Panel series: Ownership is the future - Auckland
Panel series: Ownership is the future
Could employee ownership be the path forward for rewarding employees, growing resilient companies, and nurturing our economy?
New research from Sharesies reveals rising demand for rewards outside of traditional salary:
53% of Australian workers and 56% of New Zealand workers believe salary alone won’t build long-term wealth.
A growing number would choose equity or shares over a modest cash raise.
As productivity flatlines, home ownership slips out of reach for younger generations, and AI reshapes knowledge work, changing employee expectations and higher financial literacy have employees looking beyond conventional pay structures. Ownership has never been a more relevant and rational answer.
What we’ll explore
Join Sharesies Business for a breakfast panel discussion. The panel will explore what changes when employees share in growth across three key levels:
The individual: Making work more meaningful and giving people a stake in the value they create.
The organisation: How employee ownership shapes company culture, performance, and talent retention.
The economy: Sharing the gains created by growing companies across the workforce and lifting participation in economic opportunities.
Panelists
Todd Hunter, Chief Executive Officer, Turners
Todd started his career as an accountant with Ernst and Young before joining Microsoft NZ, working in finance, marketing and sales roles. Todd was appointed CEO of Turners Auctions in 2013, and Group CEO of Turners Automotive Group in 2016 following a merger with Dorchester Pacific. Todd was appointed Chair of the Financial Services Federation in 2023, and was named 2024 INFINZ CEO of the Year in recognition of Turners’ growth and performance. Todd is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor and Diploma of Commerce from the University of Auckland. His wife Liz is a lawyer and they have three daughters at university.
Nagaja Sanatkumar, Independent Non-Executive Director
With 25 years of international executive and leadership experience with large commercial and technology companies, Nagaja has developed deep expertise in management, strategy, digital technology, customer-led innovation and commercial scale across a variety of industry verticals and corporate structures. She’s passionate about seeking balanced, pragmatic solutions to socio-economic-environmental challenges and exploring the evolving role technology plays in that pursuit.
Chris Place, PwC
Chris is a partner at PwC and leads PwC's Executive Reward Services practice, which advises Boards, CEOs and HR professionals on all aspects of executive pay and incentives. Chris has 34 years of experience in professional services and over the course of his career has worked as a lawyer, remuneration consultant and tax partner. He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of executive long term incentive schemes and employee share schemes for listed and non-listed companies, with clients ranging across industries - including startups, privately owned companies, private equity and listed companies.
Moderated by Brooke Roberts, Co-CEO and Co-founder, Sharesies
Brooke Roberts is the co-founder and a 3EO (co-CEO) of leading wealth app, Sharesies. Sharesies’ vision is to create financial empowerment for people and companies through their wealth app and technology. Over the past nine years, Brooke has worked with her co-CEOs to grow the company into one of Australasia's most impactful Fintechs, with over 1 million investors and more than 5,000 companies and trusts using their technology. Brooke is passionate about creating equal opportunities and ensuring business is a force for good. She places a significant focus on making sure Sharesies has a positive impact on people, customers, communities, and the environment, ensuring that someone has the same opportunity to invest and grow their wealth.
Agenda
- 7:30 am - 8:00 am
Doors open, light breakfast and coffee served
- 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Future Pay Packet Report presentation and Q&A panel discussion
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Networking and event concludes
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