FBA and National Banking Partner ANZ are delighted to bring together our Queensland Forum Group community.
As AI tools rapidly find their way into the hands of staff and clients, maintaining control over service delivery and leadership is paramount. Trust, reputation and client loyalty are at stake, making it critical for us to embrace AI with a strategic and human-centric approach.
Our session will explore the following:
- Understanding the profound impact of AI on business operations and leadership
- Unpacking the risks and opportunities of AI adoption across the whole business
- Practical insights into AI models
- An AI model and a 7-step playbook for AI implementation
Session Speaker
Melissa Donnelly
Sense Maker | Strategic Counsel | Board Chair
Melissa Donnelly is an advisor to a small number of significant families and individuals navigating succession, ownership transition and leadership evolution. Her clients describe her as the person they turn to when the stakes are high, they’re overwhelmed, and when the next step isn’t obvious.
Melissa has built a reputation as a strategic communicator and governance advisor, working closely with multiple generations in family businesses across the tech, agribusiness, logistics, transport, resources and professional services sectors. Early in her career, Melissa shaped global brands including MTV, ESPN and Bloomberg.
In her governance capacity, Melissa has been at the forefront of thinking about AI best practice and adoption. She has delivered her CreateThinkAI™ framework for creative, intentional and responsible use of AI at conferences, webinars, panels and in media interviews.
What clients come to value most is her role as a sounding board and sense maker — someone they trust to bring calm to chaos, clarity to complexity and structure to decision-making.
Melissa is Chair of Brand Gold Coast, former Chair of the Domestic Violence Prevention Centre, and has advised boards across Australia, the UAE and Asia on strategic planning, succession, organisational realignment and transitions through acquisition or merger. She is a sought-after speaker, industry contributor, and vocal advocate for women navigating leadership, visibility and impact.
Our presentation will be followed by refreshments and networking, held in alignment with FBA’s Forum Group commitment to confidentiality.
If you know of other Family Business leaders who’d enjoy attending this session to mingle and learn about our powerful Forum Group Program, please either contact Olivia Spalding, Forum Group Manager, via email ospalding@familybusiness.org.au or 03 9123 4412 or Michaela Edwards, QLD State Rep, via email medwards@familybusiness.org.au or 0488 827 398, who can support you with a complimentary ticket for your guest.
Introducing our hosts:
Veronica Kregor
State Head
ANZ Private Bank QLD
Derek Atkins
Senior Private Banker
ANZ Private Bank
Veronica Kregor has 30 years of experience in the Finance Industry across Private Bank, Institutional, Commercial, Agribusiness, International Trade Finance and Risk & Governance, Veronica warmly welcomes all QLD Forum Group participants to this wonderful session.
Veronica sits on a number of boards including the FINSIA QLD Regional Council, is part of the QLD Govt & QUT “Queensland Connects” Program focused on building Disaster Resilience in QLD communities, and is the QLD State Lead for the ANZ Community Foundation (a foundation that delivers >$400k in grants annually to worthy causes across Australian communities).
Derek Atkins joined ANZ in 2021 from the Commercial Finance team at St. George Private Bank, Derek manages a portfolio of High-Net-Worth clients and supports them to grow, manage and protect their wealth.
* Please advise us if you have any dietary requirements.
ANZ Commercial provides banking products and services to more than 600,000 businesses, as well as high net-worth private banking clients across Australia. ANZ aims to be the leading bank for Australian businesses looking to start, run or grow their business, and the private bank of choice for multi-generational families.
