A group of panellists whose expertise covers trade,
energy, trust in business, economics, technological
innovation, global monetary policy, banking and the Māori
economy join a heavy-hitting line up of keynote speakers at
this year’s APEC CEO Summit, being hosted from Auckland, New
Zealand.

Eight panellists have been announced and will
be part of the two-day Summit, which is a virtual gathering
of the world’s most powerful CEOs, business leaders,
entrepreneurs, thought leaders, prime ministers and
presidents of APEC economies.

The CEO Summit is being
hosted from the Aotea Centre in Auckland on 11 and 12
November 2021 (NZT) and will be broadcast “as live” to
multiple time zones across the Asia Pacific region.

Fraser
Whinerary – Chief Operating
Officer of Fonterra, one of the world’s leading dairy
exporters. Fraser has enjoyed a diverse international career
across agriculture, investment banking and energy. He was
previously Chief Executive of Mercury. In 2019 He was named
as the Deloitte New Zealand Chief Executive of the Year.
Fraser will be on the panel discussing trade in a Covid
world.

Dr
Alan Bollard – New Zealand
based economic leader. Alan is a Professor of Pacific Region
Business at Victoria University of Wellington and inaugural
Chair for Pacific Region Business. As Governor of the
Reserve Bank from 2002-2012, he was responsible for monetary
policy and bank regulations, helping steer New Zealand
through the global financial crisis, before leaving the
Reserve Bank to become the Executive Director of the APEC
Secretariat in Singapore between 2012 and 2018. Alan is
moderating the Economic State of the World panel.

Dr
Heekyung (Jo) Min – Executive
Vice-President and head of Corporate Social Responsibility
of CJ CheilJedang in South Korea. She holds an MBA from
Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Seoul School of Integrated
Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST) and was awarded the
UNESCO Certification of Appreciation for her commitment to
improving girls’ education. Dr Min is contributing to the
Sustainable Future panel.

Anna
Curzon – Chief Product Officer
at accounting software platform Xero. Anna has more than 20
years’ experience in finance and technology including as
General Manager Internet Banking at ASB Bank, and General
Manager Digital First at Spark New Zealand. She became a
member of the APEC Business Advisory Council for New Zealand
in January 2021 and served on the Prime Minister’s
Business Advisory Council from 2018 to 2020. Anna’s panel
will discuss the Opportunities of Transformation, from a
technology and innovation perspective.

Rachel
Taulelei – Prominent business
leader and a strong advocate for the Māori economy and
sustainability in the food and beverage sector. Rachel
founded sustainable seafood company Yellow Brick Road in
2006, served as CEO of Māori-owned food and beverage
company Kono and co-founded business design and brand
strategy firm, Oho. She presently chairs the APEC Business
Advisory Council and the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust.
Rachel’s panel will be discussing the sustainability
imperative.

Diane
Wang – Founder, Chairperson,
and CEO at DHgate, one of the leading B2B e-commerce
marketplaces in China. Diane is also Convenor of the APEC
Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Inclusion Working Group.
Diane will join Fraser Whinerary on the panel discussing
recovery with and post Covid-19.

Shiro
Armstrong – Associate
Professor of economics at the Crawford School of Public
Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The
Australian National University. Shiro is Director of the
Australia-Japan Research Centre, Editor of the East Asia
Forum and Director of the East Asian Bureau of Economic
Research. Shiro will be contributing to the conversation
around digital trade.

Hafimi
Abdul Haadii – Executive Director of LVK Group
of Companies. Her formative years were spent in Brunei, New
Zealand and Australia. She has been an Appointed Member of
the Legislative arm of Brunei Darussalam since 2016 and is
the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of Brunei
Darussalam since 2018. A champion for young entrepreneurs,
Hafimi is a founding member of the Young Entrepreneurs
Association of Brunei and helped start ASEAN-China Young
Entrepreneurs Forum. Hafimi will be joining Shiro Armstrong
on the panel discussing digital trade.

The APEC CEO
Summit 2021 will focus on five themes:

The
state of the world with and post Covid: economic
recovery, trade and protectionism.

The Digital
Disruption Opportunity: digital transformation,
technology and innovation, and the importance of digital
equity.

The Primacy of Trust: ESG
(environmental, social, governance) – the next focus for
business, and business as a force for
good.

The Future of Energy: clean
technology, renewable energy, and energy transition
including hydrogen.

The Sustainability
Imperative: sustainable growth, climate change,
food sustainability and provenance.

The Summit is
being supported by Premier
Partners: PwC (Knowledge Partner), Contact
Energy, Fonterra, Microsoft, and Westpac
NZ.

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