Nenos Mirza

Experience

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  Westpac

  Oct 1988 - Jan 2017

  Key Achievements:Strategy - Led Asia Treasury strategy of improving and aligning processes, reporting and system infrastructure with Westpac Group. This would assist Group in meeting its objective of increasing Trade, Capital and People flow between the Australia/Asia corridor.Revenue - Introduce transfer pricing and risk management structure that would allow Treasury Asia to increase its revenue from $USD 5m in 2011 to $USD 22m in 2016.Business Growth - I established local Treasury teams in Hong Kong and Mumbai to support balance sheet needs and customer strategy in those centres. I arranged cross border funding agreements with peer banks in Asia to meet funding needs in our China branches.Leadership - I built a stable and high performing team in the region with a split focus on Funding & Liquidity and balance sheet risk management. Diversity within the team was of high importance.Sustainability - I managed a project which introduced Murex into Westpac's Asian branches allowing Treasury in Asia to align its funding and risk management processes with Group. I worked with Risk Reporting to introduce Liquidity Risk reporting and stress modelling for Westpac Asian branches. Deposit frameworks were also introduced to achieve diversified funding portfolios in the region. I sponsored a project which introduced Hedge Accounting and split banking/trading book structures in the Singapore Hub branch. Show less Key Achievements:Major Process Change - I represented Group Treasury on the Continuous Linked Settlements (CLS) project which saw the real-time settlement of foreign exchange transactions from 2003.Business Growth - I coordinated a wholesale funding task that grew from $AUD 30b in 2000 to $AUD 150b by 2011. My role varied during this period from execution to management of execution timing across a number of short term wholesale funding programs and regions.Sustainability - I managed this growing wholesale funding task in a manner that complied with a stringent Liquidity Risk framework and achieved funding diversification objectives. I was responsible for ensuring Westpac had sufficient RTGS liquidity to facilitate 25% of payments flowing through the Australian Payment System.Leadership - By early 2011 I was managing a team of 4 staff in Sydney with a primary objective of ensuring that Westpac had adequate liquidity to facilitate 25% of the Australian Banking System's payments and through RTGS. I also managed 1 staff in Westpac New Zealand and had 2 direct reports in Singapore. I was heavily engaged with customer facing businesses, providing advice on liquidity needs and settlement processes particulary to Transactional Banking (including Trade), Corporate Banking and Financial Markets. I chaired the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) Cash Committee from 2009 to 2011. Show less

  • Executive Director & Regional Treasurer, Asia

    Aug 2011 - Jan 2017

  • Director, Global Funding

    Jan 2000 - Aug 2011

  • Dealer, International Money Markets

    Jun 1993 - Jan 2000

  • Dealer's Assistant, Treasury Management

    Sept 1990 - Jun 1993

  • Analyst, Funding & Liquidity

    Oct 1988 - Sept 1990
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  NSW Treasury

  Nov 2018 - Nov 2019

  Director, Strategic Cash & Balance Sheet Reporting

  Lead a team in delivering quality balance sheet reporting to enable informed decisions around borrowing and investing and strategic cash management. Produce a cash management policy and framework that achieves cash optimisation at a whole of state level. Chair of the NSW Treasury Cash Oversight Committee.

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  Westpac

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2022

  Principle Solution Designer
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  Western Sydney University

  Nov 2022 - now

  Director Treasury