Michael Fenech, Director

Mike Fenech serves on the KT Board as a director since 2015. A veteran of the Banking and Finance industry of over 30 years, 25 of those in financial market senior roles with Macquarie Bank, National Australia Bank, CUSCAL and HSBC.

As Executive General Manager at CUSCAL, one of Mike’s responsibilities was the performance of a $6 billion investment portfolio. A member of the Bridges Investment Committee, he was also a founding director of CUFSS, the industry liquidity and solvency support vehicle. He set up and was a director for Integris, a “AAA” rated funding structure, the purpose of which was to fund the credit union industries mortgage business. He also established CUSCAL’s risk management operations which included the Board Risk Management and ALCO committees.

After 9 years at CUSCAL, Mike was appointed Chief Operating Officer at HSBC Australia. From 2007 to 2009 he was CEO of the start-up, Ignite Financial Systems & Research, a software and research firm focused on financial planners and fund managers. Mike now runs MF Consulting providing his clients strategic and operational support in the finance and technology sectors. He also serves on the board of Community Mutual Group Limited, a large mutual bank operating in NSW and is a director at both Garigal Financial Services Ltd and Valuestream Investment Management Ltd.