Vanessa Cook
Manager Business Registries Investigations & Compliance, Market Integrity
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment NZ
Vanessa Cook is the manager of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Business Registries Investigations and Compliance team. She has over 25 years’ investigative experience and has been in her current role since 2019.
As a Detective in the NZ Police she investigated organised crime and wanted to know what enabled the offending. This meant looking at the offences that were being committed and understanding how regulatory systems were being exploited to allow crimes to be committed.
She’s brought this view of tackling offending into her current role and enjoys the challenge of convincing others that working collaboratively isn’t as hard as we sometimes make it out to be.
SESSIONS
Day 2
1:15
In Conversation: How can regulators tackle sovereign citizen activity
Understanding how sovereign citizen behaviour emerges
Practical guidance for investigators on recognizing and managing these encounters safely and fairly
How agencies can improve internal controls and data validation to prevent misuse
Building shared intelligence and consistent response protocols across regulators
Information sharing, data and the advantages
Gabbie Gallagher, Registrar of Personal Property Securities &National Manager of Trustee Operations, Personal Securities & Regulatory Program, Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA)
Vanessa Cook, Manager Business Registries Investigations & Compliance, Market Integrity, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment NZ
Day 2
3:15
Doing more with less: The power of coordinated regulatory action
Maximising investigative outcomes when operating with limited resources
Collaborating across regulatory agencies to deploy the most effective tools for high-impact outcomes
Adopting a whole-of-system approach to address end-to-end offending
Vanessa Cook, Manager Business Registries Investigations & Compliance, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment NZ