consulting

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