Management Team
The management group oversees a dedicated team and covers a range of disciplines including:
- Financial analysis, including Chartered Accountants and CPAs
- Data science, analytics, scorecards, modeling and validation
- Information Technology, development and systems support
- Government and Industry engagement
- Administration and helpline support
- Sales and marketing activities
Corporate Scorecard’s management team includes:
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Brad Walters - Head of Product and Rating Services
Brad is the Responsible Manager of the License, and leads a team of highly experienced professionals in the provision of corporate, financial and risk assessment services across a range of industry sectors including: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Construction, Property, Government, Services, Defence, Transport, Energy, Information Technology, Agribusiness and many others. Brad has advised Australia’s leading banking institutions, insurance organizations, large corporations and Government Departments on corporate strategy, corporate finance, corporate credit ratings, supply chain resilience and risk management.
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Samir Iqbal – Head of Client Solutions
Samir leads a team of consultative specialists responsible for building customer relationships and delivering customised solutions to clients with very specific requirements in the area of commercial, financial and risk management services. In this client focused role, Samir specialises in delivering Financial Viability and Ratings solutions, supported by the wider suite of Equifax commercial risk solutions including entity verification, entity monitoring, company trading history, supplier relationship mapping and International credit data. With over 18 years experience in the financial services sector, Samir has been working with Corporate Scorecard since 2017. Previously he held the position of Vice President product management at HSBC Bank. Samir earned his MBA from the National University of Singapore and holds a Bachelors in Business Economics from the University of Tampa, USA.
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Gavin Madson - GM of Commercial Operations
With over 20 years experience in financial markets Gavin brings a wealth of experience to our Credit Ratings business. This experience has been gained across senior roles covering all facets of debt and credit markets including bond analysis, debt capital markets, strategic credit risk consulting and credit ratings. This experience includes a number of years with an international Credit Rating agency as lead analyst for Asia Pacific in the Oil and Gas sector and Australian lead across the Energy and Utilities sector. As a bond analyst, Gavin covered various sectors from Financial Institutions and Corporates through to high yield debt and hybrids. In addition to undergraduate studies in Accounting and Finance Gavin was admitted as a Chartered Accountant in 2000.