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Paul O'Farrell

 Managing Director

I am the Managing Director of a debt, banking and risk management advisory firm with a background as a senior banking executive and Chartered Accountant with over twenty-eight years of banking industry and risk management experience, developed in Australia, Ireland, the USA and South Korea. Key focus on educating and assisting clients get the best of their financial relationships by applying deep industry knowledge of the commercial banking sector for their benefit. Strong interest and experience in financial and corporate governance within the banking and not for profit industries through professional experience and current board position with Richmond Wellbeing Inc, a mental health provider. Key technical skills include banking relationship management, people leadership, financial analysis, credit risk management, corporate insolvency, risk appetite setting, process management, stakeholder engagement, productivity improvement, strategy implementation, operational risk, compliance risk, enterprise risk management and regulatory change. Experience gained across a wide range of industries including mining services, residential property development, agriculture, financial services, commercial property and business services


Expertise

  • Large (200+ employees) organisation – unlisted
  • Small to Medium Enterprise - SME (10 -199 employees) - listed
  • Small to Medium Enterprise – SME (199+ employees) – unlisted
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (10-199 employees)
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (200+ employees)
  • Accounting
  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • Management Consulting
  • Governance
  • Banking
  • Finance & Investments
  • Risk
  • Senior Leadership
  • Strategic Thinking

Experience

  • Non Executive
  • Committee Chair
  • GM/MD
  • Consultant

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
ChairGovernanceRichmond Wellbeing Inc.Mental Health
Non Executive DirectorRichmond WellbeingMental Health
Managing DirectorQuadrant Advisory Pty LtdBanking and risk advisory
Advisory Board MemberConfidentialAgricultural machinery

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
Managing DirectorQuadrant AdvisoryBanking and risk advisory
General Manager, Business Assurance + ProcessBankwestFinancial services
Head of Risk - New YorkNABFinancial services
Head of Risk WANABFinancial services