Mr has 35 years experience in senior leadership roles in global banking and non bank financial institutions. He was with Liberty Financial, Australias non bank financial institutions where he was a member of the senior management team and Board Director responsible for strategy, business development and marketing in addition to heading the New Zealand operations which included loan origination, the Mike Pero branded broking network, and a successful debenture funding program. Prior to joining Liberty Financial, he was a partner at Deloitte where he advised on buy and sell side M&A transactions, capital raising and securitisation facilities to a range of banks and non banks. He was also a member of the Deloitte Top 40 Leadership group representing the Financial Services Industry (FSI) sector. He is a former member of the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF) national committee and was appointed a Fellow of the ASF as recognition for his services to the non bank financial institutions sector.