Charith Amarasinghe
Director, Business Development, NSW & ACT
BSc (Hons), DipMExport Finance Australia since 2014
Banking and finance professional with over 15 years’ experience across retail, small business and corporate banking as well industry experience in manufacturing and international trade in Australia and Sri Lanka.
Banking experience: St, George Bank, ING Direct
Sector experience: Manufacturing, Fashion & beauty, Engineering and other technology export, METS.
Michael Reznikov
Associate Director, Business Development, NSW & ACT
Master’s in applied finance (FINSIA), B. Administrative Studies (Hons.) (York University, Toronto Canada)Export Finance Australia since 2014
Corporate banker with over 17 years of experience in cross border and regional banking, working capital solutions, M&A, trade, and property finance
Banking Experience: HSBC and Morrison Financial Services Ltd (Canada)
Sector experience: Manufacturing, transport, professional services, agriculture, resources, education, property.
Phil Smith
Director, Business Development, VIC & TAS
B.Bus (HONS)Export Finance Australia since 2013
Phil has accumulated over 30 years experience working in the financial services sector in a number of leadership roles in the small business, commercial, corporate, institutional and private wealth market segments.
Banking Experience: Barclays, NAB, CBA & Westpac
Sector Experience: Property, Franchising, Education, International Trade.
Yuri Schneider
Associate Director, Business Development, VIC & TAS
B.Arts, Grad Dip AccExport Finance Australia since 2020
Yuri has over 25 years’ experience in Business and Corporate Banking roles specialising in trading businesses and cash flow lending.
Banks: CBA, ANZ, National Australia Bank, Bank of Melbourne and Bendigo Bank.
Sectors: Manufacturing, wholesale, international trade, food, engineering and construction services.
Aleks Henderson
Director, Business Development, WA
B.Com (Curtin) Commercial Law & MarketingExport Finance Australia since 2019
Working capital business finance specialist with almost 20 years’ experience in commercial banking across number of industries in WA and QLD. Exposure to the private sector as an Executive Operations Manager, assisting to secure bank and government funding for a key Regional WA infrastructure facility.
Banking experience: NAB, Bankwest
Sector experience: Mining Supply Chain, Manufacturing, International Trade, Oil and Gas Sector, Construction Projects, Transport and Technology Services.
Cameron Hall
Senior Business Development Manager, WA
B.Com (ECU), M.Prof Fin & Bnkg (ECU)Export Finance Australia since 2017
Commercial banker with experience in export, trade, and global supply chain finance, financial and capital markets in Western Australia.
Banking experience: Bank of Western Australia
Sector experience: Technology, mining, agriculture and International trade.
Andrew Perkins
Director, Business Development, SA & NT
B.Ec, B.Com (Adelaide), MBA (Deakin)Export Finance Australia since 2015
Andrew has a background in commercial and corporate banking with coverage across a range of sectors and customer types. Andrew also spent time with the Government of South Australia attracting capital into major projects in mining and agriculture.
Banking experience: CBA
Sector experience: Manufacturing, defence, wine, mining, services.
Adam Pearce
Director, Business Development, QLD & NT
B. Agribusiness International Trade FinanceExport Finance Australia since 2016
Corporate banker with more than 19 years’ experience in mining, supply chain finance, professional firms, property and agriculture and M & A investments in Australia and New Zealand.
Banking Experience: ANZ
Sector experience: Mining, Property, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Tourism and Engineering.
Jana Walker
Senior Business Development Manager, QLD & NT
Master’s Degree in Business Administration; Master’s Degree in Economics & ManagementExport Finance Australia since 2016
Jana started her professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then transitioned into banking. Jana has accumulated over 15 years of retail, small business, and commercial experience throughout Queensland.
Banking experience: Suncorp Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Sector experience: Professional services, real estate, manufacturing, engineering, tourism.
Maria Aitken
Business Development Officer
Qualifications: B.ScienceExport Finance Australia since 2013
Maria Aitken is the Business Development Officer for Export Finance Australia’s SME division, responsible for actively promoting Export Finance Australia’s products and services with prospective customers.
Maria works closely with Export Finance Australia customers to help provide them with tailored financial solutions to support their growth aspirations when expanding overseas and winning export contracts.
Maria has more than 10 years banking experience. Prior to joining Export Finance Australia in 2013, Maria worked as an Account Manager at Super Derivatives where she was responsible for developing, building, and maintaining strong relationships with an allocated portfolio of clients.
Laura Jenkins
Customer Liaison Officer
Diploma of Credit ManagementExport Finance Australia since 2015
Laura started her professional career at Bibby Financial Services (Scottish Pacific Business Finance). Laura has 7 years of small business experience throughout Australia and is our Small Business Loan specialist.