Therese McCarthy Hockey, Executive Board Member, APRA
Therese McCarthy Hockey was appointed Executive Board Member of APRA on 31 October 2022, with responsibility for the banking sector. She is an APRA representative of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and sits on the Council of Financial Regulators and the Trans-Tasman Council on Banking Supervision.
Ms McCarthy Hockey joined APRA in January 2018 as the Executive General Manager: Strategy and Chief Risk Officer. In December 2019, she was promoted to Executive Director of the Banking Division, responsible for the prudential supervision of all authorised deposit-taking institutions operating in Australia and for the functional domains of market risk, credit risk, credit analytics, liquidity risk and capital management.
Ms McCarthy Hockey’s experience spans Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. Prior to joining APRA, she was Deutsche Bank’s Treasury Deputy Group Head and Global Chief Operating Officer based in London. Ms McCarthy Hockey has also served on the boards of Deutsche’s UK subsidiaries, including the regulated bank.
Ms McCarthy Hockey holds a Bachelor in Mathematics, a Bachelor in Economics and Finance, and a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.