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The Executive Circle Melbourne
A new premium experience within CPA Congress 2026
The Executive Circle in Melbourne is designed as an exclusive add-on for senior leaders seeking meaningful peer connections, exclusive experiences, and candid conversations with fellow decision-makers. Limited to just 100 participants, The Executive Circle brings senior leaders together for a tailored CPA Congress experience that extends beyond the main program.
Join The Executive Circle
Connect with peers, engage in exclusive leadership experiences, and be part of a community that is shaping the future of the profession.
Built for leaders who value connection as much as content
The Executive Circle has been designed to create opportunities for meaningful conversations, trusted peer connections and shared experiences among Australia’s most senior finance and business leaders. Through curated networking, exclusive leadership experiences, and intimate discussions with high-profile speakers, participants gain access to opportunities that extend beyond the traditional conference experience.
Who should join?
The Executive Circle is designed for senior decision-makers across business, practice and government. This exclusive experience is perfect for:
The Executive Circle experience
What you can look forward to experiencing as part of The Executive Circle at CPA Congress 2026 Melbourne from 21-22 October:
Signature Executive Circle experiences
Curated networking experiences
Executive keynote conversations
Strategic leadership roundtable
What we’re delivering for members
Morning Tea: The Lune Team, Croissant Tasting
Time: 10.15am to 10.45am
Location: Eureka 2
Hosts: The Lune team
Enjoy the croissant that The New York Times judged the finest anywhere in the world, plated and served by the people who make it. Meet the team from Melbourne’s very own Lune to learn more about how they have achieved great success – including having Ottolenghi holding them up as the prototype and France decorating their founder, Kate Reid.
Business Lunch: Innovation-ish, Permission to Experiment
Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Location: Eureka 2
Speaker: Tessa Forshaw, Faculty Chair, workforce and workplace learning, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Share lunch and a closed Q&A with Tessa Forshaw on Innovation-ish, her bestseller with co-author Rich Braden, on building an everyday innovation habit inside finance teams. Explore how people who don’t call themselves “creative” can still make space to experiment under pressure. Receive a copy of the book, and learn how to give the permission to experiment.
Learn to Play Pickleball with Dylan Alcott AO
Time: 4.45pm to 5.30pm
Location: Courtyard
Host: Dylan Alcott AO, with accredited pickleball coaches
Meet the 2022 Australian of the Year and learn how to play the fastest-growing sport in the country, designed for all ages, abilities and skill levels. Includes a skills clinic with supporting coaches, plus a mini tournament with Dylan rotating across the groups. All equipment will be provided, and each participant will receive signed memorabilia.
Roundtable: The Sovereign Balance Sheet, Capital Allocation When Geopolitics Writes the Assumptions
Time: 11.00am to 12.15pm
Location: Room 218
Speaker: The Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO
Moderator: Lisa Leong
An hour after the Canberra and Washington briefing the doors close, and you get the opportunity to sit with Arthur Sinodinos under the Chatham House Rule to test your own capital plans against the world he has described. The provocation: which assumptions do you re-underwrite first?
Business Lunch: Meet the Redacted Keynote
Time: 12.15pm to 1.15pm
Location: Eureka 2
Speaker: Keynote R. Closed door, off the record, nothing recorded
For seven years, one person carried responsibility for decisions made on information that was never complete, where the cost of a wrong call was not counted in dollars. No dataset ever closed the gap. The decisions could not wait. That is the question every finance leader recognises: how do you commit when the picture will not resolve and waiting is its own risk? Gain exclusive access to this person over lunch, off the record.
Price and eligibility
$895 per person, including GST
The Executive Circle is an add-on to CPA Congress 2026 Melbourne. It is not a standalone ticket and cannot be purchased on its own. To take part, you will need a Melbourne in-person pass (2 days) for the Melbourne event, with The Executive Circle added to it. If you have already registered to attend, you will be able to 'Modify' your current booking and add-on The Executive Circle when registrations open in September.