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CHRIS BLAKE, HEAD OF TRADE CREDIT

Chris Blake joined The Bond & Credit Company in January of 2019. Chris has worked in the Credit Insurance Industry since 2003, where he joined QBE as an underwriter. Since then, he has underwritten various industries within Australia including building and construction, finance, and chemicals. He was appointed as Underwriting Manager in 2009 with QBE and managed a team of underwriters based out of Melbourne looking after Risk, New Business and Account Management duties. In 2013, Chris joined Euler Hermes (Allianz Trade) as Commercial Director for Australian and New Zealand.

Prior to working in the insurance Industry, Chris worked with the National Australia Bank as a business banking officer and holds a bachelor’s in commerce (Economics and Finance) with Curtin University.

ANDREW KENNEDY, HEAD OF RISK

Andrew Kennedy joined the BCC Risk department in May 2019. A newcomer to the insurance industry, Andrew spent his 19-year career in various positions across the banking sector covering credit risk and relationship management in both Sydney and London. Commencing his working life out of university he started at ANZ in Business Banking learning the basics of credit risk and business development. After two years in that role Andrew made the move to the London banking market where he took on various contract roles in credit risk. Upon returning to Australia, Andrew spent the next eight years at HSBC where he worked within Global Banking covering institutional clients, namely banks, fund managers and insurance companies before once again returning to the UK to pursue specific opportunities and to finally return to Australia 3 years later to commence at BCC.

Prior to commencing full time work, Andrew completed a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and later on completed a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University whilst working full time.