Our Executive Team

Helen Lofthouse commenced as ASX’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in August 2022. She is an accomplished financial markets executive with more than 20 years’ experience in cash equity and debt markets, listed and OTC derivatives, and clearing and settlement services.

Helen joined ASX in September 2015 and has held senior executive roles with the company, including Group Executive Markets - ASX’s largest individual business by revenue - and before that, Executive General Manager of Derivatives and OTC Markets. In these roles, Helen was responsible for ASX’s cash and derivatives trading, including equities, interest rates, commodities and energy products, ASX’s international business development teams, benchmarks, and derivatives and OTC clearing.

Prior to joining ASX, Helen was a Managing Director at UBS (2011-2015) with global responsibility for the OTC clearing business and Head of Clearing and Execution Sales in Europe. She also 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 management and technology consulting.

Blair Beaton joined ASX in 2017 as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and was appointed Group Executive, Listings in August 2022.

In this role, he leads the team responsible for the origination of listed primary and secondary equity, and investment products.

Blair has more than 25 years of experience advising boards and CEOs in Canada and Australia, working at investment management firm Challenger Limited as Head of Strategy and M&A, and advisory businesses PwC and Capital West Partners, an independent Canadian corporate finance advisory firm.

Jamie Crank was appointed Group Executive for ASX’s Technology & Data business in September 2024. In this role, Jamie is charged with delivering a comprehensive suite of technology and data solutions to meet the evolving needs of ASX’s customers. 

He joined ASX in 2016, and has held a number of senior management positions including General Manager of Issuer Services and General Manager of Information and Connectivity Services. He was most recently the General Manager, Trading for ASX’s Markets business.  

Jane Franks was appointed Chief People Officer in November 2023 and is responsible for developing a people and culture strategy that enables ASX to achieve its vision and strategy.

With over 20 years of experience in highly regulated industries, Jane is an accomplished leader having led significant transformation programs across a range of industries and markets. Prior to ASX, she had over 16 years’ financial services experience in senior HR roles at Westpac and its autonomous wealth management arm, BT Financial Group. Most recently, Jane spent seven years in consumer products as Chief People Officer at ASX-listed Blackmores and as HR Director at Diageo.

Daniel Moran was appointed Chief Compliance Officer in October 2022, responsible for admitting new entities and quoting new products on ASX’s equity market, monitoring and enforcing compliance with ASX’s rules by listed entities and investment product issuers, enforcement action against participants for breaches of ASX’s rules, and related guidance and education activities.

Daniel joined ASX in 2010. He was appointed Group General Counsel and Company Secretary in October 2017, responsible for ASX’s Legal, Company Secretarial and Regulatory Policy functions. Prior to that, he was Deputy General Counsel, working across the ASX businesses with a particular focus on ASX's corporate functions, transactions, and listings and issuers.

Johanna O’Rourke was appointed Group General Counsel and Company Secretary in January 2023, having acted in the role since October 2022. In this role, she is responsible for ASX’s Legal, Company Secretarial and Regulatory Policy functions.

Johanna joined ASX in January 2021 as Deputy General Counsel, working across ASX's business and functional lines with a particular focus on ASX's corporate, strategy, technology and data, listings and issuer functions.

Diona (Dee) Rae joined ASX in May 2023 as Program Director, Delivery, to provide additional capacity and enterprise focus for ASX’s delivery and regulatory programs. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer in August 2023 and is responsible for the Enterprise Customer and Operations function, including project delivery, customer, brand and marketing, digital, and regulatory reporting.

Dee brings extensive experience in regulatory remediation programs and a proven track record delivering large, complex transformation, technology and risk initiatives. Before joining ASX, Dee was most recently Executive General Manager, Privacy Program Delivery with Commonwealth Bank. Prior to that role, Dee was the Chief Controls Officer for the bank’s Enterprise Services Group, leading line 1 risk management for the bank’s technology and operations functions. 

Andrew Tobin was appointed Chief Financial Officer of ASX in September 2022. In this role, he is responsible for ASX’s Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Strategy, Corporate Affairs, ESG and National Facilities functions.

Andrew has more than 30 years’ experience in various group finance and audit roles in Australia and Asia. Prior to ASX, Andrew was CFO at Challenger Limited (2012-2021), responsible for numerous operational areas including finance, investor relations, treasury, operations and information technology. He was Deputy CFO before that and has also worked at CBA, MLC and KPMG.

Leanne McDougall was appointed interim Chief Risk Officer in November 2024. Leanne is responsible for leading all aspects of the risk management framework that ASX uses to operate and manage its business.

Leanne is a seasoned risk professional with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services across Australia and the United States. She brings extensive experience in risk management with deep expertise in nonfinancial and financial risk, and has a proven track record in regulatory engagement programs and risk culture change.

Most recently, Ms McDougall was the Chief Risk Officer at Suncorp Bank with responsibility for governance and management of all risk types, including operational risk, compliance, credit risk, liquidity and financial crime compliance. She has also held senior positions at National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Clive Triance was appointed Group Executive, Securities and Payments, in August 2023. He is responsible for ASX’s cash equities clearing and settlement businesses; ASX’s settlement and depository business for the wholesale debt market; ASX Collateral, payments, and financial settlement management (FSM/Sympli); issuer and post-trade investor services; and overall executive responsibility for the delivery of CHESS replacement.

Clive has more than 30 years' experience at major financial services organisations in the UK. Most recently, he was Managing Director, Head of Strategic Account Management at FIS, a leading technology provider to the financial services sector with a global workforce of more than 60,000 people. 

Tim was announced as ASX’s new Chief Information Officer in May 2023, following the creation of a stand-alone ASX technology division.

In this role, Tim is responsible for ASX’s enterprise technology strategy and technology modernisation program; technology security and governance; technology infrastructure; and core technology functions of enterprise architecture, solutions engineering, quality engineering and testing, system integration and critical situation management.

Tim is a highly skilled technology transformation executive with more than 25 years' experience in technology and project execution roles in the financial services industry. He has a proven capability running core technology functions and delivering large-scale, complex technology transformations.

Tim joined ASX to lead the CHESS Replacement Solution Design work in November 2023.

Prior to ASX, he was General Manager of Westpac’s Customer Service Hub program, Consumer and Business Banking (2020-2022), a position he held concurrently with his role as General Manager in Westpac’s Group Technology division (2015-2022).

Darren Yip was appointed Group Executive, Markets in March 2023. He is a highly-skilled executive who brings more than 20-years’ experience in global financial markets with a background in prime brokerage and equity markets. 

In this role, Darren leads the Markets team which is responsible for ASX’s cash and derivatives trading including equities, interest rates, commodities and energy products, benchmarks business, and derivatives and OTC clearing.

Having spent 12 years leading teams in the Asia Pacific from his base in Hong Kong, Darren was most recently with Morgan Stanley as Managing Director and Co-Head of Prime Brokerage from 2013 to 2021.