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A disastrous conversation

Join our upcoming LIVE webinar for Disastrous conversation #2. Elizabeth McNaughton, disaster recovery expert, and Richard MacGeorge futures expert, infrastructure specialist with disaster experience will be engaging in insightful discussions about ways to view the future, climate adaptation, closing the resilience gap, and collaborative strategies for a resilient future.

Date: Thursday 29th February | Time: NZT10:30am - 8:30am Australia

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This FREE LIVE conversation is a must-attend for professionals involved in disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis leadership, and those interested in learning from past disasters.

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Host - Elizabeth McNaughton

Elizabeth McNaughton’s career, leading multi-million-dollar recovery programs for New Zealand Red Cross and her work on the Canterbury earthquakes, brings valuable insights to the webinar. She has also worked for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Asia-Pacific region. Elizabeth’s expertise is recognized through various accolades, including being a Winston Churchill fellowship recipient,a Leadership New Zealand alumna, an Edmund Hillary Fellow and a co-author of “Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.”

📎 Don't miss Leading in Disaster Recovery a Companion Through the Chaos shared in the comments.

Guest Speaker Richard MacGeorge

Richard MacGeorge, an infrastructure financial advisor since the late 1980s, starting out with Morgan Grenfell in London on its Soviet and East European desk. Through the 90s was part of the project finance team of HSBC Investment Bank in London, Hong Kong and Thailand. Then joined Macquarie Bank in Australia in its Asset and Infrastructure Group. Returned to New Zealand in 2000 and formed Ridgway, which advised governments in emerging markets on upstream infrastructure issues aimed at leading to better public service outcomes. Ridgway's activities were suspended to help the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority with the recovery of Christchurch following the 2010/11 earthquakes. Joined the World Bank in Washington DC during 2014, focusing on the commercial financing of infrastructure projects in low and middle-income countries. Returned to New Zealand in 2020 to contribute to New Zealand's infrastructure strategy and pursue a PhD in Futures Studies.

Host - Elizabeth McNaughton

Elizabeth McNaughton’s career, leading multi-million-dollar recovery programs for New Zealand Red Cross and her work on the Canterbury earthquakes, brings valuable insights to the webinar. She has also worked for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Asia-Pacific region. Elizabeth’s expertise is recognized through various accolades, including being a Winston Churchill fellowship recipient,a Leadership New Zealand alumna, an Edmund Hillary Fellow and a co-author of “Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.”

📎 Don't miss Leading in Disaster Recovery a Companion Through the Chaos shared in the comments.

Guest Speaker Richard MacGeorge

Richard MacGeorge, an infrastructure financial advisor since the late 1980s, starting out with Morgan Grenfell in London on its Soviet and East European desk. Through the 90s was part of the project finance team of HSBC Investment Bank in London, Hong Kong and Thailand. Then joined Macquarie Bank in Australia in its Asset and Infrastructure Group. Returned to New Zealand in 2000 and formed Ridgway, which advised governments in emerging markets on upstream infrastructure issues aimed at leading to better public service outcomes. Ridgway's activities were suspended to help the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority with the recovery of Christchurch following the 2010/11 earthquakes. Joined the World Bank in Washington DC during 2014, focusing on the commercial financing of infrastructure projects in low and middle-income countries. Returned to New Zealand in 2020 to contribute to New Zealand's infrastructure strategy and pursue a PhD in Futures Studies.

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