Meet The Leadership Behind Arca

Peter Wilson joined the Arca Board on 1 July 2020. Peter is also the Independent Director and Chairman of Arca subsidiary the Reciprocity and Data Exchange Administrator. Peter is Chairman of the Power and Water Corporation, and Indigenous Essential Services in the Northern Territory. Peter was Director and Immediate Past President and Chairman of CPA Australia from 2017-2021. Peter was Chair of the Australian HR Institute from 2006-20, and non-executive director of Vision Super from 2012-2022. Peter was made a Life Member of each of the Australian HR Institute (2019) and CPA Australia (2022). He holds roles as Independent member and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee at the Office of the Auditor-General in Western Australia, and the Audit & Risk Committee for the Portfolio of the Premier of Western Australia. He has also been appointed Chair of the National Drug and Alcohol Foundation from November 2021 Peter has held senior executive roles in the Commonwealth and Victorian Treasuries, and Group Executive roles at ANZ, Amcor Limited, and as CEO of Energy 21. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 for services to workplace relations and safety and community service and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2004.

Overall 39 years of experience across 3 countries in Product and Risk. Has worked as Country Risk Director - Consumer, Citibank Australia ( 2010 – May 2022), Country Risk Director Consumer , Malaysia ( 2007-2010) and Retail Banking Risk Head, India – 2004-2007 - Portfolios including Personal Loans, Mortgages, Car loans, Commercial Real Estate, Business Banking, Margin and Securities Backed Finance Prior to Citi, worked in ANZ Grindlays Bank in India as Mortgages Product Head – 1995-2001. Also worked for Housing Development Finance Corporation, India as Branch Head, Mumbai Branch – 1986-1995 Has a Masters in Management Studies from University of Bombay, Mumbai, India and Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India

Fiona is the Head of Compliance and acting Head of Credit Risk at Great Southern Bank and is a compliance and legal regulatory specialist. With over 25 years’ experience in Australia and overseas in compliance, legal, risk and corporate governance roles, Fiona has held senior roles in a number of financial institutions including Bank of Queensland, Barclays Investment Bank and Macquarie Bank. Fiona has worked as a regulatory specialist in global law firms and at regulatory bodies and has experience in Comprehensive Credit Reporting and the regulatory aspects of credit decisioning.

Jason is a risk professional with over 29 years’ experience. Jason was the Chief Risk Officer ANZ Australia for twelve years. In this role Jason covered Op risk and compliance, commercial, retail lending, Loan Mortgage Insurance, Suncorp risk integration and Digital risk. Prior to that Jason was Head of Retail Risk for ANZ in New Zealand for three years, and before that performed a number of roles including Head of Retail Risk for GE Money over 10 years with responsibilities across markets including NZ, Australia, and Asia. Jason also has significant risk management experience in the telecommunications sector.

Joe is the Chief Risk Officer at Athena Home Loans. Joe has worked in the Financial service sector for 25 years holding a number of Senior Risk/Credit/Technology related Roles in both the domestic and offshore environments. Joe has deep experience in managing large operational teams with a key focus on driving technology and managing change to the benefit of the consumer and working with regulators and key stakeholders to achieve that aim. As the CRO for Athena Home Lending he is leveraging the power of data to allow efficient/effective operations and business decisioning in the Credit domain.

Kari is a forward thinking analytic professional with 15 + years’ experience in the field. She is a people focused leader who creates impact through being market led, evolving organisation capabilities and educating on the power of data and analytics to drive better decision making. As a leader of large teams she places high importance on rallying a team around a strong vision, creating a culture that encourages innovation with purpose and building strong relationships through trust and transparency. Kari’s career started in academia where she taught undergraduate statistics. It is here she honed her communication skills in making the complex seem easy. In the commercial setting Kari has held several roles from analytic solution development, analytic consulting through to senior management across a variety of sectors including financial services, utilities, insurance, airlines and retail. In each of her roles her approach has been agnostic and not from a particular specialism. Her focus is on identifying and understanding the market problem then helping her customers to better utilize data assets to drive value through analytics. In her current role as Chief Decision Intelligence Officer she leads a team of 75+ data and analytic professionals who provide insights that make a difference to Equifax clients across the region.

Mark joined Latitude Financial in 2018 and was appointed Executive General Manager Risk and Chief Risk Officer in May 2023, where he is responsible for ensuring that all risk types are effectively managed by Latitude and its people. Previously he was Executive General Manager Enterprise Services and COO, General Manager Group Risk and Chief of Staff to the CEO. Prior to Latitude, Mark had an extensive career in public policy where he was responsible for developing and executing major policy and reform initiatives as Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of Australia and, before that, the Minister for Communications

Michael is the Head of Credit Quality and CCR. Michael joined the Arca board in December 2025.

Brad is the General Manager of Market Risk, Credit Models & Insights at BOQ and is responsible for all risk analytics across the Group including credit risk decisioning and Comprehensive Credit Reporting. Brad joined BOQ in 2021 and has previously had a long career in consulting focussing on risk analytics for clients in Australia, Asia and Europe. Brad is passionate about using data and analytics to enhance business processes and improve customer outcomes.

Tom Clayton is the Head of Retail Credit Risk at Macquarie Bank, leading a team that manages credit strategy, analytics and policy for Macquarie’s Home Loan and Credit Card businesses. Tom has lived and worked in Australia for the last 15 years and prior to this worked for Barclays Bank in the UK and South Africa. Tom holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham and a postgraduate degree in Systems Analysis and Design from City University of London.

Tristan Taylor currently the position of General Manager, Technology Integration. Tristan’s career at Experian spans over 23 years, during which he has held a variety of technical, operational, data and leadership roles. Having previously been the executive in charge of Experian's consumer credit bureau, currently Tristan leads key technology integration programs including the consolidation of illion and Experian credit bureau technology. Tristan has held leadership roles across the UK and Australia. Prior to joining the Credit Services business, he has led advisory, product and delivery functions to deploy Data Management and Data Governance initiatives in organisations spanning Government, Financial Services, Utilities, Telcos and Retail.