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A senior risk professional, with extensive leadership experience in banking and finance across a broad range of work streams within regional and major Australian Banks. A history of successfully stepping into more senior roles, including in acting capacities. Successful results consistently achieved across various roles and responsibilities, including:• Leading and developing high performing specialised teams.• Developing, implementing and executing effective risk management frameworks, policies, standards and processes.• Stakeholder engagement at all levels to build effective risk management awareness and cultures.• Preparation and presentation of insightful reports, presentations and recommendations to the business, executive management, Board committees and regulators.Key Personal Capabilities:• An open, engaging, and collaborative leadership style.• Customer focussed, and strives to optimise stakeholder experiences by balancing business objectives with effective risk management and compliance requirements.• Well respected and recognised as a credible, pragmatic, rational and commercially-minded leader and decision maker.• Self-driven, adaptable, resilient, reliable, and organised, with a high attention to detail.Key Technical Skills:• Comprehensive knowledge of the banking and finance industry, products, services, and the economic, legal and regulatory environments.• Front-line Retail and Commercial banking experience, coupled with expert knowledge in risk management principles and processes.• Highly proficient in quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques.• Project, change management and process efficiency improvement program experience.• Expert knowledge of numerous regulatory standards.• Oversight of Model Risk across all risk streams, including Credit risk (IRB, AASB9/IFRS9), Stress Testing (methodologies and modelling), Operational risk (AMA/SMA), Liquidity risk (NSFR and LCR), and Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB).

Listed skills include Credit Risk, Basel Ii, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, and 50 others.