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Episode 3 - Human Rights and Technology: Leading Organisational Change

26 June 2024
 

We catch up with Denise North and we discuss what the Human Rights and Technology Final Report means for directors and how do directors stay up to date with technological change.

 

Hosts

Myfanwy Wallwork
Vice President Regulatory Compliance - Global LexisNexis

 

Myfanwy Wallwork is the Vice President, Regulatory Compliance Global, leading an international cross-functional team comprising product, content, sales and marketing. Regulatory Compliance is an obligation register and alerting solution designed to assist compliance and legal professionals understand and demonstrate their compliance with multiple legal and regulatory instruments.

Myfanwy is also the Executive Sponsor for LexisNexis Australia’s Rule of Law program and has worked with government organisations across the Pacific, including the Australian Human Rights Commission, to ensure that legal materials are accessible and actionable. One of her notable roles was part of the Expert Reference Group for the Human Rights and Technology Project, led by the Commission. Following the release of the final report, Myfanwy is keen to further this work by demonstrating the financial and non-financial benefits of adhering to international human rights principles within governance frameworks.

Denise North
Non Executive Director

Denise is a non-executive director and Chair of governance and advisory boards and committees. She coaches CEOs, directors and business owners, and advises boards on governance and strategy. Her executive career spans the listed, professional services, government and community sectors.

Denise is a former CEO who draws on her experience across many sectors of the economy to support established and emerging leaders in their quest for excellence. She has extensive corporate expertise across a number of industries having started businesses, grown them, changed them and sometimes ended them.

Denise has worked most with businesses in transition, in digital and business transformation and in a range of risk management, corporate and leadership roles.

Having begun her professional career with the Australian Government as an industry policy analyst, and becoming an advisor to Industry and Commerce Minister Senator the Hon John Button in her mid 20s, she has a passion for business growth and excellence that leverages research and technology.