Dave was previously a consultant for McKinsey in their London office, working across a range of industries and sectors before joining HBOS. After strategic roles in the UK he led HBOS Retail growth drive in Australia (branded BankWest). Over Dave’s tenure, assets grew by over a third (to $20bn) and liabilities by over 50% to $9bn, with profits growing by over 10%. Before McKinsey, Dave was a manufacturing engineer for Ford Motor Company. Dave holds a first class masters in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University, where he was a Foundation Scholar.

Wai-Lean is a solutions architect and delivery focused program / project manager with over 25 years of experience, having worked on large complex technology and business improvement programs for international corporations like Qantas, Oracle, Fujitsu, Hutchison 3G, Merrill Lynch, Seagate, ANZ Bank and Government bodies in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Brunei. Wai-Lean holds the Master Project Director (MPD) certification with the Australian Institute of Project Management. Her experience covers areas of strategy development, program office management, project planning, systems integration and software development.

Andrew has had an extensive career grounded in business strategy and marketing.

He has held senior executive positions within blue-chip companies across banking and finance, telecommunications, professional services and infrastructure. These roles include Group Head of Retail at Transurban Limited, Managing Director of Pacific Micromarketing, General Manager Group Marketing and Customer Management with St.George Bank and General Manager Consumer Marketing with Optus.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business and an Associate Diploma in Marketing from Chisholm/Monash University; he holds Associate Fellow status with the Australian Marketing Institute and is a Certified Practicing Marketer (CPM). In 2004, he completed the Harvard Leadership Program. Between 2001 and 2004, Andrew was a Director of the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) where he also served a term as Treasurer and was a member of the Board Strategy Committee.

Phil leads Straterjee’s practices in Cost Efficiency, Post Merger Management and Program Health Checks. Phil has 36 years experience in banking, much of it in operational leadership roles. Phil worked for HBOS in the UK for the majority of his career. He started as a cashier and advanced through the branch management tiers to become a Retail Board Member, leading the Operations and IT areas and the Retail Program Office. Phil has successfully delivered numerous programs with in excess of GBP100M, including the integration on Bank of Scotland and Halifax Building society Retail divisions and cost reduction initiatives.