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Charles Weiser

Charles Weiser helps CEOs, executive teams and boards navigate disruption with clarity and confidence. A former CEO and board director across banking, fintech, telecommunications, and aviation, he combines commercial acumen with a customer-first, problem-led approach to innovation and leadership. He enables leaders to turn complex change, whether digital, strategic, or cultural, into practical strategies that align technology, people and performance.

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Charles Weiser, executive coach

Expertise

25+ years
experience

Deep expertise in AI

Australian Institute of Company Directors Fellow

Financial Services Institute of Australasia Fellow

Experience and background

Charles Weiser is a globally experienced CEO and non-executive director with more than two decades in high-growth, regulated and technology-enabled sectors.

He has led organisations through transformation and industry disruption, including as CEO of RAMS Home Loans, where he reshaped Australia’s mortgage landscape, and as Executive Director of UBank, guiding its early digital expansion. Earlier, as Managing Director of British Airways’ Global Partnerships, he redefined the airline’s loyalty strategy and established it as a global leader.

Charles has served on boards for more than twenty years, including as a non-executive director of the UK-listed Paragon Bank PLC, and is currently a director of Campbell Page Ltd. He brings deep understanding of governance, risk and transformation gained through leading organisations at the intersection of technology, regulation and customer trust.

Charles' approach

Charles works with client leadership executives, teams and boards to strengthen leadership readiness, cultural alignment and strategic performance. Drawing on lived executive experience, he helps leaders build adaptive, customer-centred organisations that thrive amid change. Known for his calm, incisive and reflective style, he enables leaders to see complexity clearly, make confident decisions and lead with both commercial discipline and human insight.

Qualifications and memberships

  • Bucknell University, PA, U.S.A. – BA (Econ) (Hons). Magna cum Laude. International Honours
    and Distinction in Economics (4.0 GPA in Economics)
  • University of Lancaster, University of Lancaster Business School, Lancaster, UK – MBA
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors – Graduate
  • Fellow of the AICD
  • Mentor, AICD Chair Mentoring Programme
  • Fellow of FINSIA
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Personal insights

Charles is a very keen and equally not-very-good golfer. He’s also passionate about the arts in all their forms.

What our clients say

I’ve known Charles for 15 years in his roles as CEO, Director and coach. He is an astute observer of people and situations with a rare ability to build confidence and unlock growth in those he works with. One of his strengths is coaching and mentoring business executives and boards through high-tech transformations, especially those involving complex change.

 

Tim Trumper, ex-Chairman, NRMA

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