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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
Register NowThis 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.
Register NowRichard spoke at one of our recovery masterclasses last year and left participants awed, a little stunned and wanting more so he has kindly agreed to share his thinking and inspire our wider community.
To give you a taste of what’s to come this is Elizabeth’s first question “I’ve heard about the notion that the future is with us in small pockets now and that it's just not distributed so we just can’t see it yet. Do you think this is the case and if so what does it mean for disaster recovery?”
Don’t miss out on this chance to be part of a conversation that will not only stretch your mind but ignite fresh ideas about the future and your disaster and climate adaptation work.
This FREE conversation is a must-attend for professionals involved in disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis leadership, and those interested in learning from past disasters.
Date and Time: February 29th, 10:30am NZT and 8:30am Australia
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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.
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.
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.
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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