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The Leadership Shift: Skills to lead tomorrow’s super funds

The inaugural FEAL Superannuation Leaders Forum – 12 March 2026, Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park

Over the past three decades, Australia’s superannuation industry has achieved extraordinary growth and navigated significant challenges. Yet, the landscape is shifting. Today’s leaders face a new reality: larger and more complex organisations, heightened regulatory scrutiny, rising member expectations, and an accelerating pace of change. Success in this environment demands more than experience—it requires a fresh set of leadership skills.

The Superannuation Leaders Forum brings together senior executives to explore what it takes to lead in this new era. Through interactive and thought-provoking sessions, we will examine the evolution of leadership and equip participants with insights and tools to thrive in the future.

Two of the interactive sessions will cover:

• Ethical Decision-Making in Complexity
  Led by Jacqueline Stone from the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership, this interactive workshop will provide practical frameworks for making sound decisions under pressure, through an ethical lens—a critical capability for leaders navigating today’s challenges.

• Future-Ready Leadership Skills
  Delivered by Rhonda Brighton-Hall and James Hancock from Wickvale, this session will focus on the capabilities leaders need to succeed in tomorrow’s superannuation environment, ensuring they are prepared for both the challenges and opportunities that come from rapid change and increasing complexity.
  

An early bird 10% discount is available until 9th January 2026, enter code 26fealEB when registering

Jacqueline Stone, Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership

Jacqueline is an experienced venture capital company director, executive and practicing lawyer.

Jacqueline has deep knowledge in corporate ethics, having recently completed a Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) at the University of Melbourne. She also has degrees in Law and Economics.

Jacqueline’s focus on corporate ethics also draws on wide experience in banking, as a lawyer for a top-tier law firm, as Strategy Manager for the Victorian Bar and, for eight years, as a director in the venture capital industry.

Rhonda Brighton-Hall, CEO and Founder, Wickvale

Rhonda is renowned for her great depth of thinking and global experience in leadership and culture that includes and enables best contributions from individuals, teams and organisations. She is quietly trusted by exceptional Boards, CEOs and Executives around the world to both solve significant challenges, and navigate the most critical opportunities and transitions. With 30 years’ experience in people and culture, M&A, and process engineering, Rhonda has led the culture, and organisational development, and communication functions globally and locally for four organisations. Her career has spanned large-listed multinationals and the private sector, living and working Europe, USA, Asia, and Australia.

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  Bachelor (Org Psych| IR), Post Grad (Org  Psych),  Dip (Strategic HR) (London Business School), APICS Accreditation (Process Design). MAICD, Fellow CPHR Telstra Businesswomen of the Year, HR leader of the Year (Asia Pac and Australia), and Human Capital Hall of Fame inductee.

  Guest lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School, and a member of the  University of Sydney’s School of Psychology Advisory Board.

James Hancock, MD and Co-Founder, Wickvale

James has built a successful career growing people, culture, and organisations. His sharply balanced empathy, commercial focus, and drive for sustainable outcomes, comes from a diverse set of executive experience in Financial Services in senior HR, Global Markets, Strategy and Digital roles. At Wickvale, James has partnered on Culture, Organisational Development and Optimisation with Boards and Executives across Financial Services and Investment Banking, Private Equity, Educational Institutions and Government.

His rounded corporate and consulting expertise with a growing Director portfolio, including as a NED of the Australian Online Giving Foundation and AHRI NSW State Council Vice President, Membership.

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  Bachelor of Business Administration (HR) and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Macquarie University, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow CPHR

  HR Consultant of the Year (Society of Human Resource Management – Philadelphia), Technology Impact Finalist (Australian Human Resource Institute)

  Guest Lecturer at Macquarie Business School in Strategic Human Resource Management.

Cost:

Forum & Dinner
FEAL Members $1,240 
FEAL Sponsors $1,510 

Forum only
FEAL Members $1,080
FEAL Sponsors $1,310

Dinner only
FEAL Members $300
FEAL Sponsors $370

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Pricing above is GST inclusive

Please note the Forum & Dinner are both open to members and sponsors only

​An early bird 10% discount is available until 9th January 2026, enter code 26fealEB when registering

Forum
9.30am tea & coffee, 10.00am

Pre dinner drinks & canapés
6.00pm - 7.00pm

Dinner
7.00pm - 9.30pm (AEDT)

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