Experience

Quadrant Advisory

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • 2016 - Present

  Quadrant Advisory educates and assists business owners and directors to be proactive to get the best out of their financial relationships. Established by partners of Lavan, one of the largest independent legal firms in Western Australia, and an experienced former banker, Quadrant Advisory is an independent advisory firm providing a banker’s perspective to clients both in Western Australia and nationally. The value of your business is maximised when we work as trusted advisors to deliver strategic business and financial advice to you. We can: • Review your financing facilities and present concise and relevant information to your financier to ensure they meet all your corporate needs taking into account your relationship, debt structure, security provided, fees and pricing. • Provide you with a banker’s perspective in dealing with your financier by giving you a detailed understanding of banks’ decision making processes including risk rating methodology, cost of capital assessment, etc. • Act as your advocate and assist you in discussions with your financier where there is a reduction in communication or a change in your risk profile. • Help you talk to your bank about your succession plan and work with you to achieve this plan e.g. release of personal guarantees. • Provide advice on risk management and corporate governance e.g. large debtor credit risk, Risk Appetite Statement. Show less



PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE WA

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • 2023 - Present

  PathWest is a Statutory Authority that provides excellence and innovation in pathology and forensic services, testing, teaching and research – positively contributing to the health and wellbeing of the entire WA community. With a budget of around $400 million, Pathwest employs approximately 2500 staff. As Western Australia’s leading referral pathology laboratory, PathWest responds to the needs of medical practitioners throughout the State, providing accurate information to inform an estimated 70 per cent of clinical decisions and 100 per cent of cancer diagnoses. PathWest has a network of 27 laboratories and 76 collection centres spread across the State from Esperance in the south through to Kununurra in the north, making PathWest’s services accessible to all Western Australians. PathWest’s pathology services cover the broadest range of routine, complex and rare tests, and provide diagnostic pathology, forensic pathology and commercial testing services within a multitude of laboratory medicine disciplines including pre-analytical, haematology, biochemistry, microbiology, anatomical pathology, immunology, forensic pathology, forensic biology and diagnostic genomics. PathWest employs experienced, expert pathologists in all specialty disciplines and highly qualified and skilled scientific and technical staff, using the most modern equipment and techniques. PathWest’s active teaching, clinical research and pathology development programs assist not only in enhancing diagnostic accuracy but also in improving the understanding of disease processes and of clinical care. Show less


Racing and Wagering Western Australia
• Independent Member, Audit & Risk Committee

  • 2021 - Present


Advisory Board Centre

• Australia
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • 2019 - Present

  I work with medium sized businesses to provide Advisory Board solutions that not only help to create healthy revenue streams, but peace of mind for evolving organisations that are ready to achieve their strategic intent. As a Certified Chair, the support I provide organisations includes: * board readiness assessments; * board establishment; and * board management and chair services. I work with an exclusive, carefully selected team of entrepreneurs, advisors and experts from the Advisory Board Centre in building tailored Advisory Boards for growing businesses. I am a specialist in the following key areas: 1. Debt advisory for growth 2. Banking advocacy 3. Risk management Our core capabilities stretch from commercially focused advisory board structures, expert advice and achievement of strategic goals. Show less



Richmond Wellbeing

• Australia
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • 2015 - 2023

  Chair of the Governance Committee (since 2016). Richmond Wellbeing (RW), formerly, Richmond Fellowship WA, is a leader and key influencer in bringing Recovery into mainstream mental health practices. RW provides accommodation and support services to people with a diagnosable mental illness … we are a mental health organisation that takes its role very seriously. RW genuinely believes that People Can And Do Recover from mental illness and, by providing a Recovery-promoting environment, we integrate the key elements of Recovery with our service model to give participants confidence and skills needed to Recover from mental illness and meet the daily challenges of life. All our programs are underpinned by this belief and continue to be inspired by those who take the Recovery journey. https://www.rw.org.au/ Show less



Bankwest

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager, Business Assurance & Process

  • 2014 - 2015

  My role was to support Bankwest's Products & Marketing division ("the Division") achieve its strategic objectives by leading a team of skilled professionals in the areas of Business Assurance, Process Enhancement and Key Process Management.I did this through a team of 13 staff within the Division whose roles are to provide risk management advice and guidance, enhance and remediate risk issues and establish a governance framework for the management of key business processes across Bankwest.I was a member of the Division's Leadership Team and provide input and advice on strategic and operational matters which impact Products & Marketing. Show less

• General Manager, Risk Environment & Culture Review

  • 2013 - 2014

  I was the Risk Management stream lead on a bank wide project to review the Bank's risk environment & culture. Among my responsibilities was a review of how the risk management framework works across the 3 Lines of Defence and the formulation of recommendations on how this could be improved, with a particular focus on Line 1



National Australia Bank

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Risk, New York Branch

  • 2010 - 2013

  As the most senior Risk Executive in New York Branch, led a team of 9 staff who managed Market Risk, Compliance Risk, Operational Risk, Strategic Business Services and Portfolio Analysis for the Branch (assets of approximately US$50 billion) and its broker-dealer subsidiary, nabSecurities LLC

• State Head of Risk, Business Banking WA

  • 2001 - 2010

  Led the credit risk team of 33 staff for Business Banking in WA from 2005 to 2010, including during the GFC, with a focus on consistency of risk appetite application and supporting customers with their financial needs.Other roles at NAB included:- Principal Manager, Asset Structuring Vic & Tas (Melbourne)- Executive, Credit Restructuring WA (Perth)- Head of Strategy Advisory Team (Melbourne)- Head of Credit WA (Perth)



PricewaterhouseCoopers

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director

  • 1995 - 2001

  - Case managed a range of insolvency appointments (receiverships, voluntary administrations and liquidations) and conducted business reviews and security evaluations for financial institutions- 5 month assignment in 1999 to Seoul, South Korea, as a member of an Advisory Team to Seoul Bank’s corporate workout section- 15 month secondment to National Australia Bank’s Asset Structuring Unit in Victoria & Tasmania

• Supervisor, Insolvency Department

  • 1990 - 1995

  - Case managed a range of insolvency appointments such as receiverships and liquidations- Worked on the first examinership carried out under Irish law, Goodman International, then Europe’s largest beef processor with debts over 500 million pounds- Managed the litigation against a Big 4 accounting firm in respect of audits carried out on Ireland’s largest motor insurer- Led investigations into directors’ conduct, including an international fraud in 3 countries- Qualified as a Chartered Accountant via the Irish Institute in 1994 Show less