The Hatchery

Alan Clamp is the Chief Executive of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care. The PSA promotes the health, safety and wellbeing of patients by raising standards of regulation and voluntary registration of people working in health and care.
Alan was previously the Chief Executive of two other UK regulators: the Security Industry Authority and the Human Tissue Authority.

In addition to his role at the PSA, Alan is a member of the Management Committee at the Parole Board, a member of the Independent Decision-Making Body at the Bar Standards Board and a Trustee of the Institute of Regulation.

Elizabeth Tydd is the NSW Information Commissioner, Open Data Advocate and CEO of the Information and Privacy Commission. As a statutory appointee and executive leader Elizabeth has implemented regulatory reform across legal, public, NFP and commercial sectors. Elizabeth has a deep understanding of integrity and governance particularly in digital government from a statutory, board and executive perspective.

Ms Tydd is the NSW Information Commissioner, CEO of the Information and Privacy Commission and Open Data Advocate. She has extensive regulatory and governance experience at an executive and Board level, in a range of jurisdictions and industries including commercial, not for profit and public sector oversight. Ms Tydd holds a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Technology Sydney, as well as post graduate certificates in executive management and governance. She has occupied a number of significant statutory roles, including Deputy President of the NSW Workers Compensation Commission and Deputy Chairperson of the former Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal.

Prior to joining CAA in February 2021, Keith was the CE and Director of Maritime NZ for 9 years and the CE and Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority for 1 year.

Originally in New Zealand Police, across a 45 year career he has also worked at senior levels in the Commerce Commission, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Department of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, across multiple regulatory jurisdictions with policy and operational responsibilities.

Since 2008 Keith has played a leading role in developing professional regulatory practice in New Zealand.

Anna Cronin is Victoria’s first Commissioner for Better Regulation (appointed in 2015) and also Red Tape Commissioner (appointed in 2018).

Anna started her career as an economist in the Federal Government and has also held senior executive positions in the Victorian and Western Australian Governments.

She has considerable experience in regulatory issues across many policy areas, including in agricultural and mining regulatory and approvals frameworks. Anna was CEO at the National Farmers’ Federation for 5 years and was responsible for the management and co-ordination of the regulatory approvals for some of the world’s biggest iron ore and oil and gas projects when she was a senior bureaucrat in the Western Australian Government. In 2019, Anna led the Victorian Government’s review into planning and building approvals and is now chairing the Expert Panel advising the Victorian Government on the current review of the building system, including legislation and regulators.

Anna was awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal for services to rural leadership. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Melbourne School of Government at the University of Melbourne.