CEO Forum: Navigating Regulatory Change in NZ - Dec 2025

Date

• Tuesday 9 December 2025 (bookings close at 12noon Wednesday 3 November 2025).
  

One day. One language. One step ahead

The regulatory landscape is shifting fast across electricity, gas, water, food, telecommunications, finance, and consumer markets. CEOs need clarity, a common language, and board-ready insights to lead confidently into 2026. This exclusive forum also provides rare peer-to-peer networking with senior leaders facing the same challenges.

Key outcomes for attendees

By the end of this one-day forum, you will:

• Understand the economic rationale and priorities driving regulation (Commerce Commission)

• Understand the building blocks of evaluating assets for regulated entities

• Learn from the Ministry for Regulation’s sector reviews and what they mean for your industry.

• Hear practical insights from CEOs - including Nigel Barbour (Orion), Gillian Blythe (Water), Mary Devine (Foodstuffs SI), Johnathan Eele (Enable) - on how they are navigating regulatory change.

• Strengthen your ability to communicate regulatory change in a clear, consistent way - so boards, regulators, and stakeholders are “speaking the same language.”

• Forge valuable networks with peers and regulators to share insights and strategies.

  Course structure

Format and agenda highlights

• MC: Dr Laura Meriluoto

• Welcome & Mihi: UC Vice Chancellor, Cheryl de la Rey

• Opening Keynote: Dr John Small (Commerce Commission) - The Economic Rationale, New Sectors, and Regulatory Priorities

• CEO insights: Lessons from Orion, Water, Foodstuffs, Teleco

• Talk & Questions: Grainne Moss and Kevin Counsell (Ministry for Regulation) - Sector Reviews and What They Mean for Businesses

• Expert session: Greg Houston (Houston Kemp) – Setting of the asset base, calculating the cost of capital and other important concepts

• Networking sessions: Dedicated time to connect with fellow CEOs and industry leaders

• Dinner: optional forum add-on dinner

This forum is $950.00pp plus GST, including Humanitix booking fees.
Forum fees include catering (all dietary requirements catered for) and booking fees.

Optional forum dinner is $165pp.