Official Event Advisory Panel
Quest Events would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the official event advisory panel who contributed their valuable time and expertise to ensure the agenda for this event is timely and relevant for all stakeholders with an interest in blockchain technology and commercial viability.
Nick Giurietto
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association
Jason Millett
Senior Advisor
Moelis & Company
Jason Millett is a Senior Adiviser for Moelis & Company as well as being a Director of MillStreet Consulting Pty Ltd providing Executive level advice to organisations dealing with complex organisational transformation agendas enabled by IT. Current engagements include advising a technology vendor on go to market strategies and identifying opportunities for proactive engagement across businesses in need. He also provides coaching and mentoring services, assisting young executives to understand the challenges and opportunities ahead of them.
Over the past two years, Jason has held senior roles in the Westpac Group, more recently as the Infrastructure Transformation Director responsible for establishing a new strategic alliance with a major global technology vendor. Prior to this he was the Interim Chief Information Officer at Westpac NZ, responsible for the leadership, business direction and performance of the Technology group, He is also member of the Westpac NZ Executive Team. Prior to this he was a Group Executive at Billabong International responsible for technology, eCommerce and business transformation leading teams across multiple geographies.
Earlier in his career, he was a senior executive at Westpac Banking Corporation where he worked from May 2008 to July 2011, initially as General Manager Strategy in the Consumer Financial Services Division of the Group. During his time at Westpac, Jason held several senior positions including joint CIO for Product & Operations and Westpac Retail and Business Banking, General Manager Strategy, Execution and Transformation for the consumer and business products Division and more recently focussing on Productivity and Process Excellence for the Westpac Group.
Before to joining Westpac, Jason spent 8 years at the Commonwealth Bank in various senior executive roles including: Executive General Manager, Execution for Enterprise IT, leading all major IT programmes and the IT transformation programme for the Bank.
Jason is a Board member of LIXI a lending standards organisation and was PMI Australian Project Manager of the Year in 2006.
Prior to working in the private sector, Jason spent 15 years as an Officer in the Royal Australian Navy and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Jason is married with 3 Children (G19, G18, B16). He has been an active Surf Life Saver and is a past President of Palm Beach SLSC. He is a passionate Rugby supporter, emerging Golfer and voracious reader.
Nagib Kassis
General Manager, IT Strategy and Transformation
Allianz Australia
As the GM of Strategy & Transformation with Allianz Australia, Nagib is responsible for formulation of the company’s IT strategy and leads a team that creates the interface between the business and technology. Responsibility includes Enterprise Architecture, Digital Strategy, PMO, Business Intelligence and Strategic Program delivery.
Nagib is active in the Australian Fintech Startup community as a mentor to up and coming startups and is also an advisor to a venture capitalist company.
Nagib previously held the position of Global Head of Sourcing & Procurement for Allianz in Munich, transforming the Group’s procurement capabilities and establishing a centralised procurement function for global spend. Prior to this role, Nagib was heading up the Infrastructure & Operations team for Allianz Australia.
Mark Toohey
Legal Director
Adroit Lawyers
Mark Toohey is an experienced commercial lawyer who has worked with both major law firms and as general counsel in the media, telecommunications, software and IT industries.
Mark is also Australia's leading legal expert on blockchain technology and its implementation. He is a co-founder of TBSx3, a brand protection company.
TBSx3 uses the power of blockchain technology and their patented three layers of protection to detect supply chain anomalies and to defeat counterfeiters. The TBSx3 technology is backed by a free mobile app that alerts consumers if goods are fake.
PK Rasam
Startup Advisor and Corporate Innovation Advisor
BlueChilli Group
As a serial entrepreneur, Startup Advisor and Corporate Innovation at BlueChilli, PK is heading our Melbourne growth across startups and corporate.
Lived in 20+ countries and served the top 100 global brands. Has extensive field experience in innovation, product design, strategic guidance across multiple industries and geographic regions spanning from Silicon Valley to Europe to Asia Pacific. Co-authored several technical and business books, climbed and summited several mountains.
Simon McCann
Corporate Finance
McCann Brothers