Brendan White
Seasoned banker and corporate business leader Brendan White has been appointed Group Executive of the Sydney-based Crescent Group, which has pioneered Islamic investment in Australia and consists of two ‘profit for purpose’ businesses and three ‘not for profit’ organisations.
Mr White has more than 25 years’ experience in financial services most recently as Group Executive of Bank of Queensland’s Business Bank where he established the foundations of the bank and led a team of 600 banking and financial professional for seven years.
Prior to this he was General Manager Global Head of Financial Markets Sales and Offshore Markets and then Executive General Manager Regional Commercial and Agribusiness Banking at Commonwealth Bank over a period of almost 10 years.
Mr White is currently a director of Gateway Bank as well as Trade for Good, a share trading platform dedicated to raising funds for charities. He attended the Executive IT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of technology, the Authentic Leadership Program at the Harvard Business School and has a Graduate Diploma of Investment Management from the London Business School.
Crescent Group Founder Prof. Talal Yassine OAM said Mr White’s mandate in simple terms was to lead the Crescent Group and its businesses on a day-to-day basis and to spearhead the group’s growth and efforts to increase scale.
“I am delighted to have found such an accomplished and experienced leader as Brendan to take the operational helm of the Crescent Group at this pivotal stage in its history. Brendan has spent the majority of his career building businesses and leading teams to deliver growth and strong member and client advocacy, both internationally and domestically.
“The Group is a fast growing and dynamic financial services consortium dedicated to opening tomorrow to all Australians. I look forward to working beside Brendan as we take the Group and its constituent businesses to their next stage of development and reach the combined $5 billion mark for Super funds under management and residential finance originated over the next five years,” Mr Yassine said.
Mr White said he was honoured and privileged to be given the opportunity to support Professor Yassine. “Talal and the Crescent Group have significant growth ambitions and I look forward to contributing to the important business initiatives designed to support the financial health and well-being of Islamic communities all across Australia,” he said.
