Hamish has worked in the banking industry for 30 years. Over his career he has worked in a variety of fields involving financial markets and risk measurement and management. He has extensive experience leading quantitative teams responsible for risk measurement including modelling of capital requirements for credit, operational, and market risk, all aspects of derivatives risk, and funding and liquidity measurement. He also has experience leading data teams responsible for the management of modelling datasets and data flows for reporting.

Hamish is currently the Executive General Manager of Portfolio and Market Risk at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he has worked since 2005. Hamish will discuss some of the emerging employment trends and opportunities in the financial services industry, with a focus on big data and analytics, along with the additional skills people with quantitative degrees should focus on for career success. Hamish has a degree in Chemical Engineering and as such is a STEM graduate using these skills in a broader context.