Summary
Join your fellow professionals from across the accounting, finance, and governance fields for the CPA Australia Not-For-Profit Half Day Forum WA 2026 — with focused sessions designed to support members and non-members working in or alongside the Not-for-Profit sector.
This engaging half-day forum will explore some of the most relevant challenges facing NFPs today. Discover how to define and activate meaningful ESG strategies, using practical approaches to identify and prioritise key environmental, social and governance factors. Gain a deeper understanding of leadership resilience, including the drivers of burnout, the limits of purpose, and early warning signs of organisational strain. Explore how NFPs can maintain a strong mission and identity while adapting to shifting government expectations around compliance, cost, and community impact and Unpack the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence, including cybersecurity and ethical considerations, with practical guidance to support responsible adoption.
Whether you work directly within the sector or support it through your professional role, this forum offers fresh perspectives and actionable insights to help you make a greater impact.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the sessions you will be able to: Gain a practical understanding of ESG fundamentals, identify, prioritise, and activate the most impactful ESG initiatives for a small business or NFP Identify burnout drivers, recognise the limits of purpose, and apply practical strategies to build resilient leadership and organisational systems in NFPs Develop a structured, responsible approach to AI governance while building confidence in using AI for strategic and operational decision-making.
Session Names and Speakers:
- Jim Allenby: The benefits of a defined ESG position for SME’s and NFP’s
In this interactive session, Jim will be using practical examples to discuss the basics of ESG, and how to decide and activate the most beneficial ESG factors in a small business or NFP.
- Dee Roche: When Purpose Isn’t Enough: The Hard Truth About NFP Leadership Resilience
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Determine the real drivers of burnout in the NFP sector
- Reframe resilience as a leadership and system capability
- Recognise the limits of purpose as a sustaining force
- Identify early warning signals of leadership strain and organisational fragility
- Matt Street and Rushad Billimoria: AI Strategy for NFPs: From Foundations to Action
The session will explore how NFPs can move from curiosity about AI to confident, practical next steps. Building on the lessons from data governance - without re‑teaching or re‑establishing it.
- Sue Ash: Beyond the Money: Values, Purpose and Financial Leadership in NFPs
This session explores how financial decision‑making in not‑for‑profit organisations is fundamentally an expression of values and purpose, not just a matter of tracking money.
Event Rundown:
Registration: 08:00am
50 minutes Sessions
- Session 1: 8:30-9:20 (40 minutes session with 10 minutes Q&A)
- Session 2: 9:20-10:10 (40 minutes session with 10 minutes Q&A)
- Morning Tea: 10:10-10:40
- Session 3: 10:40-11:30 (40 minutes session with 10 minutes Q&A)
- Session 4: 11:30-12:20 (40 minutes session with 10 minutes Q&A)
- Networking lunch: 12:30-1:30
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Speakers
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Matt Street
Consulting Team Lead, Bremmar
Matt is an NFP Solutions Consultant (Team Lead) at Bremmar. For the last 8 years, Matt is supporting the NFP industry build clarity, control, and confidence in their data and Microsoft 365 environments.
Rushad Billimoria
Manager, Bremmar Consulting
Rushad Billimoria is the Technical Account Manager Team Lead at Bremmar, a Managed Services Provider specialising in the nonprofit and human services sector.
Sue Ash
Non-Executive Director
Sue Ash AO has spent the majority of her career working in and leading NFPs. Sue is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia; a life member of the WA Council of Social Services; a member of the Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre board and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014.
Dee Roche
MBA Teaching fellow, University of Western Australia
Dee Roche is a senior leadership and strategy specialist with over 30 years’ experience developing leaders across the private, public and NFP sectors. A multi-award-winning UWA MBA Teaching Fellow, she is recognised for expertise in organisational transformation, governance capability and risk leadership.
Jim Allenby
PKF managing Director, Parvate Sustainability
With over 50 companies under his guidance, Jim has successfully designed and implemented strategies that integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values into corporate culture. Jim is an experienced professional with a robust background in high-performance sport and a deep expertise in ESG strategies.
Fees
Below is all of the pricing information for the event.
AUD pricing is inclusive of GST.
Member fee: $95.00 AUD
Non-Member fee: $120.00 AUD
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