Great Change: In Conversation with Adam Bennett

Join us in conversation with strategic transformation leader Adam Bennett, as he shares insights from his book, Great Change: The WAY to Get Big Strategy Done at UTS Business School on Thursday 21 September.

How can organisations successfully translate large-scale, transformational ideas into reality? Learn how you can ignite change and build momentum across your organisation and transform how your organisation does business.

Adam will be in conversation with Jana Kotatko, Chief Executive Officer of Belong, as they discuss how and why organisational change can often fail to deliver on promised benefits, and share tools, techniques and methodologies to help leaders deliver successful results to foster positive economic and social change, even in the most challenging times.

With several decades at the intersection of digital disruption and technological change as a CEO, CIO, digital executive and management consultant, Adam has led and advised on some of Australia's largest strategic and technology transformation projects across a range of sectors, including for NAB, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) and NSW Land Registry Services.

Canapés and champagne will also be served during the event.

About the speakers

Adam Bennett is the principal of Great Change Consulting and works with CEO’s and executives on the delivery of large scale transformation. As a former big-4 bank CIO, CEO and blue-chip management consultant, he has over thirty years of experience working at the intersection of digital disruption and technological change.

He’s the author of Great Change – the way to get big strategy done, published by Wiley in 2023, and an Adjunct Professor (Industry) at the University of Technology Sydney.

Adam was the first post-privatisation CEO for NSW Land Registry Services and led the transformation of the former government department into a successful and highly profitable private sector company. Prior to that he held senior roles at NAB including CIO, and EGM roles in Strategy Execution, Digital & Direct Banking, and Technology & Operations at BNZ.

He commenced his career in management consulting with PwC and Capgemini where he consulted to a range of blue-chip clients over a 13 year period as a corporate and operations strategy specialist.

He’s a graduate of University of Technology Sydney (BBus) and Harvard Business School (AMP) and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) course.

Jana Kotatko is the Chief Executive Officer of Belong.

“When leaders create the right cultural settings, exceptional results follow.”

Jana is an engaging and authentic leader who believes that culture isn’t just important – it’s everything. As CEO of Belong, Jana leads a purpose-driven team, determined to “help more Australians feel like they belong by giving them the tools to enjoy today’s digital world”. Belong, Australia’s first carbon-neutral telco and one of the nation’s fastest growing, is fortified by a customer-focused culture that ensures the voice of the customer is heard at every level.

Before taking the helm at Belong, Jana spent many years blazing trails in the telco industry, both in Australia and internationally.

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