2025 February E-Newsletter

 

A Message from our Executive Director

Welcome to the February edition of the RMA Australia E-Newsletter,

Our member webinars and face-to-face events have started strongly. We are thrilled to report a record number of registrations for our first webinar with over 650 registrations on Credit Risk futures in 2025 and beyond hosted by PwC with panel members from NAB and Westpac, which received an outstanding overall rating of 4.7. Attendees praised the depth of information shared and the event’s engaging pace.Your feedback allows us to continue providing high-quality programming to support your professional development. The webinar is available to view via the member library on our website.

Our first face-to-face event of the year, “Navigating AI and Privacy in Financial Services: Regulatory Developments and Governance Considerations,” hosted by KPMG, was a great success. With 110 attendees, the event sparked meaningful discussions, followed by an enjoyable networking session complete with canapés.

We are also excited to welcome our newest members: Insignia, Rest, and ReadiNow. We look forward to the invaluable perspectives and contributions you will bring to the RMA Australia community.

Looking ahead, we are pleased to announce our upcoming March event, “IWD March Forward: For ALL Women and Girls,” hosted by Westpac. Please join us in Sydney for this important gathering or tune in via webinar for our annual International Women’s Day event.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to engaging with you in the months ahead.

Yours sincerely,
Richard Gilbert
Executive Director, RMA Australia

SPOTLIGHT ON

ReadiNow Chief Strategy Officer

Jerome Nyssen

Tell us a bit about ReadiNow.

ReadiNow provides an AI-powered, no-code platform for risk and compliance management. Our solution automates workflows, enhances resilience, and ensures compliance with evolving regulations such as CPS 230 and the SOCI Act. By delivering real-time insights, AI-driven recommendations, and enterprise-wide visibility, we empower organisations to make faster, smarter, and more confident risk decisions.

What are the three primary tasks of your role in risk (Chief Strategy Officer)?

• Delivering Innovation in Risk Technology – Identifying and integrating emerging AI-driven advancements to enhance risk management and compliance capabilities for highly regulated industries.
• Coaching Executives Through the Execution of Digitalisation Programs – Supporting senior leaders in navigating the complexities of risk digitalisation, ensuring technology adoption aligns with regulatory requirements and strategic objectives.
• Driving Cultural Change Towards the Adoption of Digital Solutions – Advocating for industry-wide transformation, working with risk leaders to embed digital-first approaches in solving the most complex risk challenges.

In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges facing risk professionals in our industry?

• Leadership to Drive, Enable, and Embrace Change – The success of digital transformation depends on leaders who can champion and execute change initiatives while navigating organisational resistance.
• The Growing Scale and Complexity of Change – Risk functions must adapt to an ever-expanding regulatory landscape, cyber threats, and interconnected risks, requiring continuous scalability and agility.
• Organisational Speed of AI Adoption – While AI presents enormous opportunities for automation and efficiency, organisations struggle with governance, ethical AI use, and internal capability building to ensure responsible adoption.

What are the main benefits of being an RMA Australia member? How does this align with your organisational values?

At ReadiNow, we aim to empower humanity with intelligent automation. We believe that risk leaders should also be digitalisation leaders, shaping the future of risk and compliance through technology.

As a leader in GRC technology, ReadiNow is deeply committed to highly regulated sectors, particularly the financial services industry. We see RMA Australia as a key partner in driving innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.

ReadiNow is excited to support RMA’s aspirations of fostering continuous professional growth and development of all members by promoting discussion about ethical and professional conduct in the financial services industry.

We will do this by engaging RMA leaders, focus groups, forums, and members in meaningful discussions—bringing digital solutions to solve the most complex risk challenges of our time.

What topic(s) would you like to see included in the 2025 RMA Australia webinar/events calendar?

• The impact of AI on risk management and regulatory compliance.
• How technology enables operational risk excellence and CPS 230 compliance.
• The evolving role of risk professionals in an AI-driven world.

Connect with Jerome Nyssen on Linkedin to find out more about the ReadiNowCPS 230 Roundtables and how to register your interest.

 

Upcoming Events

5 March – IWD March Forward: For ALL Women and Girls In Sydney or Webinar – Hosted by Westpac

More events COMING SOON!