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Supported the global operating model refresh in the region." }, { "role": "Partner - Technology Consulting", "company": "EY", "endYear": "2023", "endMonth": "12", "location": "Sydney, Australia", "startYear": "2015", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": false, "description": "Serve as Financial Services Data lead, accountable for P&L, provide client and engagement leadership, working with Chief Information Officers, Chief Data Officers, Chief Transformation Officers and their teams, founding and owning the EY Global Open Banking platform and APAC Sustainable Finance solutions lead. Partners with client boards and executives to lead teams to deliver data transformations. Devise and lead an enterprise data strategy, gained board and executive endorsement, and drove implementation for global financial institution. Support APRA regulatory reviews via accurate reporting to Group COO and CDO. Experienced reporting to CEO and Boards for major technology and data transformations. Founded and leads the sales and delivery of a Consumer Data Right solution as a multi-year data managed service, used by multiple large banks. Led the design and delivery of a five-year technology strategy refresh for a large integrated bank and insurance provider in Australia, including roadmap and plans to pivot to a new platform strategy. Served Australian banks leading teams delivering security, cloud migration, data integration, and agile release management. Spearhead a $35M business delivered globally across Australia and India. \n•\tGenerating annual incremental revenue of over $7M. \n•\tResponsible for creating and leading the Sustainable Finance Technology and Data practice across Asia Pacific\n•\tDecreasing compliance cost by 50% for range of leading financial services clients. Founder and lead for global team delivering regulatory-compliant born-in-the-cloud Consumer Data Right managed service. \n•\tWorked with the regulator to lead industry testing and delivery program leadership for the Consumer Data Right. Including overseeing four banks and nine FinTechs go-live for the first-of-a-kind regulatory delivery.\n•\tFounded, won, and delivered a $35M business running CDR data platform for consent-driven data sharing.\n•\tEstablished an enterprise data office for a global bank; from initial concept, to adoption and embedding\n•\tImproved operational capacity by 30%; delivering a Customer Lifecycle Management onboarding program.\n•\tIncreased sales conversion by 40% through implementation of agile hyper-personalisation strategy for a major retail bank. \n•\tLed engagement to successfully ensure the delivery robust delivery of $100M financial services core transformation program, reporting to the Executive and Board. \n•\tLed a five-year technology strategy refresh for new platform strategy within Australia's large integrated bank and insurance provider.\n" }, { "role": "Associate Partner - Business Analytics & Optimisation", "company": "", "endYear": "2015", "endMonth": "2", "location": "London, UK", "startYear": "1999", "startMonth": "8", "currentRole": false, "description": "Led business analytics and optimization initiatives in close collaboration with financial services Chief Data and Information Officers. Developed strategies, data delivery, and analytics programs for 15 banks across UK, Europe, India, and China. Led the business case and transformation for data for two large banks. Established a single customer view capability for institutional banking division of a local bank. Led design and development of digital properties and provided analytics solutions to improve sales, retention and service outcomes. Drove operational efficiencies by introducing agile data operations within a global bank. Played integral role in business cases, global delivery, and mobilising an offshore run capability. Fostered strong client relationships at executive, architecture, and operations level to achieve business objectives. \n•\tDelivered exceptional services as the Business Analytics and Optimisation consulting account lead for four global banks. \n•\tLed the design and successful delivery of two data transformation programs for large UK retail banks, valued at $400M; reporting to the Chief Data Officer.\n•\tSaved a bank 15% annually delivering a $100M five-year transformation, while leading architecture and design of data simplification program.\n•\tFreed capital withholding for retail banks to establish single customer view and become Advanced Based compliant.\n" } ]
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Mike is experienced consultant with over 25 years of global and Australian success achieved in technology strategy, transformation leadership, client delivery, and business growth.
Mike gained his expertise serving clients on their most complex digital technology, data, AI and risk initiatives whilst at IBM, EY and Sia Partners in London and Sydney.
Mike is passionate about making technology truly transformation by ensuring it is human-centric and seamlessly integrated into the business. His passion is enabling teams to achieve this vision, and leading with purpose to deliver ongoing and meaningful value by embedding into the business.
Mike has served Chief Information Officers, Chief Digital Officers and Chief Risk Officers across financial services and government to bring technology introduction, transformation, cost reduction and regulatory compliance.
Skilled aligning technology strategies to business objectives, establishing high performing teams to deliver the transformation, and delivering growth, cost saving and regulatory compliance.
As a leader, Mike has spanned leading teams of 100+ through to establishing a new office in a new market. Mike has led recruitment, owned P&L, run accounts, performed regional leadership roles and led growth and delivery quality.
Mike is looking to use his experience of working with CIO and CDOs, coupled with his work developing strategies, establishing functions, and transforming functions, to be a fractional CIO and/or CDO for mid-size firms.
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