Mike Thornton: Strategic Adviser, Risk Management & Governance

Non-executive director and adviser:

  • Leveraging 35 years’ experience in life insurance, wealth management and financial planning
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and passionate about leadership and constructive challenge, provides a pragmatic, commercial approach to governance and risk management
  • Current board interests include Bank First, AIA Financial Wellbeing, a financial planning business, and Chippit, Australia’s first social fintech platform
  • Strategic alignment, culture, governance, risk management, leadership, regulatory interactions, regulatory change, conduct, customer centricity, remediation
  • Wide ranging M&A, startup and leadership experience
  • Board facilitation, C-suite coaching and mentoring, people and team development, capability building

Geographies:

  • Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe and Asia
  • Wide range of cultural and leadership settings

Client sectors:

  • Insurance (life, general, health), reinsurance, wealth and asset management, banking, pension / superannuation, financial planning
  • Regulatory change and risk management maturity

 

Before and Outside ICG:

Actuary:

  • Group Chief Actuary for AXA Asia Pacific (ASX-listed)
  • Led capital response during the global financial crisis
  • Led actuarial and risk streams through $14.5bn sale

Chief Risk Officer:

  • AXA Asia Pacific’s first CRO
  • Led integration of Risk & Compliance teams for AXA and AMP merger
  • Led risk streams for the startups of AIA Health and AIA Financial Wellbeing, remaining on its board
  • Led AIAs activity and prepared to be witness for the Banking Royal Commission
  • Led multiple streams for AIA M&A with CommInsure
  • Transformation of risk and compliance teams, regulatory change and remediation capabilities

Credentials:

  • Actuary, qualifying in the UK and Australia
  • Certified Experienced Risk Actuary
  • Graduate, AICD Company Directors Course

Community:

Advocate for leadership on climate change, regular LinkedIn commentator, and an active member of Actuaries Institute Climate and Sustainability Practice Committee

 

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Contact Phone:   

+61 422 003 278

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