The leaders

Tony Johnson

Tony Johnson is chief executive officer for EY Oceania. He’s been at EY, one of the largest professional services firms in the world, for 32 years – 22 as partner – and remains passionate about creating a business where his staff can achieve their full potential as purpose-driven leaders. His work has been primarily focused on the financial services sector locally and internationally, delivering strategic, operational, transaction, governance, assurance, risk, due diligence and regulatory reviews and services. He’s also a member of the Male Champions of Change and the Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity.

Catriona Wallace

The founder and CEO of Flamingo AI, a machine-learning company with headquarters in New York and Sydney, Dr Catriona Wallace has a PhD in organisational behaviour, is a published author and analyst, and is a renowned expert in the future of automation, customer experience and artificial intelligence. She is also one of the world’s most cited experts on ethics and human rights in technology and women in leadership. Listed on the Australian stock exchange, Flamingo AI operates at the cutting-edge of AI technology, providing cognitive virtual assistants for employees and customers.

Mehrdad Baghai

Chairman of boutique advisory firm Alchemy Growth, which specialises in strategy in turbulent environments, Mehrdad Baghai is also an author and a partner with a number of Silicon Valley tech ventures. He is co-founder of High Resolves – along with his wife, Roya – which aims to teach high school students what it means to be a global citizen, engaging more than 350,000 young people in Australia, the United States, Canada and Latin America. Baghai co-led the worldwide growth practice at McKinsey in the 1990s before moving to run a Californian technology company.