Productivy Roundtable

From Strategy to Execution: Turning the Productivity Opportunity into P&L Impact 

October 14th 2026 – 11:30 am
Frontside Food & Wine | Melbourne

Join us in this exclusive roundtable on productivity, execution, and P&L impact

Strategy into Execution

Translating ambitious productivity targets into real P&L impact across retail operations and competitiveness.

Peer-to-Peer Learnings

Unfiltered insights from industry leaders sharing their real transformation journey, challenges, and results in a safe, private group.

Operational Excellence at Scale

Building organizational capability, discipline, and continuous improvement to sustain long-term growth.

Meet our speaker

Kate Langford
Chief Operating Officer, BIG W

Recognized as one of the Top 50 Ecommerce People, Kate is a passionate digital, multichannel, and retail leader with extensive end-to-end business experience across the Woolworths Group. With a proven track record operating at Executive and Board levels, she specializes in driving strong performance outcomes for customers, teams, and shareholders through operational excellence and strategic transformation.

Meet our Moderators

David Matheson

Former COO | KMART
Senior Advisor | Kaizen Institute Australia

As former Chief Operations Officer at Kmart, David led major store operations, supply chain, and organizational shifts across Australia. Drawing on his extensive experience in leading large-scale transformations, David offers a global perspective on what truly differentiates retail organizations that execute successfully and build sustainable, high-performance cultures under pressure.

Diogo Felisberto

Partner APAC | Kaizen Institute Australia

As Partner responsible for APAC at Kaizen Institute, Diogo leads operations across Australia and New Zealand, turning Lean and Kaizen methodologies into measurable P&L results for large-cap organizations. With extensive experience delivering high-impact transformations across retail, healthcare, and agro-industrial sectors globally, Diogo specializes in working alongside CEOs and COOs to embed continuous improvement into daily operations and drive long-term business growth.

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