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Chris Gower
Executive Director, Cross-Industry Risk
APRA
Chris Gower is the Executive Director for the Cross-Industry Risk Division of APRA. The division is responsible for risk identification and response, across both financial and non-financial risk, both as part of entity supervision and on a system-wide basis.
Chris joined APRA in 2013 and has held various senior roles across APRA’s different functions. He has a deep understanding of prudential regulation, end-to-end supervision, enforcement and resolution activities.
Prior to joining APRA, Chris worked at the Bank of England for a number of years following the global financial crisis, and prior to that as a lawyer in London.
Speaking At
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3:30–5:00pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 2Open
Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsSovereignty & Resilience in a Rewired Financial System
Strengthening Financial System Resilience Against Emerging Risks, From Quantum to Frontier Models
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Brad CarrExecutive, Geopolitical RiskNational Australia Bank
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Chris GowerExecutive Director, Cross-Industry RiskAPRA
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Christine GrahamHead of AI & Data Regulatory AffairsJPMorganChase
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Jessica RusuChief Data, Information & Intelligence OfficerFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA)
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Matthew CampagnaSenior Principal Engineer & CryptographerAmazon Web Services
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Robin FoeHead of Emerging Technologies & EcosystemsOCBC
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Sigal MandelkerRibbit Capital
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Vincent LoyAssistant Managing Director & Chief Technology OfficerMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Will MontgomeryCo-Founder & Chief Product OfficerThought Machine
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Ziqing AngHead of Policy, APACTRM Labs
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Dr. Andrzej GwizdalskiCo-founder & Chairman, Researcher, DirectorWestern Australia Web3 Association, UWA, GFTNModerator
About this session
Financial system resilience used to mean strong network security and clear regulation. Both are getting stronger — payment networks are tightening technical standards, and regulators are building oversight of critical infrastructure and third-party risk.
But the newest emerging risks don't fit neatly into either category, from quantum computing, which will eventually break the cryptography most financial infrastructure still relies on, and frontier AI models, which threatens to reshape both sides of the security equation — generating fraud that exploits trust and speed, and finding and exploiting technical vulnerabilities faster than traditional defenses were built to handle. Both demand action well before the risk fully materializes. This session brings together infrastructure providers, technology firms, and regulators to discuss what's still missing from how the industry prepares for risks that haven't fully arrived yet.
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