Wayne Yates, CA(SA)

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Feb 1995 - Sept 1997

  Chartered Accountant Traineeship
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  NBS Boland Bank (now part of NedBank)

  Sept 1997 - Feb 1999

  Head of Market Risk
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  Credit Suisse

  Mar 1999 - Dec 1999

  Global Markets Risk Analyst
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  Deutsche Bank

  Jan 2000 - Nov 2000

  Risk Control
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  Macquarie Group

  Mar 2001 - Nov 2024

  Created multi-disciplinary teams with 25+ direct and 20+ indirect offshore reports, responsible for all intragroup dealings either by direct ownership or establishing frameworks for business/support areas.- Oversaw key global intragroup functions including lending/depositing, guarantees/off-balance sheet, FX/interest rate hedging, and intercompany settlements. - Optimised overall outcomes across regulatory, business, tax, risk, legal and accounting considerations, resulting in $ millions of cost saving and substantially reduced regulatory exposures.- Partnered with business units to ensure compliance with new requirements, while minimising impact on front line activities, enabling record profitability in 2023- Established liquidity management and funding forecasting/planning for key group of entities ($24b balance sheet, $4.4b op income, A rated). Achieved strategic objective of being able to operate independently without group funding support. Show less Headed team of 15 direct and 15+ indirect reports, responsible for internal and regulatory (LCR and FR) liquidity risk management, funding forecasting and planning, and framework for incentivising/charging to business units.- Oversaw ‘line one’ global liquidity risk management across all six business groups and over 1,500 subsidiaries, including Macquarie Bank (Australian regulated bank) and a UK regulated bank. Directed the transition of the later to an EU regulated subsidiary following Brexit.- Continually advanced Liquidity and FTP frameworks via presenting technical papers to ALCO, senior business and ‘line two’ risk management stakeholders. This included orchestrating the introduction of LCR and NSFR regulatory metrics, along with pricing and other commercial and operational impacts. Show less

  • Division Director Group Treasury: Head of Intra-group Transactions & Exposures

    Jan 2021 - Nov 2024

  • Head of Liquidity, Funding Strategy and Funds Transfer Pricing

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2020

  • Group Treasury: Divisional Director

    May 2010 - Dec 2014

  • Commodity and Global Markets (CGM) and Group Treasury

    Jan 2006 - May 2010

  • Finance/Product Control team lead: Energy and Agricultural Commodities

    Mar 2001 - Dec 2005
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  Career Break

  Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

  Gardening Leave. Volunteering.

  Relaxing. Reflecting. Recharging. Fired up over a dozen BBQs for the overprivileged kids of the Kings School Rowing Program.Lots of stand-up paddleboarding - longest trip was Gladesville to Manly.Landed one paid acting gig as a Squid Games guard (non speaking, but I like to think my presence alongside my daughter and 200 other silent guards was deeply impactful).

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  Teachers Mutual Bank Limited

  Feb 2025 - now

  Head of Treasury

  Liquidity & Funding Management.Balance Sheet and Interest Rate Risk Management.Cash and Liquid Asset Portfolio Oversight.Regulatory Compliance.Wholesale Debt Issuance and Marketing.Stakeholder Engagement Internal/External.Treasury Systems & Technology Uplift.