Sean Carmody is a Executive Director at Apra. He possess expertise in derivatives, market risk, risk management, financial risk, portfolio management and 18 more skills. He is proficient in German. Colleagues describe him as "I was involved in recruiting Sean originally into Westpac as Head of Market Risk Management a role I had held before him. I found Sean had a very impressive list of credentials both academic as well as 'hands on' from previous roles. I thought it was a rare combination at the time and it would be extremely valuable for Westpac to have Sean on board as part of the team. Sean did go on to excel in delivering extremely strong fundamental analysis, reasoning and value add to all business interactions which was quite extensive while he was at the Bank. The Head of Market Risk role can be unforgiving. Its difficult at times to find that rare combination of providing sound analysis and rational for your decisions and advice as well as being pragmatic and business focussed and employing appropriate communications to a diverse levels of management across an organisation such as Westpac. Sean was able to do this and did it very effectively. He commanded respect at all levels both within his team, with his peers, with the business managers he interacted with and with Senior Management and the Group Executive of the Bank. He added immensely to the thought leadership at the Bank while he was there. I have no hesitation in recommending Sean to either a future employer or to provide consulting work to an organisation in his area(s) of expertise." and "Sean has the rare combination of a deep technical background, an ability to think strategically and excellent people management skills. This combination of strategic oversight with the focus for tactical delivery makes Sean extremely valuable both as a senior employee of the bank and as a manager where he is widely respected by the people that work for and with him."