The National Resilience Summit brings together leading voices from across defence, energy, infrastructure, finance, legal and policy worlds, and more.
The Summit provides rare cross-sector engagement that firms need to navigate a world of increasing strategic competition, infrastructure stresses, government regulation, technological dependency and demographic shifts.
It will improve commercial judgement and enable firms to assess mutual fragilities, allocate capital effectively and position for advantage as geopolitical and economic conditions reshape business dynamics.
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The Hon Madeleine King MP
Minister for Resources; Minister for Northern Australia - Government of Western Australia
The Hon Madeleine King MP
Minister for Resources; Minister for Northern Australia
The Hon. Madeleine King was sworn in as Federal Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia on 1 June 2022, and reappointed to the role on 13 May 2025, following the re-election of the Albanese Government.
Minister King was first elected to Parliament in 2016, representing the seat of Brand on the outskirts of Perth, where she was born and grew up.
The seat encompasses the Cities of Rockingham and Kwinana and contains some of Perth’s heavy industries, including the HMAS Stirling naval base on Garden Island and the Kwinana Industrial Area. King’s father worked at the BP oil refinery in Kwinana and her mother and grandmother ran a drapery store in Rockingham.
Minister King was promoted to the shadow ministry in 2018 and has served as Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Small Business, Shadow Minister for Trade and Shadow Minister for Resources.
Before entering parliament Minister King held senior executive roles at The University of Western Australia and served as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer at the Perth USAsia Centre.
As a Shadow Minister, a former political adviser and through Parliamentary committee work, she was a regular visitor to Northern Australia and has been deeply engaged in issues surrounding development in the north.
Minister King has a strong interest in ensuring the benefits of economic development are shared fairly and create opportunities for all segments of Australian society.
Minister King has a law degree from the University of Western Australia in Perth.
She is also a keen hockey enthusiast, and was a member of the WA Women’s Masters Hockey Team from 2012 to 2015.
Ben Macnamara
Chief Executive Officer - CBH Group
Ben Macnamara
Chief Executive Officer
Ben was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the CBH Group in July 2021. Previously, he was Chief Operations Officer from where he was responsible for leading CBH’s world-class storage and handling, logistics and shipping services. Ben is leading CBH Group in creating a sustainable future and returning value to Western Australian growers.
Before joining CBH, Ben worked for an investment advisory firm and an international professional services firm.
Ben is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and is on the board of the Business Council of Co-operative and Mutuals (BCCM), UWA Business School, and Scotch College Perth.
