Mark Burgess

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ABOUT MARK BURGESS

Experienced banking professional skilled in risk management, strategy, leadership, commercialimprovement, scenario analysis, reporting, and analytics through innovative approaches. Highly proficient at managing, coordinating, and dealing with internal and external stakeholders at all levels on a broad range of topics, both financial and non-financial. Strong leadership skills, accustomed to developing and delivering strategies with an ability to initiate and drive change. Clear communicator and influencer, able to grow, nurture, and inspire teams whilst driving an effective and collaborative culture focused on outcomes and continuous improvement.Career Highlights• Roles in front office financial markets, risk & compliance, finance, regulation, operations, and on project teams. Worked internationally and in Australia for large & mid-tier banks, a central bank and regulator, proprietary trading arms, investment banking, and wealth management.• Led programmes and projects implementing, improving, and reviewing frameworks as well asconsolidating infrastructures and systems across federated institutions to improve efficiency andaccuracy whilst reducing running costs.• Deep understanding of risk, risk maturity, enterprise risk frameworks, governance, credit, financial marketproducts, liquidity, capital, operational risk, and regulation. Accustomed to using insights from technical knowledge to drive strategy, appetite setting, and improved processes and practices.• Selected for and graduated from HSBC’s Aspiring Chief Risk Officer programme. Received trainingacross entire taxonomy of risk classes and a placement in Canada for six months leading a function. Upon moving from Risk to Finance, I was invited to be a ‘Business Finance Top 100 Talent’ member.• Designed, led, and presented COVID-19 analysis on the HSBC Group balance sheet to C-suite andBoard committees as the pandemic emerged – this informed key decisions globally.• Rebuilt Westpac stress testing team and delivered the APRA Climate Vulnerability Assessment, the first climate scenario analysis undertaken within the Group.• Led the Risk Governance team at Bendigo Bank through significant risk uplifts including enterprise riskframework, risk appetite, board reporting, and the roll out of an organisation-wide emerging risk annualcycle.