Ben McCormick DTM
Our special guest and keynote speaker for the 2024 District 90 Toastmasters Annual Conference is Region 12 Director BEN McCORMICK DTM.
From Springfield, Australia, Ben is a home lending retention advisor at Suncorp Group Limited where he has worked for more than eight years. In his role, Ben leads work across the bank to improve the home lending portfolio retention rate.
His work involves balancing between customer outcomes, shareholder returns, regulatory compliance, development and application of government frameworks and oversight of funded retention projects.
Ben holds a Master of Business degree. In his professional life, he has forged an efficient working relationship between retail and business banking channels, resulting in a greatly enhanced turnaround time for his business' customers. As a result of his spearheading this collaboration, Ben and his team achieved quarterly results of over 300 percent of the relevant financial target.
A Toastmaster since 2010, Ben's home club is Ipswich Toastmasters. He has held a number of high-profile leadership positions within Toastmasters and has attained the Distinguished Toastmaster designation.
Reflecting on his involvement in Toastmasters, Ben says, “Improving your ability to provide feedback in a helpful, practical manner can benefit someone regardless of where they are in life. To have a space where you can grow and develop how, when, and where you give feedback is applicable to anyone, and valuable to everyone.”
As part of his participation in the District 90 Conference, Ben will present the keynote at Saturday night;s gala dinner and an education session on Sunday morning.
Details of more education session presenters coming shortly
