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Anne-Marie Paterson

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Chief Risk Officer (Acting) at Medibank
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Anne-Marie Paterson is the Acting Chief Risk Officer at Medibank, with over two decades of experience in risk management, governance, and legal services across major Australian financial institutions. People often refer to her as a strategic thinker, problem-solver, and a dynamic operator who excels at translating complex regulatory requirements into practical outcomes.

She is passionate about reframing risk from a restrictive function to one that enables business strategy and fosters high performance. She often speaks on shifting risk management from a "tick-box" compliance exercise to building a mature, proactive risk culture where people feel safe to speak up.

Anne-Marie participated in an International Women’s Day panel, advising students on overcoming gender-based adversity in various industries.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Chief Risk Officer (Acting)
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Priorities

Topics Anne-Marie cares about

Human-Centric Risk
Advocates for moving beyond compliance to build mature risk cultures that drive performance and psychological safety. She has a dedicated focus on non-financial and people risk.
Regulatory Transformation
Has extensive experience leading large-scale APRA-regulated risk and culture uplift programs (CPS220, CPS230) in the financial services sector.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Chief Risk Officer (Acting)
Medibank
9-2025 - 2-2026
General Manager - Enterprise Risk Management
Medibank
9-2025
Advisory Board Member
Rely
9-2025
Board Member
Liberty IT Consulting Group
7-2023 - 6-2025
General Manager Risk Transformation - Ben+ Program
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
In the press

Media appearances

Managing People Risk – Anne-Marie Paterson (Acting CRO, Medibank). Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Risk Culture with Anne-Marie Paterson – RelyOn Podcast. Featured in Spotify
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Education
1997 - 2001
Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Honours)
University of Wollongong
2000 - 2000
Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Laws
University of Miami
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