Dr Katherine Hunt is where ethics meets psychology, and AI ideas turn into action. Australia’s most engaging voice on Ethics, Katherine has built Masters courses, authored the definitive textbooks Everyday Ethics for Financial Advisers and Ethics in Banking and Finance, and published dozens of peer-reviewed articles that shape how professionals think and act.
A former tenured academic at Griffith University, financial planner with Aspire Financial Planning, and holder of a PhD in The Law and Economics of Microfinance (Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Hamburg, University of Bologna), Katherine blends academic rigour with real-world experience. Her background spans psychology, commerce, and finance, giving her a rare strategic lens on the biggest challenges facing business today.
Katherine has worked in the field from Pakistan to Bhutan, surfed waves in more than 20 countries, and visited over 70. Her focus now: helping leaders and practices achieve ethical growth, building trust, and creating impact that lasts beyond the algorithm.
Topic overview
In a world where AI is speeding up everything, your edge is in slowing down enough to make better, more human decisions. AI is fast, but you are the one who is trusted. That is not by accident. This session cuts through the jargon to show professionals how to lead with judgement, build trust in uncertain times, and apply ethical thinking - without getting lost in compliance checklists or caught up in shiny tech. With AI at our fingertips, it is tempting to have it help with decision making, at the micro level (in wording customer emails), and in the macro (in reviewing our investment philosophy and trusted partners). But you can’t delegate ethics. Especially not to a system trained on the whole of the internet, not professionals like you.
This session is high energy, practical, and packed with insight. You'll walk away with strategies you’ll actually use with customers, your team, and your own thinking. We will unpack behavioural cues, a clear decision making process, and systems to help AI do some of the decision making heavy lifting, without compromising your reputation.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Why ethical decision-making isn’t just compliance, it’s a competitive edge.
- How to decode customer and team behaviour under pressure using behavioural psychology.
- A practical walkthrough of the ASPIRE decision model to solve complex business and client dilemmas.
- How to apply ETHOS to AI and automation tools—to trust, verify, and scale responsibly.
- Stories and laughter from real-world misfires (and recoveries) - plus exercises to apply these models the next day.