Wednesday 14 June, 8.50 am

Simon Challies is the Managing Director of Ryman Healthcare Limited, New Zealand’s largest retirement village operator and one of the most successful companies on the NZX.

Wednesday 14 June, 9.35 am

As Head of Healthcare, Richard is responsible for the bank’s customers in the healthcare space, including the rapidly growing Retirement Village and Aged Care sectors. Richard and his team’s key focus is to deliver outstanding service and solutions tailored to suit the various specialised companies and individuals within the healthcare sector. To do this they draw on their wealth of banking knowledge and sector experience to quickly deliver the right solutions to ensure the client is successful in their business.

Wednesday 14 June, 9.45 am

A review of the CFFC’s work in the last year or so, the impact of the changes to the complaints and disputes process and the CFFC’s expectations from future monitoring reviews, along with other relevant issues for the sector.

Wednesday 14 June, 10.45 am

Natalie Amith, Head of ANZ Health, Corporate & Business Banking, ANZ Australia. 

Wednesday 14 June, 11.15 am 

The insurance market has been rocked by a series of natural disasters in the last 12 months or so – the Kaikoura earthquakes, Cyclone Debbie’s fallout, the Bay of Plenty floods for example – and that has had an impact on insurance premiums, including retirement villages. This session will provide an insurance market update including impact of Kaikoura EQ, Fire Service changes, and key messages for RV operators.

Wednesday 14 June, 11.45 am

Patrick Smith, Henley on Broadwater Retirement Village, Southport, Queensland

Wednesday 14 June 2017, 12.20 pm

Ben Myers has a long history of serving in senior leadership positions in government and private sector roles across Australia. Throughout his career, Ben has worked at all levels of Australian government and managed communications across Australia for the global energy producer BG Group.

Wednesday 14 June, 1.55 pm

In 2016 Arena Living Holdings, part of the USA’s Blackstone Group, purchased Lend Lease’s five NZ retirement villages. What was the rationale behind their decision to purchase in NZ, how Arena Living sees the sector developing, the threats and opportunities they perceive for business here, and introducing Arena Living to the industry.

Wednesday 14 June, 2.35 pm

In late 2016 Andrew Joyce and Martin Oettli took part in a study tour of the UK and Europe, looking at retirement villages and aged residential care facilities. There are plenty of lessons for NZ operators which shouldn’t be missed.

Wednesday 14 June, 2.35 pm

The Real Living Group operates three Villages in Auckland and is constructing a forth in Warkworth. Prior to his role with Real Living Group Martin held senior management roles with DB Breweries Limited, TR Group Limited and Fertility Associates Limited.

Wednesday 14 June, 3.00 pm

Baby boomers have been hippie, punks, dinks and yuppies. But now as they approach their post working-life years they are again hard at work rethinking the narrative of life. Stand by for the MYTNs generation which is an acronym for My Time Now. Boomers have raised children, bought houses, paid off mortgages, made sacrifices … but now in retirement they’re thinking “it’s My Time Now”. And with the MYTN mindset comes a whole lot of expectation. What are the trends that might shape the future of the retirement industry in New Zealand? Bernard Salt has a point of view. Who knows, his MYTNs idea might turn out to be the next smashed avocado of the retirement industry.

Thursday 15 June, 9.10 am

Rob has had a varied business career over the last 40 years both in New Zealand and Internationally. Rob left school to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force and complete an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He then progressed through a range of roles in Banking, Telecommunications, Television, Airlines, and now the outdoor apparel industry. He is best known for his involvement with two iconic New Zealand brands; Air New Zealand and Icebreaker.

Thursday 15 June, 10.00 am

Cliff is the founder and cornerstone shareholder of Lifecare Residences which builds and operates retirement villages in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Cliff has over 30 years’ experience in the New Zealand healthcare and retirement community sectors. He was the founder of New Zealand listed Metlifecare Ltd.

Thursday 15 June, 10.00 am

Norah is amongst Australasia’s most experienced and respected executives and directors and has in-depth knowledge of the aged and health care sector. She is CEO and Managing Director of Estia Health, one of the largest aged care providers in Australia. 

Thursday 15 June, 10.00 am

John Ryder M. Com (Hons), CA; CMA.

Thursday 15 June, 11.30 am

Kay is one of NZ’s leading social researchers with considerable experience in retirement villages and residents. This presentation draws together a range of social research that impacts or will impact on retirement villages.

Thursday 15 June, 12.15 pm

2017 is another important election year for NZ. UMR Research is one of the country’s principal political research organisations, covering a huge range of topics, public opinions and expectations. Stephen has more than 30 years in the business and UMR is consistently accurate in their political polling and predictions.

Thursday 15 June, 1.40 pm

Social media has taken over. People are spending increasingly more time on their devices and to get in front of your audience, you need to be utilising the social media platforms. But it’s not easy to do this successfully. Many organisations are now using these platforms without receiving any benefit, and in fact are wasting their time.

Thursday 15 June, 2.10 pm

Jeremy will look at the recent performance of the NZ listed aged care and retirement sector operators, which account for around 10% of the NZ share market, and share his thoughts on key investment issues plus the growth outlook for the sector.

Thursday 15 June, 2.30 pm

Garry is Chief Executive Officer of The Selwyn Foundation, an independent charitable trust with Christian values and one of New Zealand’s largest, not-for-profit providers of retirement living, residential aged care and community services to the over 65s. 

Thursday 15 June, 2.30 pm

Jason More began his career in chartered accountancy in New Zealand, before moving to the United Kingdom, where he worked for eleven years. With experience across a number of sectors including property, investment banking, government, charity, financing, manufacturing and brewing, Jason returned to New Zealand in 2011.

Thursday 15 June, 3.20 pm

Rugby Union Legend, Peter FitzSimons is one of Australia's most prominent and successful media and publishing identities. Peter is a very lively and humorous speaker, and an outstanding raconteur.

Peter moves, motivates and entertains audiences, drawing on his colourful background and over 2,000 professional after dinner and motivational presentations. He is a respected columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald, also a television presenter on the 7 Network’s Sunday Night program. Peter is the best-selling non-fiction writer in Australia over the last decade.