Presenters

Campbell McKenzie, Director, Incident Response Solutions
Campbell is the Founder and Director of Incident Response Solutions Limited, providing forensic, cyber security and crisis management services. Campbell was previously a Director at PwC New Zealand (12 years) and led PwC's national "forensic technology" practice, and the Auckland "cyber security" practice, a combined team of 11 expert staff. Prior to PwC, Campbell was a founding member of NZ Police's Electronic Crime Laboratory (4.5 years) and as an expert witness, he specialises in electronic investigations, cybercrime incident response and eDiscovery matters. He is recognised by the District and High Courts of New Zealand as a forensic technology expert and has also been appointed as an independent expert by the High Court. Campbell understands how critical it is for law firms to mitigate the cyber risks they face. Therefore in 2020, Incident Response Solutions published the "Cyber Security Guide for NZ Law Firms", a contextual resource to assist lawyers and law firms manage their cyber security risk.

Professor Tana Pistorius, Head of Department Commercial Law, University of Auckland
Tana is a professor of Commercial Law and the Head of the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School (UABS). Tana is the Programme Director of the Master of Information Governance Programme of the UABS and a Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Law and Business. Tana is an affiliated member of the Z-inspection® initiative, a holistic process for evaluating the trustworthiness of AI-based technologies at different stages of the AI lifecycle. She has a keen interest in the management of intellectual property, legal aspects of frontier technologies, the data economy, and information technology law. Her recent contributions to the literature include New Zealand Business Law Quarterly article “The Regulation of Big Data: Data Governance Beyond Data Protection” and Policy Quarterly article “Automated Traffic Congestion Charging Systems: Privacy Considerations for New Zealand.”

Peter Fernando, Partner, Duncan Cotterrill
Peter specialises in privacy, technology and cyber. His experience includes privacy and data protection advice and dealing with cyber threats including assisting clients prepare for and respond to cyber events. Clients benefit from his experience in the IT industry, his qualifications (law, plus a bachelor’s in computer science), and enthusiasm for truly understanding the outcomes required. He also advises private and public sector clients undertaking IT projects of all sizes, or general commercial deals. Whether he is involved as a contract negotiator, or providing advice behind the scenes, Peter helps his clients reach outcomes that fit.