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Team.
Vision and leadership to take Helia to new heights.
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Vision and leadership to take Helia to new heights.
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Our senior executives are committed to serving our partners by helping them to grow, now and in the future.
Meet our management team providing strong leadership at Helia.
We recognise that everyone's journey to home ownership is unique. Our commitment is to continuously explore pathways to home ownership and bring the dream of home ownership sooner to more Australians.
Our executives value excellence, integrity, service and innovation.
Reach new heights. We're Helia.
Meet our management team providing strong leadership at Helia.
We recognise that everyone's journey to home ownership is unique. Our commitment is to continuously explore pathways to home ownership and bring the dream of home ownership sooner to more Australians.
Our executives value excellence, integrity, service and innovation.
Reach new heights. We're Helia.
Michael Cant
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Michael was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer in July 2025. Michael joined Helia as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in September 2021. Michael has over 30 years experience in the Australian financial services industry across insurance, wealth management and retail and business banking.
Prior to joining, Michael held a range of senior leadership roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), including heading the Retail Banking product function, leading CBAs Corporate Banking business, CFO for the Wealth Management and Insurance division, and General Manager of distribution for Colonial First State.
Michael also worked at specialist life insurer Australian Casualty & Life, where he held the roles of Managing Director and CFO.
Michael Cant is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, holds an Economics degree from Macquarie University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
Craig Ward
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Craig joined Helia as Head of Finance in March 2024 and was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in July 2025. Craig is an experienced finance professional with over 20 years of leadership experience across Insurance, Banking, Superannuation and Financial Markets.
Prior to joining Helia, Craig held senior leadership roles in financial services at Westpac and BT, including Head of Finance for Mortgages and Business Lending and CFO of BT Super and Platforms businesses.
Craig is a Member of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Bachelor of Business Science.
Bradley Dean
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Bradley joined Helia in August 2002 and was appointed Chief Risk Officer in July 2025. Bradley is a financial services professional with over 30 years' experience in various risk, finance, product, corporate development and strategy related roles, with 22 years in the financial services industry.
Bradley brings extensive experience in risk management, new business development, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and financial management and controls from across a range of insurance, health care equipment and distribution businesses.
Bradley is a Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Economics from the University of Wollongong.
Jeremy Francis
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Jeremy joined Helia as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in April 2021. With over 20 years experience in technology, banking and finance, Jeremy is passionate about delivering digital business strategies to create new opportunities for customers, drive new business growth, and deliver cultural, technology and operational change.
Prior to joining Helia, Jeremy was Chief Information Officer at Pepper Money where he was responsible for the digital transformation of Pepper’s mortgage, asset finance and servicing businesses.
Jeremy previously held senior leadership roles in financial services at Westpac, Lloyds Banking Group and Capital Finance across business and commercial banking, asset finance and consumer lending.
Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Information Technology from the University of Technology Sydney.
Nicole Lang
Chief People and Culture Officer
Nicole joined Helia in January 2021 as Chief People and Culture Officer. She is a global Human Resources (HR) executive with over 25 years experience in HR, organisational development, talent and learning across banking, insurance and telecommunications.
She has a proven track record in leading and executing on strategic and operational initiatives across multiple geographies. This includes business transformation, culture change, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and establishing new entities in both mature and emerging markets.
Prior to joining Helia, Nicole held a number of senior positions across Commonwealth Bank (CBA), most recently leading the HR function for the CBA's International Financial Services Business (based in Hong Kong) and was Company Director for a number of its offshore entities.
Nicole has a Masters in Business (International Human Resources) from Charles Stuart University, Graduate Diploma in Education from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of NSW. Nicole is a member of the AICD.
Greg McAweeney
Chief Commercial Officer
Greg joined Helia as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in August 2022. Greg has over 20 years experience in digital strategy, customer experience, strategic marketing, brand building and business-to-customer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sales leadership across financial services, telecommunications and insurance.
Prior to joining Helia, Greg held a range of senior leadership roles including CCO at HCF where he was responsible for brand and marketing, consumer and business sales distribution channels, digital and corporate affairs.
Greg held the position of General Manager Digital and Customer Experience at Vodafone where he was responsible for leading the digital ecommerce sales and service strategy. He spent 14 years with Rabobank where he started up and scaled digital banks in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Greg holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from University College Dublin and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Brady Weissel
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Brady was appointed as General Counsel and Company Secretary in July 2023. Brady joined Helia as a Corporate Counsel in July 2014 and was appointed Assistant Company Secretary in March 2016. Brady has over 13 years experience in corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, legal risk management and strategy, including through secondments to the Global Mortgage Insurance division of Genworth Financial, Inc. in 2018 and to the role of Strategy and Growth Leader at Helia in 2021-2022.
Prior to joining Helia, Brady was a lawyer at Ashurst acting on a range of corporate and commercial matters including private and public mergers and acquisitions, schemes of arrangement and takeovers, initial public offerings, equity raisings and joint ventures.
Brady holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Kristi Young
Executive Director, Strategy & Execution
Kristi was appointed as Executive Director, Strategy & Execution in July 2025 and joined Helia as Head of Product Development, New Ventures in October 2022. Kristi has over 17 years experience in various strategy, product development and transformation leadership roles across the insurance and financial services industry.
Prior to joining Helia, Kristi held senior leadership roles in financial services at Resolution Life and AMP Limited, including leading product development, major regulatory reform and Artificial Intelligence-enabled transformation programs.
Kristi holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology executive education focusing on the strategic application of Artificial Intelligence.