BANK OF QUEENSLAND - Key Persons
Anne has worked in banking for close to 20 years. With a specialised understanding and focus on niche markets, Anne's experience allows her to lead teams who provide financial solutions to mid-market businesses and corporate clients in property, health, hospitality and education industries.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Relationship Executive - Victoria
Barry has been assisting clients in the corporate and commercial markets to achieve their growth ambitions for over 25 years. In this time he has held a number of industry specialist roles and recently, has focused on partnering with clients in the health and retirement sector.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Chairman of AIG Australia Limited
- Director of BOQ
Mr Carter was appointed a Director of BOQ on 27 February 2014.
Mr Carter was a founding Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson South Australia, a corporate advisory and restructuring business, and has worked across a number of industries and sectors in the public and private sectors. He has been involved with a number of state government-appointed restructures and reviews, including chairing a task force to oversee the government's involvement in major resource and mining infrastructure projects. Mr Carter had a central role in a number of key government economic papers, including the Economic Statement on South Australian Prospects for Growth, the Sustainable Budget Commission, and the Prime Minister's 2012 GST Distribution Review.
Mr Carter has worked with all the major financial institutions in Australia. Before Ferrier Hodgson, Mr Carter was at Ernst & Young for 14 years, including four years as Partner in Adelaide. During his time at Ernst & Young, he worked across the London, Hong Kong, Toronto, and New York offices.
Mr Carter is currently Chair of AIG Australia Limited, Australian Submarine Corporation and Sage Group Holdings Limited, and a Non-Executive Director of Lovisa Holdings Limited. He formerly chaired the Boards of Aventus Capital Limited and One Rail Australia and was a Non-Executive Director of Crown Resorts Limited and SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited.
Mr Carter is Chair of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit, Transformation & Technology, Investment, People, Culture & Remuneration, and Nomination & Governance Committees.
Job Titles:
- Group Executive
- Member of the Executive Team
- Group Executive Business Banking
Chris Screen is the Group Executive Business Banking, and has responsibility for the Business Bank as well as BOQ Specialist and BOQ Finance. Prior to his appointment as Group Executive, Chris held several senior leadership roles across BOQ Group, including Chief Product Officer where he was responsible for the retail and business banking product suite and as the Chief of Staff to the Managing Director and CEO.
Before joining BOQ in November 2019, Chris held a number of distribution and product roles at the Westpac Group, including the Group Head of Third Party Business and Head of Home Ownership. Chris has more than 25 years' experience in financial services, covering relationship management, strategy and transformation and has led large teams in specialist product and customer-facing sales roles.
As an experienced banker, Chris is passionate about ensuring our customers have the right products and support to truly build and transform their businesses.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- BOQ As Chief Information Officer
Craig joined BOQ as Chief Information Officer in July 2020. He leads the banks technology function and is responsible for driving BOQ's technology transformation agenda. He is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years' experience in financial services, leading technology transformation programs.
Craig was previously at AMP Limited where he held Group Executive roles as Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer. During this time he had responsibility for critical business functions including Technology, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Real Estate and Innovation.
Craig is a well-regarded technology leader and known for establishing visionary and innovative strategies that re-invent operating environments and future proof the foundations for a technology-enabled and customer-focussed enterprise. He has a proven track record in transformational change.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University.
Job Titles:
- Agribusiness Manager - Rockhampton
Dan brings over 20 years' finance experience in regional and remote Queensland to BOQ and is passionate about the contribution agriculture makes to the Australian economy. With an empathetic approach to banking, Dan prides himself on partnering with clients and supporting them to reach their goals through both the good and the tough seasons.
Job Titles:
- Senior Property Finance Executive - New South Wales
Daniela specialises in property finance and manages a portfolio of clients that include corporate, high wealth and institutional clients. For over 20 years, Daniela has worked closely with hotel and construction industries, providing finance and investment solutions and ongoing support where necessary.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Risk Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- BOQ 's Executive Team As Group Chief Risk Officer
- Distinguished Leader
David joined BOQ's Executive Team as Group Chief Risk Officer in March 2022. David is a distinguished leader with 30 years' experience in the finance services sector.
Prior to his appointment, he was the Group Chief Risk Officer at Insurance Australia Group (IAG), the largest general insurer in Australia and New Zealand. Before that, David held senior roles in Westpac's Risk, Regulatory and Governance teams and was Chief Risk Officer for Westpac NZ for more than three years. He began his career in banking at National Australia Bank (NAB) and spent 17 years there including 3 years as Chief Risk Officer Australia.
David has received external recognition for his efforts in transforming risk capabilities and is a strong believer that Risk Is Everyone's Business. He is a CPA, holds an MBA and has completed the International Executive Programme at INSEAD and the Advanced Risk Management Programme at Wharton.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Member of the Audit
- Non - Executive Director for IFM Investors
- Non - Executive Director of the Bank
Ms Kiers was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank in August 2021.
Ms Kiers previously acted as a Director of ME Bank since July 2020 and acted as Chair of the ME Bank Board's People and Culture sub-committee and as a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.
Ms Kiers brings over 30 years of corporate advisory and consulting experience to boards, CEOs, and executive management teams across a range of industries including Financial Services, Energy and Resources, Industrials, Property, Infrastructure and Regulated Utilities, both in Australia and internationally.
As Managing Director of JMW Consultants (Asia Pacific), her corporate support included strategic advice, transformation initiatives, M&A integration, leadership transition and development, and building synergies between purpose, strategy, culture, and performance.
Ms Kiers is currently a Non-Executive Director for IFM Investors and holds the position of Chair of the Responsible Investment and Sustainability Committee and is a member of the Board Audit and Risk Committee. Ms Kiers is also Chair of Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund and Non-Executive Director of Downforce Technologies Limited.
Ms Kiers is a member of the Audit, Risk, Nomination & Governance, People, Culture and Remuneration, and Transformation & Technology Committees.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- BOQ As Group Executive, People
- Group Executive People and Culture
Debra Eckersley joined BOQ as Group Executive, People and Culture in September 2018 and leads the People and Culture business unit.
Prior to her appointment with BOQ, she was a Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where she spent the past 24 years working in a number of roles including leading their Human Capital function to enable the delivery of PwC Australia's business priorities and consulting to many of Australia's leading organisations.
Debra is an advocate and champion for women's empowerment and gender equality. She is President of UN Women Australia and a member of Chief Executive Women.
Debra holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and has also studied Strategic Human Resources at Cornell University (USA). She is also a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute and a Fellow of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Member of BOQ 's Transformation & Technology
Dr Fagg was appointed a Director of BOQ on 13 October 2021.
Dr Fagg brings to the Board more than 25 years executive experience across leading financial services institutions in Australia and abroad. Currently, she is the CEO of 2Be Finance. Previously, Dr Fagg served as Chief Risk Officer for AMP Limited driving a critical transformation agenda for risk culture and systems following the Hayne Royal Commission. She is recognised for her turnaround credentials fostered during her time at CIBC (Canada), as CEO of ANZ National Bank (New Zealand) and as Managing Director of ANZ Consumer Finance. Dr Fagg has a PhD in Management (Risk) from University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours in Psychology) from the University of Queensland.
Dr Fagg is a member of BOQ's Transformation & Technology, Risk, People, Culture & Remuneration, Audit, and Nomination & Governance Committees.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Agribusiness Manager - Toowoomba
Gerard (Ged) has over 25 years of agribusiness banking experience as well as being directly involved in the cotton industry at the farm gate for seven years. Ged has agronomic qualifications and extensive experience in all facets of cotton production across the supply chain from growing, marketing and processing. Ged's knowledge lies in cotton, dairy, intensive livestock and grain as well as large scale family operations to corporate and institutional agribusiness entities.
Job Titles:
- Property Finance Relationship Manager - New South Wales
Howard has been working in the financial services industry for five years, specialising in property finance. Howard manages a portfolio of corporate and institutional clients and strives to achieve the best outcome for his clients.
Job Titles:
- Senior Agribusiness Manager - Rockhampton
Ian has extensive industry experience across beef, grain, cotton, and sugar as well as the more intensive industries of horticulture and aquaculture. Ian has over 30 years of experience across QLD and prides himself on being a trusted business partner providing clients with industry understanding whilst delivering responsive, knowledgeable and quality service.
Job Titles:
- Agribusiness Manager - Dubbo
Ian has over 20 years' experience working in finance throughout NSW and Southern QLD, also working across agricultural inputs and grain trading, and most recently farm insurance. Specialised in broad acre cropping and sheep and cattle production, Ian believes strongly in working closely with farming businesses and families to achieve sustainable business growth.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager - Sunshine Coast
Jason has been working in banking and finance for over 30 years. Over 18 of these at BOQ, providing support to the SME and corporate segments across multiple industries. He sees listening and understanding the clients goals and requirements as key to providing tailored options and staying at the forefront of his profession.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Non - Executive Director and Banker
Ms Penrose was appointed a Director of BOQ on 26 November 2015.
Ms Penrose is an experienced non-executive director and banker. As a banker, Karen has 20 years of experience leading businesses within Commonwealth Bank of Australia and HSBC and over ten years in accounting and finance roles. Ms Penrose has particular expertise in the financial services, health, property, resources and energy sectors. Ms Penrose is a Non-Executive Director of Cochlear Limited, Ramsay Health Care Limited and Estia Health Limited. She is also a Director of Ramsay Générale de Santé and Rugby Australia Limited. Ms Penrose was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Vicinity Centres Limited, AWE Limited, Spark Infrastructure Group, Landcom, and Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited. She is a member of Chief Executive Women.
Ms Penrose is Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the People, Culture & Remuneration, Risk, Transformation & Technology, Investment and Nomination & Governance committees.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager - Queensland
Leo has close to 30 years banking and finance experience across SME, agribusiness and corporate sectors. This broad knowledge across niche industries and banking products is invaluable for clients looking to grow or diversify and achieve their business goals.
Job Titles:
- Agribusiness Manager - Dubbo
Lindsay has over 14 years' experience working in finance across South East Queensland and Central New South Wales. Lindsay is passionate about being a partner in her clients' business and specialises in broadacre farming - both dryland and irrigated.
Job Titles:
- Property Finance Executive - Victoria
Martin has been in the Finance Industry for over 30 years and has a vast amount of experience across a number of different sectors. Martin's role is to work with clients to understand their requirements and bring in key resources to ensure transactions happen.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- BOQ Group As Group Executive Retail Banking
- Distinguished Leader
- Group Executive Retail Banking & CEO ME Bank
Martine Jager joined BOQ Group as Group Executive Retail Banking in May 2021. Following the successful acquisition of ME Bank in July 2021, Martine was appointed to the role of CEO ME Bank & Group Executive of Retail Banking, which features ME Bank, Virgin Money, BOQ Retail distribution including branches, contact centres, third party broking and retail products.
Martine is a distinguished leader with more than 20 years' experience in operational, strategic and people leadership roles. For the last 18 years, she has worked exclusively within banking and finance and held a number of executive roles including CEO of RAMS, where she led a national franchise business, and General Manager of third party Mortgage Broking for St.George Banking Group.
Most recently Martine was Westpac Group's Chief Digital and Marketing Officer and had responsibility for delivering a differentiated and digitally-enabled customer experience across multiple brands. Throughout her career Martine has forged a reputation as a strong advocate for the customer.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Non - Executive Director of Nine Entertainment Co and of Ascendant Digital Acquisition Company
Ms Rosen was appointed a Director of BOQ on 4 March 2021.
Ms Rosen has three decades of strategy, operating, advisory, and board experience across media, technology, and e-commerce. She has built and led global businesses for iconic brands such as Yahoo, Fox, and Disney, as well as early-stage companies including Hulu and Fandango.
Ms Rosen is also a Non-Executive Director of Nine Entertainment Co and of Ascendant Digital Acquisition Company and FaZe Clan in the United States. Prior, Ms Rosen served on the board of Pandora Media and was the President of Tribune Interactive, the digital arm of Tribune Publishing, and was concurrently the President of the Los Angeles Times. Ms Rosen commenced her career with McKinsey & Company, is based on the West Coast of the United States, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ms Rosen currently chairs the Transformation & Technology Committee and is a member of the Risk, People, Culture & Remuneration, Audit, and Nomination & Governance Committees.
Job Titles:
- Senior Relationship Manager - Victoria
Noel has over 35 years' experience in banking across property investment & development, hotel/motel accommodation, childcare, wholesale/retail and manufacturing. Noel's wealth of knowledge coupled with his professional and honest approach means he is well respected by clients and their advisers.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman
- Member of the Executive Team
- Non - Executive Director of Allianz Australia
- Non - Executive Director of the Bank
Mr Allaway was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank in May 2019 and was appointed Chairman on 18 October 2019. In November 2022, the Board announced that it had commenced a domestic and international executive search for a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and BOQ Chairman Patrick Allaway has taken on the role of Executive Chairman for the period of the executive search. The appointment of Mr Allaway as Executive Chairman is designed to retain stability and will ensure that the executive leadership team can stay focused on their current roles and responsibilities.
Mr Allaway was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank in May 2019 and was appointed Chairman on 18 October 2019.
Mr Allaway has extensive senior executive, non-executive, and corporate advisory experience across the financial services, property, media, and retail sectors.
Mr Allaway's executive career was in financial services with Citibank and Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) working in Sydney, New York, Zurich, and London. Mr Allaway was Managing Director SBC Capital Markets & Treasury with direct responsibility for a global business.
Mr Allaway brings over 30 years of experience in financial services across financial markets, capital markets, and corporate advisory. This included an advisory role in the media sector, responding to considerable digital disruption.
Mr Allaway has over 15 years of Non-Executive Director experience and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust, Metcash Limited, Fairfax Media, Woolworths South Africa, David Jones, Country Road Group, and Nine Entertainment Co. Mr Allaway chaired the Audit & Risk Committees for Metcash, David Jones, and Country Road Group.
Mr Allaway is currently a Non-Executive Director of Allianz Australia and Dexus Funds Management Limited and a member of the Adobe International Advisory Board. He chairs BOQ's Investment and Nomination & Governance Committees and is a member of the People, Culture & Remuneration, Transformation & Technology, Audit, and Risk Committees.
Job Titles:
- Senior Agribusiness Manager - Brisbane
Patrick has been an Agribusiness Banker since 2011 having come from an accounting background. Patrick has a wide network of industry contacts in Queensland and Northern New South Wales, specialising in beef, broad acre cropping (both irrigated and dryland), pork and poultry.
Paul Newham is the Chief Operations Officer and is responsible for the operational services of the BOQ Group. Paul is an experienced operations and technology executive with over 40 years' experience in the banking sector. He joined BOQ in April 2021 in the role of Chief Services Officer and became a member of the BOQ Executive Team in June 2022.
Before joining BOQ, Paul held a number of senior executive positions in operations and technology across the Australian financial service sector, including Chief Operations Officer for Westpac, Group Executive, Operations and Technology at St George Bank, and Executive General Manager, Group Operations at Commonwealth Bank.
Paul is passionate about technology and process driven business transformation and is a recognised leader in business optimisation across Australia's banking sector.
Job Titles:
- Banking Executive
- Group Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Racheal Kellaway was appointed the Group Chief Financial Officer in July 2022, having been a part of the Executive team for the prior three years as Deputy CFO. In her role as Deputy CFO Racheal was instrumental in BOQ delivering sustainable, profitable growth from 2019 onwards.
Racheal joined BOQ after over a decade at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia during which time she held leadership roles in Finance across Group and both within the Business and Private Banking and the Retail Banking divisions.
Racheal is a seasoned banking executive with over 20 years in the industry and has a track record of driving strong business performance and value creation within Australia, New Zealand and UK.
Ms Kellaway holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a CPA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Racheal is also a seasoned Company Director and currently holds the positions of Non-Executive Director at Barnados and as a Member of the Finance and Risk Committee at the Australian Banking Association.
Rebecca has 25 years' banking experience across commercial, corporate, property and health sectors. This experience empowers her to lead a national team of dedicated Corporate and Property bankers who can provide industry knowledge, tailoring financial solutions to suit our clients' needs.
Job Titles:
- Property Finance Executive - Queensland
Richard has worked in banking and finance for 20 years, with 10 of those being at BOQ. In that time he has assisted both SME customers and larger corporate connections across various industries and has a strong understanding of the opportunities and complexities that comes with the varying scale of business.
Job Titles:
- Agribusiness Manager - Wagga
Rod grew up on the family's Merino and Prime Lamb farm in regional NSW and his passion for agriculture has extended through a professional career. He started in banking in 1986 and has moved around NSW for various opportunities since. Having built an extensive network and knowledge of what local farmers and graziers need, Rod is focused on supporting and growing agriculture in the Riverina.
Job Titles:
- Senior Relationship Manager - New South Wales
Ryan has worked with BOQ for over 14 years. He keeps a constant line of communication open with his clients to ensure he is across the complexities of deals and projects and will often work in partnership with colleagues across the BOQ Group to ensure the best possible outcome for his clients.
Job Titles:
- Head of Corporate & Property - Queensland
- Head of Corporate Banking
Simon has over 25 years' banking experience across all aspects of the commercial, corporate, property and agribusiness sectors. Supporting his Corporate and Property Bankers, Simon's experience enables him to provide banking direction for the team in larger scale and corporate operations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Corporate Relationship Executive - New South Wales
Syed has worked locally and internationally in banking for over 15 years across diversified corporate sectors that include hospitality, health, property and leveraged financing. Central to this is Syed's speciality in relationship management that ensures his clients achieve their business goals.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Independent Director
- Chairman of Dexus Funds Management Limited
- Chairman of the People, Culture & Remuneration Committee
- Director of BOQ
Mr Negus was appointed a Director of BOQ on 22 September 2016.
Mr Negus is Chair of Dexus Funds Management Limited and Pengana Capital Group, and a Non-Executive Director of Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd, Virgin Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, and Terrace Tower Group. He is a member of the Council of UNSW and Chair of UNSW Global Limited.
Mr Negus is Chair of the People, Culture & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit, Risk, Transformation & Technology, Investment, and Nomination & Governance Committees.
Job Titles:
- Head of Syndicated Lending - National
Yasmin has 15 years' experience in senior roles in corporate and institutional banking, specialising in corporate diversified, leverage finance and larger corporate health transactions. Continually learning, Yasmin recently completed the Juris Doctor, post-graduate law degree, at the University of Technology, Sydney.