Event Details
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm AEST
Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Venue: Q Events, Melbourne CBD
Suggested Audience: Members | non-members
Registration fees (excl. GST):
Member: $90
Non-member: $110
Certified member: $80
Organisational member: $80
Bundle tickets are also available—please email our Events Team at events@rmia.org.au to arrange your booking.
About the Event
Melbourne’s stop on the 2025 RMIA Risk Leader Tour promises to be a standout – with a new, more informal format that puts people, stories, and shared experience at the centre.
Kicking off with drinks and canapés, you’ll then hear from Peter Taylor, RMIA’s 2025 Risk Leader of the Year, in a fireside chat with Ella Withers, our 2025 NextGen Risk Professional of the Year. Hosted by RMIA CEO Simon Levy, this is a conversation about careers, risk culture, leadership, and the moments that shaped them – not a lecture, but a dialogue.
You’ll also have the opportunity to ask your own questions and contribute to the discussion, before sitting down to a delicious main meal and more networking over a drink.
Whether you’re building your career, mentoring others, or just curious about where the future of risk is heading, this event offers something for everyone. It’s relaxed, engaging, and packed with ideas you can take straight back to your own workplace.
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 NextGen Risk Professional of the Year
Ella Withers
Head of Investment Risk & Compliance, Hostplus
Ella is the current Head of Investment Risk & Compliance at Hostplus. She is a dynamic and emerging leader within risk and compliance, specialising within the financial services sector. Known for embedding a strong risk culture, her relationship-based approach supports successful embedment of risk and compliance frameworks within organisations to enable better organisational outcomes. With prior experience within the consulting sector, Ella leverages better practice insights and pragmatism to strike the right balance when designing and implementing risk and compliances frameworks. Ella is also a current Chapter Executive of the SA-NT Chapter and is an active participant within the RMIA Community. She is passionate about providing support to new entrants to the risk profession and takes on active mentoring roles within the community. Outside of work, Ella is currently undertaking a Masters of Business Administration, reflective of her enthusiasm and desire for continuous learning and development.