Event Details
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm AEST
Date: Monday, 08 September 2025
Venue: The Warehouse, Fortitude Valley
Suggested Audience: Members | non-members
Registration fees (excl. GST):
Member: $90
Non-member: $110
Certified member: $80
Organisational member: $80
Ticket bundles are also available—please email our Events Team at events@rmia.org.au to arrange your booking.
About the Event
We’re kicking off the 2025 RMIA Risk Leader Tour in Brisbane with a refreshed, more relaxed format that puts connection and real conversation front and centre.
Join us for a vibrant evening at one of the city’s top venues, starting with networking drinks and canapés before settling in for an intimate fireside chat with Peter Taylor, RMIA’s 2025 Risk Leader of the Year, and special guest Kate Gannon, 2025 Risk Consultant of the Year. The conversation, facilitated by RMIA CEO Simon Levy, will dive into the career journeys, challenges, and practical advice from two of the most respected voices in the profession. Then, the floor opens to you – bring your questions and get involved in a dynamic audience Q&A.
A main meal will follow, with more time to mingle, catch up with peers, and meet new faces in the risk community.
This event is for every kind of risk professional – whether you’re new to the industry, leading a team, or looking for a fresh perspective. Perfect for team building or just taking a moment to reconnect with what brought you to risk in the first place.
2025 RMIA Risk Leader of the Year
Peter Taylor
Group Chief Risk Officer, IAG
Peter Taylor - aka "PJ" - is currently Group Chief Risk Officer at Insurance Australia Group (IAG), a role he has held since 2022.
Previous to this PJ was in various senior risk roles at two of the banking majors serving as General Manager, Enterprise Risk for the Westpac Banking Group and prior to that 11 years at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a number of roles including Group Chief Operational Risk Officer; CRO Group Business Services; CRO of CBA's Wealth Management Division; and Chief Risk Officer, of CBA's CommInsure Life and General businesses.
Originally from Zimbabwe where he was a co-founder of an investment banking group PJ migrated to Australia in 2004 and restarted his career at BankWest in Perth. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate business and risk roles with large financial services companies, including over 20 years working with and on EXCOs and Boards as well as with regulators.
2025 RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year
Kate Gannon
Founder, August Advisory & ResilienceSOS
Kate Gannon is a strategist, creative, and straight-talking risk advisor on a mission to bring colour back to risk management. With 20+ years’ experience across regulatory change and resilience in Australian and UK financial services, she’s known for cutting through complexity and making the ‘boring’ stuff powerful.
She founded August Advisory to support purpose-led organisations with match-fit risk advice, and founded ResilienceSOS, a bold system that turns resilience from a compliance chore into a team sport. Blending behavioural science, change strategy and creative thinking, Kate helps leaders embed resilience in everyday action.
Kate brings clarity and energy to risk uplift across appetite, frameworks, critical operations and culture. A Chartered Accountant and Graduate of the AICD, she’s valued for her ability to distil complexity and lead confidently through ambiguity.