Kari Jones
Executive Director, Operational Excellence and Enablement
Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tatai Hokohoko
Kari Jones is Executive Director of Operational Excellence and Enablement at the Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, where she leads technology, data, people, and finance functions to strengthen financial conduct and trust in New Zealand’s markets. With over a decade in senior data and analytics leadership roles across Te Whatu Ora, Woolworths Group, and NZ Post, Kari has been recognised globally for advancing analytics maturity, digital transformation, and AI adoption. Passionate about purposeful leadership, she is a board member for Stats NZ, NZQA, and TUANZ, and a strong advocate for diversity, innovation, and data-driven decision-making.
SESSIONS
Day 1
10.00
Panel: Best practice in data governance, sovereignty and inter-agency sharing for consistency and compliance
If our privacy law is enabling, why are multilateral data-sharing agreements still so rare?
How do we build governance assurance for leaders who aren’t digital experts?
Are we willing to take more risk to gain more public good?
What does system-first accountability look like in practice?
What does Te Tiriti partnership look like at the data governance table?
Moderator:
Michelle Burke, Former Director of Knowledge and Information Management, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Panellists:
Rachael Milicich, Deputy Government Statistician, Deputy Chief Executive, Stats NZ
Kari Jones, Executive Director, Operational Excellence and Enablement, Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tatai Hokohoko
Ngapera Riley, Chief Executive Officer, Figure.NZ
Greta Gordon, Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of New Zealand