Presenters

Olga Ganopolsky, General Counsel - Privacy & Data, Macquarie Group
Olga Ganopolsky is Macquarie Group’s General Counsel - Privacy and Data and is versed in the subject of data protection with extensive experience in detailed privacy policy challenges, law reform and ongoing management of legal and strategic issues. Much of Olga’s work involves implementing new technologies and addressing privacy requirements in an increasingly complex co-regulatory and sometimes contentious environment. Most recently this has included work on implementations of GDPR and the reforms to Security of Critical Infrastructure Act and related regimes, artificial intelligence, CPS 234, Covid-19 related matters, the Consumer Data Right and addressing cross border issues considering the Schrems II Decision of the European Court of Justice and the newly updated Standard Contractual Clause as approved by the Commission.

Alison Ewings, General Manager, QIC Properties
Alison is the General Manager, ESG at the Queensland Investment Corporation here she is responsible for the design and implementation of ESG strategy and frameworks. Prior to this she held various sustainability roles within the finance sector. Most recently she was the Head of Engagement at Regnan, the responsible investment business of Pendal Group and was formerly the Head of Sustainability at Westpac. She has been a director of the UN Global Compact’s Australian Network and a member of the AA1000 and ASFI technical committees. More recently Alison was appointed to RIAA’s policy and advocacy technical expert group. Alison has also held roles in corporate strategy in the financial sector and undertaken a number of sustainability consulting projects with leading UK organisations. Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Organisational Communication.

Paul Schoff, Partner – Climate & Competition, MinterEllison
With his background in competition law, he is passionate about anticipating and helping to manage risk for clients from emerging sources, including regulatory investigations and defending enforcement action under competition, consumer and securities laws. Specialties include: ESG, risk & regulatory, antitrust, competition law, governance frameworks, securities regulation, executive accountability frameworks.