Our Board

Mr Clarke was Chief Executive Officer of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Investec Bank, Mr Clarke was the CEO of Allco Finance Group and a Director of AMP Limited, following five years at Westpac Banking Corporation where he held a number of senior roles, including Chief Executive of BT Financial Group. He was previously employed at Lend Lease Corporation Limited where he was an Executive Director and Chief Executive of MLC Limited, and prior to this was Chief Executive Officer of Lloyds Merchant Bank in London. 

Mr Clarke’s deep board experience spans almost 20 years and he is presently Chair of Charter Hall Group, AUB Group, Fisher Funds Management Limited and Resolution Life Australasia Limited. Mr Clarke has announced he will retire from the Board of AUB Group on 31 October 2024, and the Board of Charter Hall Group on 20 November 2024, at the conclusion of each company’s Annual General Meeting.

Prior to ASX, Ms Lofthouse was a Managing Director at UBS with global responsibility for the OTC clearing business, and worked at J.P. Morgan in London in various businesses including futures and OTC clearing, derivatives prime brokerage, credit markets and cash equities. 

Ms Lofthouse was announced as one of the World Federation of Exchanges’ Women Leaders for 2021 and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Prior to being appointed by the Australian Government as Chair of APRA, Mr Byres served as the Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the global standard-setter for banking regulation and supervision. His earlier career included roles with APRA, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England.

More recently, Mr Byres has worked in an advisory capacity with the International Monetary Fund. He is also currently a non-executive director of Macquarie Bank Limited.

Mr Byres is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Prior to her career with Telstra, Ms Carter held a number of executive roles at National Australia Bank, as well as product, business development and project director roles at ING Australia, Prudential Assurance and Australian Eagle.

Ms Carter has been a non-executive director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited since September 2018 and was appointed as Chair on 13 May 2024. She has also been a director of IPH Limited since October 2022 and retired as Chair of Sandhurst Trustees Limited on 15 August 2024. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Conrad was appointed a director of Stockland Corporation Limited and Stockland Trust in May 2018, Ampol Limited in March 2017, and Penten Pty Ltd in August 2021. Ms Conrad’s previous appointments include director of OFX Group Limited, The Reject Shop Limited, David Jones Limited and APN News & Media Limited.

Ms Conrad is also a director of the Centre for Independent Studies, a member of the AICD Corporate Governance Committee and an Advisory Board Member of Five V Capital. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of Chief Executive Women.

Mr Curran was formerly Westpac’s Group Chief Information Officer and has previously held executive technology roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), where he led the Group’s technology transformation including the industry-leading modernisation of CBA’s deposit and lending capabilities.

Mr Curran is Chair of Elemnta and Chair of the Westpac Scholars Trust, which provides 100 scholarships every year to challenge, explore and set new benchmarks in innovation, research and social change. Mr Curran is currently a Director of QBE’s Australia Pacific Operations Board. He is also a board member of Tour de Cure, a cancer research, support and education charity and Quintessence Labs, a global leader in quantum cybersecurity.

Mr Nash has worked in geographically diverse and complex operating environments providing advice on a range of topics including business strategy, risk management, internal controls, business processes and regulatory change. He has also provided both financial and commercial advice to government businesses at both a federal and state level.

Mr Nash has been Chair of Johns Lyng Group Limited since its admission to the official list of ASX in October 2017 and he has been a non-executive director of Westpac Banking Corporation since March 2018 and of Mirvac Group Limited since November 2018. 

Mr Nash is a board member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation and The Social Policy Group. 

Mr Nash is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Randell was Head of Markets and Securities Service for Citi Australia and New Zealand for five years. His prior roles included being CEO, President and Head of Institutional Clients Group for Citi in Japan, as well as Co-Head of Global Markets and Head of Equities for Citi in Australia and New Zealand. He has also worked a number of years in London where he was Citi’s Head of Equity Derivatives for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Mr Randell is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Smith has also held senior positions in the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury, as well as the Office of National Intelligence. She began her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Dr Smith has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (ANU). She has been a non-executive director of Challenger Limited since January 2021 and chairs Challenger’s Group Audit Committee, and she has been a non-executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since August 2023. 

Dr Smith is also an independent director of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. She is a Fellow and National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.