Darren Keyte

Background

About Darren Keyte

I am a passionate Risk professional with more than 21 years' experience in the banking industry and professional services, having worked in Melbourne and London. As a Risk leader, I believe strongly in open communication, collaboration, building relationships and adding value to my stakeholders through applying a balanced risk and commercial mindset. I pride myself on my positive 'can do' attitude, on delivering high quality outcomes for my stakeholders and being able to manage through ambiguity and change. My extensive experience in assurance, compliance and governance (first line), risk (second line), internal audit, external audit and advisory services has given me a broad experience base across a range of businesses and assisted in developing my strong business acumen. Key Achievements: • Track record of delivering quality outcomes in complex businesses. • Fostered positive cultures and highly engaged, diverse, high performing teams. • Provided leadership that enabled significant uplift and maturity in the operational risk and compliance environment within businesses I’ve both worked within and partnered with. • Delivered value adding thematic and targeted review/audit reporting, with sustainable solutions for stakeholders. Known and respected for: • Ability to lead and motivate teams, including promotion of an inclusive and open environment, and focus on collaboration. • Ability to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders. • Strong technical experience (assurance, governance, risk, compliance, audit) across all three lines of defence. • Ability to solve problems with sustainable solutions, applying a commercial and pragmatic lens. • Excellent business acumen developed through a deep understanding of diverse range of businesses including how they operate, their key processes, risks, controls, risk indicators and critical success factors. • Compelling communicator to a wide range of audiences, developed through report writing and presentations to executive management and risk forums/committees.