Marc Nourse, General Counsel, OnDeck

Antonia Garling, Partner; Rachel Walker, Partner; Georgina Wilcock, Special Counsel & Daniel McPherson, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin

This session is designed to set the context for the day, exploring how evolving fraud typologies, regulation and technology are reshaping financial services.

Sean Quagliani, CEO, Fortiro; Sorin Toma, Managing Director, Scytales and VP, OpenID; Max Diamond, Director of Growth, Biza & Georgina Thirkettle, CEO, Static Technologies

Commercial fraud has become faster, smarter and more connected. This session explores the technologies, attack vectors and emerging threats shaping the modern fraud playbook—and what organisations can do to strengthen their defences.

Networking

Tehani Legeay, General Manager for Identity & Fraud Digital Services, Equifax

Drawing on market intelligence and industry data, this keynote will unpack the emerging fraud patterns impacting Australian lenders and what the data reveals about where fraud is heading next.

Simon Burns, Partner & Melissa Fai, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin

This session uncovers the emerging fraud patterns shaping the market and the role of AI-powered intelligence in defending the future of digital lending.

This session will explore:

• How AI is changing the fraud threat landscape.

• Detecting AI-generated fraud before customers are impacted.

• Using AI responsibly to strengthen fraud detection and decision-making.

• Building adaptive fraud controls that evolve as quickly as threats.

Jason Gordon, Head of Data, Technology & Program Management, Australian Financial Crimes Exchange

As fraud becomes increasingly organised, technology-enabled and cross-institutional, no single organisation can combat financial crime alone. This session explores how industry collaboration is evolving beyond traditional information sharing to enable faster intelligence exchange, stronger fraud disruption and more coordinated responses across Australia's financial services ecosystem.

Networking

Paul Curwell, Director, Deloitte

This session explores how leading organisations are translating regulatory expectations into operational capability, strengthening fraud resilience through effective governance, cross-functional collaboration and strategic investment in people, process and technology.

While fraud impacts every financial institution, not every institution has access to the same intelligence, data or collaborative networks.

This candid discussion explores the operational challenges facing non-bank lenders in preventing fraud outside the major bank ecosystem.

Jon Brewer, National Manager, Fintel Alliance (AUSTRAC) & Mark Dickson, Executive Manager, Financial Crime Intelligence, Westpac

This fireside discussion will explore how collaboration is changing the way Australia responds to financial crime and what the future holds for intelligence-led partnerships.