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Mike leads Sia Partners' Australian Financial Services (FS) and Sydney office. As a leader with global expertise, Mike works with Financial Services firms to solve their toughest challenges. Mike partners with clients to deliver regulatory, customer marketing & engagement, technology strategy & innovation, data & AI, separations and integrations, and sustainability transformations.
Mike believes that next-generation consulting should embed digital and AI into the fabric of client service. Doing so delivers greater, sustainable, ongoing value.
He has a solid history of success in consulting leadership, exceptional client delivery, and business growth.
Mike is skilled in embedding and extracting value from technology. Mike has used this expertise to lead teams to define technology strategies, safely complete mergers and acquisitions, and embed innovative data and AI solutions into claims, lending, underwriting and investment processes. Mike has also led the architecture and delivery of transformation programs to meet regulatory requirements for Financial Services firms.
Notable achievements include:
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Identifying and realizing a 30% improvement in operational capacity for customer onboarding for a leading bank
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On time completion of a $100m core system replacement program, reporting to the Executive and Board
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Achieved a 15% annual cost saving whilst delivering a data simplification and technology renewal program. The program delivered an uplift in technology and delivery capability to enable $100M of new value
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Led a global team to design and operate a regulatory-compliant born-in-the-could Open Banking managed service
Mike is passionate in partnering with clients to co-create sustainable programs and transformations.
Based in Sydney with wife Lara, son Ed, and a mischievous Lagotto Romagnolo dog, Luca.