Meet Your Expert Course Director

Michael Vincent spent 22 years in the banking and finance industry as a practitioner. He gained experience in all areas of the industry, ranging from branches to the international area. He worked at all levels and processes from retail lending to major project finance transactions. During the later stages of his industry career he was directly responsible for substantial change within the international area. He succeeded in changing the focus from paper to people by applying the principle of portfolio and relationship to the trade area. In his last position he was responsible for the international operations of the top 100 corporate customers of his bank and had over 60 staff reporting directly to him. In 2000 after more than six years of research Michael established the Australian Risk Management Unit as its foundation Director. It is an entity, funded by industry with the aim of developing focused risk management education within the Australian business community. He was directly responsible for developing and writing an undergraduate degree through to a master’s degree in the area of risk management, a first for the concept of integrated risk management.