Grant Thornton Australia

FEATURED SPEAKERS

	Madeleine Mattera, Partner & National Head of Financial Services Grant Thornton Australia Madeleine leads the Financial Services Industry practice for Grant Thornton in Australia. Madeleine specialises Mid-sized clients in the Financial Services industry and has a keen interest in helping clients grow and succeed in an environment of evolving regulatory pressure, demographic shifts, financial technology innovation and changing consumer behaviour. Contact Madeleine.
	Claire Scott, Partner & Head of Banking Grant Thornton Australia Claire has been heavily involved in the audits of APRA regulated entities including ADIs since 2010. Claire leads the mutual ADI sector for Grant Thornton and she is passionate about supporting the industry in navigating an evolving and competitive landscape. Claire is a regular keynote speaker at mutual industry events including Instil (Australasian Mutuals Institute) Finance & Risk Forum and the Mutuals Audit Governance Professional Institute (MAGPI). Contact Claire.
	Darren Scammell, Partner & Head of Financial Services, Victoria Grant Thornton Australia Darren joined Grant Thornton as an audit partner in July 2018. He is specialist in financial services with over 19 years as a partner with KPMG as an auditor and risk advisor. He retired from KPMG in March 2018. Darren is a specialist in the insurance, health, superannuation, electricity, investment and retail banking, property and funds management industries. Contact Darren.
	Matthew Green, Partner - Grant Thornton Consulting, Technology Advisory Grant Thornton Australia Matthew has over 14 years experience in providing IT risk management and advisory services across Government and private enterprise. Matthew’s extensive IT risk advisory experience spans technology and risk advisory across strategy, governance, operations, service delivery and major projects. Contact Matthew.
	Alex Bell, Partner - Financial Advisory, Forensic Consulting Grant Thornton Australia Built on over 15 years forensic consulting experience across Australia and the UK, Alex knows what it takes to achieve the right forensic outcome. Alex believes that a successful forensic engagement starts with an experienced understanding of what is at stake, before being able to successfully navigate through highly complex environments to achieve the right result. Contact Alex.
	Katherine Shamai, Partner - Grant Thornton Consulting, Business Risk Grant Thornton Australia Katherine has over 17 years of professional experience in providing governance, compliance, internal audit, and risk management services to a range of clients. She has extensive experience assisting clients with governance reviews, risk assessments, reviews of key internal processes and controls, recommendations to strengthen control weaknesses identified, drafting of policies and procedures as well as being seconded to clients to help implement recommendations. Contact Katherine.
	Himashini Weeraratne, Partner - Financial Services Tax Grant Thornton Australia Himashini has over 15 years’ experience providing tax advisory and compliance services to financial service providers, fund managers, managed funds, superannuation funds and their advisors.She also has extensive experience in project managing and coordinating a diverse range of funds and superannuation funds, and assisting clients with detailed knowledge of the taxation and regulatory issues affecting their industry. Contact Himashini.
	Gemma Higgins, Director - Indirect Tax Grant Thornton Australia Gemma is the GST Advisory lead within our Sydney office and has over 10 years’ experience in providing indirect tax consulting services for a diverse range of clients across the private and public sectors. Gemma has particular expertise in advising clients in the Financial Services and FinTech industries. Contact Gemma.
	James Corner, Business and Product Development Manager Cortell Australia James is Fellow of CPA Australia, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has worked in several countries within the Financial Services industry for 20+years. His experience has seen him work as a CFO and Financial Controller reporting to 14 different regulators around the world. He now spearheads Cortell’s Financial Services department, where the Cortell team have developed CoreBIS, an APRA reporting application that simplifies the APRA reporting process whilst offering additional rigour and management insight into the process. Contact James.
	Jane Stanton, Director - Grant Thornton Consulting, Business Risk Grant Thornton Australia Jane joined Grant Thornton Consulting Business Risk Services in November 2019.Jane brings significant experience from her distinguished career that includes the 2018 Presidency of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). She has over 20 years of financial services industry experience having worked in a variety of senior risk management, internal audit and finance roles for APRA regulated and listed entities primarily in banking and general insurance. Contact Jane.
	Daniel Farthing, Director - Grant Thornton Consulting, Business Risk Grant Thornton Australia Daniel joined Grant Thornton Consulting in September 2019 as a Director in the Business Risk Services practice specialising in technology risk. Daniel leads technology risk engagements in Sydney with a focus on security, access, change management, project management and processing integrity. As part of this role, Daniel also leads Grant Thornton Sydney’s non-audit assurance offerings including engagements performed under industry frameworks such as ASAE 3402, GS 007 and SOC-2. Contact Daniel.
	Tony Thrassis, CIO Frollo Tony has had a diverse career over the last 40 years focused on design and solution delivery for many digital transformation programs across Telco, Banking, Finance and other industries. Past roles have included Director Architecture at Telstra and CTO roles at Flexigroup and Voltbank. More recently, Tony has worked with, co-founded and mentored a number of start-ups and currently is the Chief Information Officer at Frollo where he is leading Frollo’s successful Open Banking accreditation and implementation. Contact Tony.
	Gareth Gumbley, CEO & Founder Frollo Gareth has a strong track record of building value by growing companies through strategy, business development and M&A. His experience includes running companies in financial services, electronic payments, software and technology, telecoms and the media sector, and he is passionate about improving the financial wellbeing of Australians with his FinTech scaleup Frollo.. Contact Gareth.