Experience

Australian Financial Markets Association

• Australia
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director for Markets Policy

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Head of Markets

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

• Policy Director

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

  Tasked with formulating competent and relevant policy for Australia’s financial markets, dealing with a wide range of issues with changing scope and priorities, assigned a portfolio of issues and external relationships to manage with key policy departments, administrators and market regulators, responsible for managing various technical market and policy committees to promote market efficiency through conventions, standards, documentation and market practices which are supported by members and respected by regulators. • Established global registry for Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code.• Designed market model for the VWAP calculation of BBSW. • Project Lead on the T+2 Settlement project for Australia's Fixed Income Markets. • Member of the RBA’s AFXC (Australian Foreign Exchange Committee).• Member of the ACI Australia Executive Committee.• Policy Director of the Debt Capital Markets Committee.• Policy Director of the Debt Securities Committee.• Policy Director of the Inflation Products Committee.• Policy Director of the Swaps Committee.• Policy Director of the Risk Management Committee.• Policy Director of the Interest Rate Options Committee.• Policy Director of the Repo Committee.• Policy Director of the Cash Committee.• Policy Director of the Negotiable Transferable Instruments Committee.• Policy Executive of the Operations Committee.• Lead Facilitator and Assessor for the “Professionalism, Conduct and Ethics” program. Show less



MCCARTHY MARKETS PTY LTD

• Sydney

• Principal

  • Jul 2009 - Present

  Established company to provide consulting services in global financial and capital markets. Services include strategy, advice, commentary and facilitation of compliance, risk management and financial markets programs, Established company to provide consulting services in global financial and capital markets. Services include strategy, advice, commentary and facilitation of compliance, risk management and financial markets programs,



EBRD

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Money Market Expert

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2016

  Engaged by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to assess and provide diagnostic analysis of the capacity of transitioning economies in Eastern Europe to develop local currency money markets. Engaged by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to assess and provide diagnostic analysis of the capacity of transitioning economies in Eastern Europe to develop local currency money markets.



Intuition

• Ireland
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Mar 2009 - Aug 2015

  Engaged by Intuition International to provide training to investment banking professionals across Asia. Designed, wrote and delivered training programs on Debt & Equity Capital Markets, Global Financial Markets, Risk Management, Compliance and Derivatives. Engaged by Intuition International to provide training to investment banking professionals across Asia. Designed, wrote and delivered training programs on Debt & Equity Capital Markets, Global Financial Markets, Risk Management, Compliance and Derivatives.



Sky News Australia

• Australia
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Host

  • May 2011 - Jul 2015

  Host of "Your Money Your Call" on Thursday nights; program providing fundamental and technical analysis on Australian equities with guest panelists Host of "Your Money Your Call" on Thursday nights; program providing fundamental and technical analysis on Australian equities with guest panelists



ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Credit Trading

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2008

  Managed credit trading team, traded secondary market credit, debt and asset backed securities.

• Director - Debt Capital Markets Origination

  • Oct 2005 - Aug 2007

  Originated primary market debt issues for Australian and European financial institutions

• Director - Derivatives Trading

  • Apr 2000 - Oct 2005

  Traded and managed risk in portfolios of interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives

• Associate Director - Interest Rate Risk Management

  • Jul 1995 - Mar 2000

  Traded and managed interest rate risk across multi currency instruments in FX and money markets