Our Board

Mr Roche has over 30 years’ experience in global financial markets, with extensive cross-asset class expertise spanning the equities, fixed income and commodities markets, with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia. During his career, Mr Roche managed relationships with global investors and market participants, built new products and capabilities across sales, trading and execution, assessed and implemented related technology investments and liaised with regulators across multiple jurisdictions.

Mr Roche was a member of the global Corporate and Investment Bank Operating Committee for J.P. Morgan where he worked for 10 years. Mr Roche’s final role at J.P. Morgan was Head of Markets and Investor Services Sales and Distribution for Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Mr Roche is a director of Kaldor Public Arts Projects and HRL Morrison & Co Limited.

Prior to ASX, Ms Lofthouse was a Managing Director at UBS (2011-2015) with global responsibility for the OTC clearing business, and worked at J.P. Morgan in London (1998-2011) in various businesses including futures and OTC clearing, derivatives prime brokerage, credit markets and cash equities. Her earlier career involved project & product management at Reuters and technology consulting with Andersen Consulting.

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.

Ms Allen was appointed Chair of Future Skills Organisation (Department of Employment) in January 2020 and Chair of Timely (Tic:Toc) Online in November 2021.

Ms Allen has been a director of Santos Limited since October 2014. She was appointed a non-executive director of QBE Insurance Group Limited in July 2022. Ms Allen’s previous appointments include director of Cochlear Limited between August 2010 and March 2024 and Insurance Australia Group Limited between November 2004 and September 2015.

Ms Allen is also Chair of the Harrison Riedel Foundation for youth mental health and Acting President of the Australian Government Takeovers Panel. She is also a Fellow 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 for two and a half years, 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.

Ms Carter’s most recent executive experience was at Telstra Corporation, where she served in Executive Director roles between 2015 and 2021. In that time, she was responsible for customer experience, product design and delivery, strategy and business service functions. She was also charged with overseeing delivery of T22, Telstra’s multi-year transformation program. 

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 17 April 2024. She has also been a director of IPH Limited since October 2022 and the Chair of Sandhurst Trustees Limited since July 2022. 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 between September 2013 and September 2018, and The Reject Shop Limited between August 2011 and June 2017.

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 also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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 the Westpac Scholars Trust, which provides 100 scholarships every year to challenge, explore and set new benchmarks in innovation, research and social change. Since 2020, Mr Curran has been 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.

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 Migration Council Australia. 

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 from May 2017 to May 2022. Prior roles included being CEO, President and Head of Institutional Clients Group for Citi in Japan for five years, as well as Co Head of Global Markets and Head of Equities for Citi in Australia and New Zealand. Mr Randell spent almost four 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. Dr Smith began her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Dr Smith has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (ANU) and is a Professor at the ANU National Security College. 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. She is also an independent director of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program.

Dr Smith is a Fellow and National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.