CEO Summit 2025
/NZ
Empowered Together
Proudly presented by NZX
Thursday 30th January
8:30am - 3:00pm
Royal Akarana Yacht Club
CEO Summit 2025 - New Zealand
Join us for an engaging live event at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. CEO SUMMIT 2025 brings together executive leaders for a day of insightful discussions, networking, and inspiration. Explore the latest trends, strategies, and innovations through keynote speeches and panel discussions and be ready to be Empowered Together.
This year, we're thrilled to introduce our Master of Ceremonies, Guyon Espiner, and present an exceptional lineup of accomplished speakers. Our esteemed speaker roster includes Jason Paris (CEO - One New Zealand), John Allen (CEO - WellingtonNZ), Jodi O'Donnell (CEO - TVNZ), The Hon Tim Groser and Dr Peter Crow.
The Details
Date: Thursday 30th January
Time: 8:30am - 3:00pm
Location: Royal Akarana Yacht Club. 10 Tāmaki Drive Auckland 1071
Price: CEO Institute Members attendance is complimentary as part of your membership. RSVP via your Member Experience Manager.
Non-Member pricing: $982 inc GST. Click here to be taken to our ticketing site
Note: Non-Members that sign up to The CEO Institute within 60 days receive a ticket refund as a discount off their joining fee
Meet our Speakers
MC Guyon Espiner
Guyon Espiner has been a journalist in print, television and radio for nearly 30 years, including 14 years covering politics from the press gallery in Wellington.
After working with both TVNZ and TV3 he moved to radio in 2014 to present RNZ’s Morning Report for five years.
Espiner has produced three major podcasts, The Ninth Floor, The Service and Red Line and two recent TV documentaries.
Jodi O'Donnell
Jodi O’Donnell is TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer. She has over 25 years’ experience in the media industry across a range of senior marketing, communications and commercial roles, including most recently as Commercial Director and Chief Revenue Officer for TVNZ.
Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector.
Hon Tim Groser
The Hon Tim Groser began his career as a junior economist in the Treasury in 1974, contributing to the early stages of CER negotiations with Australia, and later became a trade and foreign policy adviser to New Zealand Prime Ministers.
He held various senior roles, including NZ Chief Negotiator for the Uruguay Round, Ambassador to Indonesia and the WTO, and Minister of Trade and Climate Change International, before being appointed Ambassador to the United States in 2015.
Laurissa Cooney
Laurissa currently serves as a Chair of Aotearoa Circle and is an Independent Non-Executive Director for Air New Zealand Ltd and Goodman Property Ltd and is the Chair of the Audit & Risk for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki (NTKT).
Laurissa is also a Committee Member of the Chapter Zero NZ Steering Group and was a 2017 recipient of the Institute of Directors Emerging Director Award. Her past roles include, Chair of Tourism BOP, Director of Accordant Ltd and Trustee of NTKT Charitable Trust.
Laurissa is of Te Āti Hau Nui a Pāpā Rangi (Whanganui) descent.
Jason Paris
Jason is the CEO of One New Zealand, formerly known as Vodafone New Zealand.
He is a proud New Zealander, family man, and One NZ Warriors supporter with terrible dress sense. He says his love of technology has helped shape his career.
Jason is passionate about enabling a better future for New Zealanders and New Zealand businesses.
John Allen
John Allen is the Chief Executive of WellingtonNZ and Chancellor of Victoria University Wellington - Te Herenga Waka.
He chairs the Barnardos Board and serves on the advisory boards of Koi Tu and Wellington Uni-Professional. Previously, John was Chief Executive at New Zealand Post, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the New Zealand Racing Board. He has also held board positions at Kiwibank, Datacom, and Te Papa, among others.
Dr Peter Crow
Dr. Peter Crow is an independent director, advisor and educator, best known for his expertise in corporate governance, strategy, and boardcraft, and extensive record helping boards govern with impact.
He has served on the boards of over twenty private companies, family businesses and social enterprises; advised hundreds of boards, chairs, institutions and governments; and taught on post-graduate and director development courses. He also speaks and writes on topical issues.