Therese McCarthy-Hockey

Therese McCarthy Hockey was appointed Executive Board Member of APRA on 31 October 2022, with responsibility for the banking sector.   Therese joined APRA in January 2018 as the Executive General Manager: Strategy and Chief Risk Officer.  In December 2019, she was promoted to Executive Director of the banking division. This division is responsible for the prudential supervision of all authorized deposit-taking institutions operating in Australia and for the functional domains of market risk, credit risk, credit analytics, liquidity risk and capital management.    Therese’s experience spans Australia, United Kingdom and Europe in financial markets with responsibility across risk management, treasury, regulation, governance and technological change.  Prior to joining APRA, she was Deutsche Bank’s Treasury Deputy Group Head and Global Chief Operating Officer based in London.  Therese has also served on the Boards of Deutsche’s UK subsidiaries with governance over a range of businesses covering retail lending, wealth management, derivatives and custody services.  Therese holds a Bachelor in Mathematics, a Bachelor in Economics and Finance, and a Master of Applied Finance Degree from Macquarie University.  She is also graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.