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Martin Blake

Martin is the Chairman of KPMG in NSW and is the face of KPMG in NSW across the public and private sectors. From 2005 – 2011 Martin was the Head of Business Development for the Advisory Division and Head of the Financial Services Advisory practice in Australia. Martin has more than twenty-five years experience in international banking and consulting to financial services businesses, including six years investment banking experience with roles as a Swaps trader with Security Pacific Hoare Govett in London and roles in asset sales, loan syndications and structured finance with Citibank, Australia. He is also a member of the Advance Board of Directors.

Martin has over twenty-two years experience in managing large business transformation programs in the Financial Services in Australia and Asia. Martin has lead a number of large business transformation and merger integration programs in Australia and Asia.

Specialties: Martin’s areas of expertise include merger integration, business transformation, target operating model development, process and organisation design to support large scale transformation programs, business strategy, large scale restructuring, shared services and cost reduction.

Pursuits, but not areas of expertise include sailing, golf, skiing and triathlons.