Cameron Mitchell joined ANZ in March 2021 to manage the bank’s geopolitical risk function. In this role, he coordinates the production of tailored geopolitical risk assessments of direct relevance to ANZ interests. He was previously HSBC’s Global Head of Geopolitical Risk.

Cameron is a former Australian public servant, where he worked in the Australian Intelligence Community. He provided strategic-level political risk advice and major power relations assessments to senior Australian government officials and his analysis aided in the development of three Australian Defence White Papers.

A former Australian Defence Force Reserve Officer, Cameron also deployed on military operations to Iraq and Afghanistan. He provided intelligence support to operational-level commanders and supported national-level agencies from within theatre.

Cameron was born in Surrey, UK and grew up in Nigeria and Brunei before completing secondary school in Australia. He is currently completing a part-time Master of Studies in International Relations at the University of Cambridge. He has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Science and History from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Arts by research in Political Science from the University of New South Wales.

He is the author of articles and a book about the Russian defence industry, published through the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.