With over 30 years’ experience in Financial Services, Stuart Blake was Chief Executive at IAG, Australia’s largest insurer, and a Chief Executive at Wesfarmers accountable for some of Australia’s largest brands including NRMA, RACV, SGIO, JB-HIFI, Myer and Coles. Stuart has led start-ups and large mature businesses with revenue in excess of $4b, market shares of over 40%, and delivered significant growth and profit outcomes through market leading products, pricing, customer and staff advocacy. He was the Executive General Manager - Product and Pricing responsible for running IMA the joint venture for RACV and IAG. At Wesfarmers, Australia's largest conglomerate with 200,000 employees, Stuart was Chief Executive of Coles Insurance - the fastest international insurance start-up from 200,000 to 400,000 customers. This Insurtech disruptor was ground-breaking and is the most successful non-traditional insurance brand in Australia. Stuart has completed an Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School and has been a board member on numerous Financial Services businesses. He Chairs an Australian owned fintech operating in North America. In 2018, Stuart and his co-founder David McDonald founded The Bridge International, where he now operates as Managing Director. The Bridge International is a non-traditional management consulting team operating in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and North America, advising in insurance, financial services, utilities and retail. The Bridge prides themselves on being practitioners; successful executives and subject matter experts who have worked in business, rather than career consultants. TBI believes in ‘progress not perfection’, their ‘Triple Play philosophy’ ensuring clients always get the whole picture – on Culture, Customer and Commercials. Their services span strategic advisory services, customer and operations, commercial, leadership, culture & risk, brand and marketing, and program delivery.