Lending Innovation Summit

David Marshall joined Beyond Bank in 2025 as Chief Executive Officer. He is an experienced financial services executive with a proven track record in leading customer-focused organisations, including past tenure as Chief Executive Officer for Defence Bank and Hume Bank. David has also successfully led the retail financial services networks at Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac.

Martyn has over 35 years banking experience, working with Bank Australia and its predecessor credit unions. Martyn has a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University in Melbourne with majors in Finance and Information Systems. He has held the roles of Lending Manager at Bank Australia since 2003, and Head of Lending since 2013.

Marnie is responsible for Defence Bank’s Frontline Branch and Lending teams as well as the Lending Operations, Member Operations, Member Direct and Member Care divisions. These teams have a direct line to their members and are the front face of Defence Bank. Marnie is also the sponsor of their Lending Journey Continuous Improvement Program.

Claire has 17 years of external audit, assurance & advisory experience for financial services clients including superannuation funds, investment managers, ADIs such as Credit Unions, Mutual Banks and foreign banks, mortgage funds and other financiers covering residential mortgage funds, personal lending, commercial lending, leasing and specialty finance. Claire has been heavily involved in the audits of APRA regulated entities including ADIs since 2010.

Shane joined LIXI in July 2015 as Chief Technology Officer after holding a series of technology and banking roles internationally. Shane said “As an independent body, LIXI isuniquely placed to foster a deeper sense of community and enable a greaterlevel of participation in our collaborative efforts. LIXI is ideally situatedto help drive efficiencies across the lending industry and further promote thedemocratisation of the lending data standards.”

Geoff is a Partner in BDO’s Financial Services Audit & Assurance team in Sydney. He mainly provides audit and assurance services to financial services and real estate sector clients, including wealth management; funds management; superannuation; retail and commercial banking; leasing and non-bank lenders; fintechs; digital asset industry participants; and insurance organisations.

Brett Spencer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DocuScan Australia, a pioneering company specializing in AI-driven document processing, verification, and fraud detection solutions. Under his leadership, DocuScan has developed the proprietary "Eye-Know" engine, designed to emulate human document reading, converting documents to data, thereby eliminating manual data entry and enhancing operational efficiency for various industries.

Scott Dargan has had over 30 years experience in the corporate world, primarily in banking and finance. He has also been operating as a Management Consultant, Strategic Advisor, Transformation Agent, Executive Recruiter and Speaker in the corporate, government and community environments for the last 15 years and specialises in Lending Optimisation, Transformation and Digitisation.

Roger Manu is a highly driven, stakeholder-first/solution centred executive. He has held roles as CEO, GM and Director in global banking and finance software and services companies, covering all facets of these businesses including Sales, Marketing, Development, Operations and Delivery, all with bottom line responsibilities.