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This list showcases the top Victoria based CFO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Adrienne Duarte
Chief Financial Officer of Latitude Financial Services
Adrienne joined Latitude as CFO in July, 2017, from Bank of New Zealand where she was the bank’s first female Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Adrienne had previously been part of the NAB Group for 12 years, where she’d held several General Manager roles, including General Manager, Group Performance and Planning. This involved developing insights to assist the Group Executive set the Group performance agenda, including performance improvement initiatives and setting financial targets and plans across the Group. Prior to that, Adrienne’s General Manager roles at NAB, including General Manager (Group Strategic Investments). Before joining NAB, Adrienne’s career was based in the advisory world in corporate finance and strategy consulting, where she held roles with KPMG consulting, Marakon Associates, London and Coopers & Lybrand. Adrienne completed a Bachelor of Economics with the Australian National University in Canberra, she is a member of Chartered Accountants ANZ and is a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants in Australia . She also has a Masters in Business Administration, through the Australian Graduate School of Management. Adrienne has a well-stated leadership view and believes leaders are measured by their actions. She says, “My goal is to have people pass through my team feeling like they’ve been part of something important, and use the experience to build successful careers.” In her spare time, she enjoys walking with her two Siberian huskies, using her recreational pilot’s licence, and is interested in numismatics, the study or collection of currencies.
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About Latitude Financial Services: Latitude Financial Services operates as a consumer finance provider.
Steven Stamboultgis
Chief Financial Officer of Novatti Group
Steven Stamboultgis is the Chief Financial Officer at Novatti. He has over 25 years’ experience gained in FMCG/manufacturing and Financial Services. With both a practical and innovative approach to problem-solving, Steven brings a range of skills and attributes to Novatti team. Recently, Steven was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for Urbanise.com Ltd. As CFO at Praemium Ltd, Steven was a member of the team that helped Praemium list on the ASX. Steven holds a Bachelor of Business (accounting), Master of Commercial Law and is a certified practicing accountant.
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About Novatti Group: Novatti (ASX:NOV) is a leading digital banking and payments company that enables fast, simple, and secure payments.
Graeme Fallet
Chief Financial Officer of Silver Chef
Graeme Fallet is the chief financial officer of Silver Chef. He previously served as CFO for various companies including Lovisa Pty Ltd, On Sabbitical, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, Ventracor, and GasNet Australia Group.
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About Silver Chef: Silver Chef provides flexible hospitality equipment funding solutions.
Victor Peplow
Chief Financial Officer of Credit Clear
Victor Peplow is the Chief Financial Officer of Credit Clear. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector.
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About Credit Clear: Credit Clear is Australia’s leading digital receivables management and payments provider.
Chris Bayliss
Co Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Judo Bank
Chris is a co-founder and CFo of Judo Bank. He is passionate about SME’s and the centrality of relationship banking.
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About Judo Bank: Judo is a lender powered by the latest tech that provides personal services to SMEs
Stuart Will
Chief Financial Officer of Optal
Stuart Will brings a wealth of expertise in senior finance and operational roles across diverse industries to his role as Optal CFO. Stuart has excelled in CFO and Company Secretary roles for the past decade across the financial services, media, retail, manufacturing and industrial services sectors. A Chartered Accountant who holds a Bachelor of Business, Stuart has particularly comprehensive knowledge in business expansion, strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance and improving business process. Having worked closely with private equity consortiums and within an ASX-listed environment, Stuart has been entrusted with senior positions by such respected organisations as PwC and Arthur Andersen.
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About Optal: Optal operates as a global business-to-business payment solutions provider and virtual card specialist.
John Harris
Chief Financial Officer of IRESS
John has spent most of his career in the financial services industry, holding positions with an international focus and in senior finance, strategy and operations roles. He has extensive global experience spanning Asia, Europe, US and Australia, including ten years in senior leadership with Australia’s Commonwealth Bank.
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About IRESS: IRESS is a principal supplier of sophisticated share market and wealth management systems in Australia.
Mark Blackburn
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of McMillan Shakespeare
Mark joined Maxxia as the McMillan Shakespeare Group’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary in October 2011. He has over 17 years’ experience as a CFO in both listed and unlisted companies in the manufacturing, mining and financial services sectors. Immediately before joining Maxxia, he was CFO at iSelect, a comparison website and online insurance broker, and prior to that was CFO at IOOF, a listed funds management business. Mark is both a CPA and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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About McMillan Shakespeare: McMillan Shakespeare provide salary packaging, vehicle leasing administration, fleet management, and retail financial services in Australia.
Maru Natarajan
Virtual Chief Financial Officer/Financial Controller for SMEs of PremierOne Tax & Accounting Pty Ltd
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About PremierOne Tax & Accounting Pty Ltd: A Leading CPA firm in Melbourne comprised of top Accountants offering best-in-class Accounting & Bookkeeping services in Melbourne.