Alan Crookes has 40 years experience in the banking and financial services industry and he recently retired after 26 years at BMW Group Financial Services. During that time, he held the roles of COO, CFO and CEO for BMW Financial Services Australia before most notably in 2005, being promoted to CEO of BMW Group Financial Services Asia Pacific region.
In that role, he guided the development of a significant number of its current and future global leaders. He oversaw the acquisition and integration of companies in Malaysia and Hong Kong, and the establishment of new entities including Russia, India, and China. He led the successful introduction of insourcing Japan's back office operations into Australia, despite the industry trend or norm for outsourcing, and all the while he delivered consistent yearly profitability growth and growth at the regional portfolio outstandings from 5 billion euros to 24 billion euros as at the end of 2016.
In addition to leading the fastest growing region in the world, Alan played a significant role in the Management Committee at global headquarters in Munich, contributing to the overall success of BMW Group Financial Services worldwide.
Regarded as a visionary, innovative and authentic business leader, Alan has a strong focus on people and empowering leadership. In this episode of Career-view Mirror, we'll talk about some of the lessons from his journey, from having to retake his final year of high school to opening up for BMW Financial Services the markets of Russia, India, and China, which would become BMW's largest market.
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Episode recorded on 23 December 2020
