BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Pacific/Auckland X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@championsforchange.org.nz DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260925T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260925T110000 DTSTAMP:20260914T014227Z URL:https://championsforchange.org.nz/events/rebuilding-from-the-inside-cu lture-transformation-at-alpine-energy/ SUMMARY:Rebuilding From the Inside: Culture Transformation at Alpine Energy DESCRIPTION:This event is exclusive to Champions for Change member organisa tion.\n\n \;\n\nCaroline Ovenstone and Susan Lowe on what it takes to shift a culture\, from the CEO's seat and the Chief People Officer's seat at the same time.\n\nAbout the session\nMost culture transformation storie s are told after the fact\, tidied up\, with the hard parts sanded off. Th is one won't be.\nAlpine Energy is an essential lifeline service connectin g more than 33\,000 customers across South Canterbury. Over recent years t he business has worked through regulatory resets\, modernising systems\, a nd rebuilding after a period of instability. The kind of turnaround that l ooks like strategy on paper but made possible by culture.\nChief Executive Caroline Ovenstone and Chief People &\; Organisational Performance Off icer Susan Lowe take us inside that work. The decisions\, the resistance\, what they'd do differently\, and the moments where the plan met the reali ty of a workforce that had already been through a lot.\nFormat: 60 minutes in conversation\, then 30 minutes of open dialogue. Come with your questi ons.\nWho it's for: Champions for Change members and their senior leadersh ip teams. Bring your CPO\, your ELT\, whoever is carrying this work in you r organisation.\n \;\n\nSpeakers\n\n Caroline Ovenstone\, Chief Execu tive Officer\, Alpine Energy. Caroline has led Alpine through its transfor mation\, with a focus on strengthening the link between governance\, cultu re and community outcomes\, and giving people the confidence to lead from where they stand. She came to the role via senior executive leadership in South Africa\, including as Managing Partner at BDO South Africa\, and sit s on the Global Women board.\n Susan Lowe\, Chief People &\; Organisat ional Performance Officer\, Alpine Energy. Susan leads people and organisa tional performance at Alpine\, where the People and Safety team's brief is to build a culture in which people can do their best work safely. She has written about culture transformation from the practitioner's side: what w orks\, what stalls\, and why so much change effort never reaches the peopl e it was designed for.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://championsforchange.org.nz/wp-content/upl oads/2026/08/Alpine-Energy-Masterclass-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR