VIC Event: Panel Discussion & Networking
HSE & HR Leadership: The Changing Horizon
Future-Ready Strategies for 2025
This event is for senior HSE & HR leaders and Heads of Department operating in Victoria.
As workplace dynamics continue to transform in 2025, HR and HSE leaders face increasingly complex challenges in managing people, safety, and performance.
How are successful organisations breaking down traditional silos between functions? What emerging trends are reshaping priorities and collaborative practices? Which capabilities are becoming essential for navigating this changing horizon?
Join senior HR and HSE leaders for valuable insights on these critical questions at our Melbourne event. Network with peers facing similar challenges and hear our distinguished panel share practical experiences and forward-thinking strategies that are proving effective in today's dynamic environment.
Why Attend:
- Explore practical approaches to HR & safety integration that drive success
- Understand evolving regulatory expectations and compliance frameworks in 2025
- Discover leadership strategies that effectively balance performance and wellbeing
- Learn how organisations are addressing psychosocial safety alongside physical risks
- Identify essential skills needed for next-generation HR and HSE leaders
- Connect and network with peers facing similar challenges
Event Details:
- Where: 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne - The Next Step & The Safe Step
- Date: Thursday 29th May
- Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Format: Informal Networking & Panel Discussion
- Drinks & light refreshments included
Co-hosted by The Next Step and MinterEllison.
Who you'll meet:
This event brings together senior People & Culture and Safety professionals from Melbourne and surrounds. It is designed for Directors and Heads of function responsible for navigating people and safety challenges in today's evolving workplace environment.
Featured Speakers
Josef Brennan
People, Risk, Safety & Sustainability - V/Line
As head of People, Risk, Safety & Sustainability for V/Line, Josef's safety remit supports Australia’s largest regional public transport operator to deliver more than 17 million train and coach trips each year. Beyond safe journeys, Josef's role covers more than 2200 staff across more than 700 different positions working at 74 locations across the V/Line network.
Robert Tanti
Chief People Officer at Opal - MAICD
Robert Tanti shares his broad experience gained across a variety of industries including FMCG, logistics, professional services, retail and utilities. Robert is a business leader who achieves results in driving organisational success by helping people bring and express the best version of themselves in their work.
Caitlin Ible
Partner Minter Ellison - Melbourne
Caitlin's expertise is critical in delivering specialist advice to public and private sector clients in relation to work health and safety, workplace investigations, discrimination law and criminal and regulatory matters. Her experience covers all aspects of safety regulation including responding to serious workplace incidents, prosecutions and the development of best practice safety and contractor management systems.
Dr Angie Montgomery
Chief Executive Officer - InCheq.co
Dr Angie Montgomery is the co-founder and CEO of InCheq, as well as a registered Health Psychologist and Workplace Psychological Health and Safety expert. Angie bridges the gap between mental illness prevention, workplace mental health and Work, Health and Safety legislation to create meaningful and impactful change for people and organisations.
Chief Executive Officer - The Next Group
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