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Chief Financial Officer, APAC; Chief Operating Officer, APAC CM; Chief Country Officer, Australia

RBC Capital Markets is part of a leading provider of financial services, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Operating since 1869, Royal Bank of Canada is one of the top 15 largest banks in the world and the fifth largest in North America, as measured by market capitalization. With a strong capital base and consistent financial performance, RBC is among a small group of highly rated global banks. Specialties: Corporate & Investment Banking, Sales & Trading, Research

I’m a financial services leader with more than 20 years of international experience in senior roles across London, New York and the Asia-Pacific region. I lead financial and operational teams for RBC across Asia Pacific as CFO, COO, and as the Chief Country Officer in Australia. I’m passionate about our industry, and my main focus areas are strategy, building partnerships, and managing large, high-performing teams. I’ve been with RBC since 2010, when I joined as a Director, Head of Finance. Nearly a decade on, I’m still impressed and inspired by what our teams of talented people achieve in fulfilling our purpose to help our clients thrive and local communities prosper. My teams across our region are incredibly diverse, which I believe is one of our greatest strengths. To do my part in fostering diversity and inclusion in our industry, I’ve served as Chair and active of the RBC Australian Diversity Council since 2016 and mentor young leaders across the industry through Women in Banking & Finance. In July of 2021 I was honoured to join the Board of Aminata Maternal Foundation, an Australian not for profit empowering women and saving the lives of women and babies in Sierra Leone.