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Chief Information Officer, Advice Review Program

The Commonwealth Bank is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services including retail banking, premium banking, business banking, institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. The Group is one of the largest listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and is included in the Morgan Stanley Capital Global Index.

Experienced with proven capability in managing and delivering outcomes for businesses and corporations using Information Technology. With IT becoming ever more essential to how businesses reach their customers it is important to me for IT executives to have breadth of skill and are able to understand the importance of business and customer service outcomes and enable the IT organisation to deliver to these. I form strong relationships with people and am known for building strong capable teams. I have enjoyed turning around “challenged” teams and have delivered IT, outsourcing and consulting services in corporate and government environments with broad role and executive delivery experiences at CBA, IBM, EDS and Compass Management Consultants. Appraisal feedback: Willingly takes ownership of issues, Adaptable and quick learner, Strong analytical skills, Decisive, Willing to consider others opinions, Remains calm under pressure, Deals well with complexity. Enjoys leading people to create and achieve common goals and objectives. A natural ability and desire to understand the detail behind conceptual solutions provides a solid base to visualise and articulate business and solution strategy and directions. Uses this capability to provide leadership to teams to achieve business outcomes. Will challenge the present, lead and work with teams to provide structure and framework to achieve objectives.