Deloitte and the IPANZ New Professionals team would like to invite you to join us for the first of the Deloitte IPANZ Leadership in the Public Sector event series.
Hear from three accomplished and inspiring leaders in a panel-style, interactive discussion on their leadership journeys and how young professionals can prepare themselves to be leaders in the public sector. Our distinguished panellists are Debbie Chin (CEO of Capital & Coast DHB), Jane Fraser-Jones (Associate Director at Deloitte New Zealand) and Josiah Tualamali'i (Chair of Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation Council).
We’ll be kicking off the evening with drinks and canapés. Stay and mingle after the discussions with your fellow new professionals in Wellington.
About the speakers
Debbie Chin
In 2007 Debbie was appointed Crown Monitor until September 2013, when she was requested by the Board to act as interim Capital & Coast DHB CEO. Following the recruitment process, Debbie was appointed to the permanent role in July 2015. Debbie has over 20 years’ experience in the health sector coupled with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors.
Debbie’s previous experience includes: Crown Monitor for Hutt DHB, CEO of Standards New Zealand, Deputy Director-General, Corporate and Information Ministry of Health (7 years including a period as Acting Director-General of Health), partner KPMG and member of the National Health Committee. She has provided policy and funding advice on Health, ACC and Local Government while with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Jane Fraser-Jones
Jane is an Associate Director at Deloitte, where she works with public sector and peak bodies.
Prior to joining Deloitte in 2015, she was Prime Minister John Key’s Senior Advisor and worked across a range of policy areas.
She has worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in corporate communications, beginning her career as a print journalist.
Josiah Tualamali'i
Josiah is a young Samoan change-maker set on inspiring youth advocacy in his community. He sits on a number of boards, and is advocating for Pasifika youth and ensuring young Pasifika people’s ideas and perspectives are considered by decision makers. Josiah is the recipient of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award for Leadership and Inspiration and was a finalist for the 2017 IPANZ Young Professional Award. At 18, he was made the chairperson of the Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation Council (PYLAT) which he helped establish.
He helped develop the University of Canterbury’s Pacific strategy, mentors, is part of the Youth Voice Canterbury Network and co-developed the iSpeak forums & the Christchurch Pasifika STEM (Science Technology, Engineering & Maths) Fono. The political science and history student has several youth projects in the pipeline once he finishes university, but wants to eventually forge a career as an academic.