About Prof. Brett King

Brett King is one of the founders of the International Academy of Financial Management, a global organization dedicated to improving the skills and careers of financial professionals everywhere. King has been directly responsible for the off-shore growth of the Academy’s commercial operations with a membership spanning 145 countries. He also owns a successful niche consulting operation based in Asia, namely UserStrategy, which consults for companies like HSBC, Standard Chartered, Ping An Insurance, Cathay Pacific, Shangri-La Hotels, National Semiconductor and other world-class brands.

King was appointed as an honorary Visiting Chair Professor for the China Management Institute in 2002 for his contribution to the China education community and has lectured on MBA and graduate programs such as the Australian Graduate School of Management’s MBA series and as faculty at City University. As a professional speaker, King has presented at conferences in more than 20 countries for organizations like Forbes, The Economist, IIR, DTT Fast 500, HSBC, and others. He has been awarded speaker of the event at events such as the GCC Compliance Forum, the SME Banking and Finance Forum, CEO Leadership Summit, and others.

He currently is an international judge for both The Asian Banker Retail Banking Excellence Awards, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards. King holds a variety of professional qualifications such as Master Financial Professional, Chartered Wealth Manager and Certified Developer of Enterprise.

King previously led Modem Media/Digitas’ (NASDAQ:DTAS) regional business in Asia as Regional Managing Director, and prior to that was the Regional Director of the E-Business Service-Line for Deloitte Consulting (Asia-Pacific-Africa). King was a national finalist in the Achaeus Institute entrepreneurship program (1998.) He maintains residences in Dubai, Hong Kong and Melbourne.