Master of ceremonies  

Joe Bennett

Joe Bennett is an English-born travel writer and columnist who lives in New Zealand.

Joe blasts every topic with the limpid comic prose which has led to his columns being syndicated throughout New Zealand and induced international publishers Simon and Schuster to publish three collections of his columns and four of his travel books throughout the English-speaking world.

For the 5th year in a row Joe won Columnist of the Year at the Canon Media Awards 2011.

Now a freelance writer, he appears with regular irregularity on television and radio.              
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Plenary session speakers

Kent Chaplin
Head of Asia Pacific, Managing Director Lloyd's Asia

Kent Chaplin qualified with honours as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand, specialising in insurance and commercial litigation.

Moving to the United Kingdom in 1996, Kent practised as an insurance solicitor for leading London law firm Herbert Smith, before his appointment as Claims Director for Aon Limited's Professional Risks division, specialising in financial institutions, professional indemnity and directors & officers' liability.

Kent joined Lloyd's in October 2004 as the Head of Claims to implement Lloyd's claims management strategy and to provide leadership on market-wide claims and major loss issues.  He was responsible for defining and implementing the claims performance management framework for the Lloyd's market, including minimum standards and all aspects of claims operational, technology and process reform.  Kent successfully led the Claims Transformation Project and Talent Programmes for the Lloyd's market.

In January 2011, Kent was appointed Head of Asia Pacific and Managing Director of Lloyd's Asia, where he is responsible for managing the Lloyd's Asia platform and extending Lloyd's footprint in the Asia Pacific region.  His role is to ensure effective management and oversight of Lloyd's offices, to set Lloyd's strategy, to ensure standards are met, to support business planning, to develop an operational framework that promotes business and represent Lloyd's in its compliance with all laws and regulations.  His role is also to support the business development activities and develop the country markets in the region. 
Kent lives in Singapore with his wife and three children. 
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Stefan Golling
General Manager Non-Life, Munich Re Australasia

In May 2009 Stefan Golling assumed the position of General Manager for the general reinsurance operations of the Munich Reinsurance Group in Australasia. His area of responsibility covers four offices within Australia and New Zealand which provide traditional and innovative solutions as a leading reinsurer in these markets.

Before arriving in Australia, he was based in Munich where he was responsible for underwriting reinsurance accounts in the Japanese, Korean and Indian markets. He also held the position of Property Underwriting Manager for Germany/Asia Pacific/Africa. In addition, he led various Group projects working closely with clients in insurance risk management systems, the optimisation of reinsurance structures and alternative risk transfer solutions including Insurance-Linked Securities.
Stefan holds a degree in mathematics from the University of Augsburg.
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John Shackleton
The Performance Expert

With a background in Sports Psychology, John has been speaking and coaching in the corporate world for more than 20 years. His clients include companies like: Air New Zealand, Coca-Cola and Hewlett Packard.

His master classes teach people how to harness the awesome power they have and use it to achieve better results in their business lives.
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Dominick Stephens

Dominick joined Westpac as a Senior Economist in 2006, and became Chief Economist in 2011. His most well-known research concerns the roles of taxation, interest rates and inflation on the New Zealand housing market. He has also published research on the exchange rate, New Zealand's labour market, and macroeconomic modelling.

Dominick started his career at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He was closely involved in forecasting and interest rate decisions as second-in-charge of the RBNZ's forecasting team. He is from Christchurch, and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours in Economics.

His travels include crossing Mongolia on horseback, riding 1000 miles down the Peruvian Andes, and a year spent in the Amazon jungle.
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