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Meet Our Team

Renato Mazza

Chief Executive Officer

Renato Mazza has over 22 years' experience in the Consumer Credit Insurance (CCI) sector and held senior management positions in Consolidated Insurance Group in London in the early 90s, the UK's then number one niche insurer in this sector. He was part of a team of six who formed St Andrew's Group in the UK in the mid 1990's which grew to become one of the UK's major underwriters of CCI under Bank of Scotland and HBOS ownership. Renato moved to Perth in 2005 to help with the development of St Andrew's Australian business, overseeing its integration into CommInsure, CBA's insurance business, following their acquisition of St Andrew's in late 2008, and later integration with Bank of Queensland Limited (BOQ).

Sean Straney

General Manager Distribution

Sean heads up the national Account Management team, and is a key member of the Executive Committee. Since commencing with us in 2007, he has undertaken a major restructure of the national Account Management operating model and introduced a number of new initiatives to better improve our Corporate Partner engagement processes. He has been a key lead in influencing the introduction of new products and staff rewards & recognition activities, all of which are designed to significantly increase our Corporate Partner's insurance revenue and customer satisfaction. Prior to joining us, Sean held senior management roles at Westpac, AON and McKellar Robinson Australia.

Peter Thomas
Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances

Peter Thomas is responsible for identifying new opportunities and areas for growth for the St Andrew's business. He brings to his position 39 years of banking and finance experience at Westpac across a diverse range of positions.

Prior to joining our team he spent 5 years as Westpac's Director Corporate Banking, which was primarily a business development position targeting large companies. He has also held senior positions in the Corporate and Institutional Banking, Transactional Banking and Product and Operations.

Patrick Moore
State Manager, NSW/ACT

Patrick is responsible for the overall management, sales support and business growth for St Andrew's Corporate Partners in NSW/ACT. Patrick's focus is to maximise the performance of the Corporate Partners by helping to identify and implement new business strategies with the support of the Account Management team.

The NSW Corporate Partner market includes a variety of financial institutions and distribution channels, ranging from Banks, Mutual's and Credit Union's to novated leasing companies and on-line life insurance providers.

Patrick has over 15 years experience in the Finance and Insurance industry with roles in Operations, Claims, Training and Account Management and specialises in sales leadership and performance.

Jennifer Jones

State Manager, WA

Jennifer is responsible for the overall management, sales support and business growth for St Andrew's Corporate Partners in WA. Jennifer's focus is to maximise the performance of the Corporate Partners by helping to identify and implement new business strategies with the support of the Account Management team. The WA Corporate Partner market includes a large branch network together with a number of inbound and outbound call centre distribution channels and Jennifer's team are well equipped to work in these environments. Jennifer has over 20 years experience in the Finance and Insurance industry with roles in Operations, Training and Account Management.

Andrew MacPherson
State Manager, QLD

Andrew is responsible for overseeing the business growth and strategic Account Management of all Corporate Partner relationships in QLD, including the BOQ Group Insurance portfolio. The primary focus of Andrew and his team of Account Managers is to maximise the performance of their Corporate Partners through a variety of sales support and training initiatives including new channel and product development. Andrew brings to the business over 18 years experience in senior sales leadership, human resource and banking roles within the finance and insurance sectors.