AI is rapidly transforming the way finance teams work.
This session will demonstrate how AI can enhance everyday finance tasks, from boosting personal productivity, through smarter use of Excel and AI, to accelerating report writing and checking while maintaining accuracy and consistency.
The session will also explore how AI can be applied to process optimisation, using debt recovery as a practical example streamlining workflows improving effectiveness as well as tender response management and evaluation support.
Time: 12.00pm - 1.30pm
Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Speaker: Dan Hookham
Dan Hookham is the Founder and CEO of Component6, an Australian AI coaching organisation specialising in helping local governments adopt AI safely, responsibly and effectively. Over the past several years, Dan has worked with councils across Australia to build AI capability through education, governance, strategy development, Microsoft Copilot enablement, and practical implementation programs. Having engaged with more than 300 local government organisations, he focuses on helping councils improve productivity, strengthen decision-making, enhance community engagement, and realise the benefits of AI while managing associated risks.
