Oct 2024: Board, Chief Executive, and Executive Updates

October 2024, the month when “Rick LeBlanc” demonstrated that money is the only proven aphrodisiac and Christine Holman has shown us what integrity can look like. And "good governance"?  Well. Let's leave that to Jo Aston to unpick this week at his book launches. It does seem clear that one board's view of good governance is another board's view of significant conduct risk.

Congratulations to those promoted to new executive roles, and good luck to the NEDs and Chairs that have moved this month: the spotlight is firmly on governance. 

Now it's time to browse the October "Word on the Street" to see who landed where.

Do you want a steady market pulse or a confidential chat about leadership appointments or changes as we all rush toward the end of the year? We're here to help. 

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

Laura Tyler appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Adriatic Metals.

Michelle Parker appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Clarity Pharmaceuticals.

Xavier Simonet appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Collins Foods Limited. 

Harry Mitchell appointed as deputy Chief Executive Officer at Iress Technology.

Gary Carroll appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Smiles Group.

Sarah Abood appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Profile Financial Services.

Georgia Brumby appointed deputy Chief Executive of Super Members Council (SMC).

Tim Carter appointed as acting Chief Executive Officer of Synlait Milk.  

Jim Simpson appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Titomic.

Andrew Cartledge appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer of WiseTech Global.

David Raper, appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Automic Group.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Ian Macliver appointed Chairperson of Emeco.

Robert Johanson appointed as Chair of GFSM.

John Gillam appointed as Director and Chairperson-elect of the Lendlease Group.

Peeyush Gupta elected as the new Chair of the Liberty Group.

Antonio Rivera has been appointed Director of A2 Milk.

Otto Berkes appointed as Non-Executive Director of AI-Media.

Brad Bender also appointed as Non-Executive Director of AI-Media.

Brent Cubis appointed as Director of the board at Austal.

Rachel Reynolds appointed as Director of the board at Australian Superannuation Funds Australia.

Sally Herman OAM appointed Non-Executive Director of Abacus Storage King.

Mirco Bardella appointed as Director of the board at Adriatic Metals.

Mary Waldron appointed as Director of the board at Bank of Queensland.

Cameron McIntyre appointed as Non-Executive Director of Brambles.

Tony Palmer also appointed as Non-Executive Director of Brambles.

Karen Penrose appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Charter Hall Group.

Will Riggall appointed as Executive Director to the board of Clime Investment Management.

Henry Davis appointed as Non-Executive Director to the board of Clime Investment Management.

Dr David Monk appointed as Director of DUG Technology.

Christine Christian AO appointed as Director of the board at Generation Development Group.

Brett Draffen appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the GWA Group.

Andrew Darbyshire AM has been appointed Director of hummgroup.

Alison Terry appointed Non-Executive Director of Johns Lyng.

Rosemary Hartnett appointed as Director of the board at Mirvac.

Warwick Hunt appointed as Director of the board at NAB

Simone Haslinger appointed as Director of the board at National Storage REIT.

Daniel Masters has been appointed as Director of Ridley Corporation.

Laurie Lefcourt appointed as Director of the board at Sayona Mining.

Craig Mitchell appointed as Director of the board at Scentre.

Susan Corlett appointed Non-Executive Director of Silex.

David Lamont appointed as Director of the board at Telstra.

OTHER EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

Pina Sciarrrone appointed as Chief Retail Insurance and Advice Officer at AIA.

Peter Soros appointed as Executive Director, Regulation and Supervision, at ASIC.

Chris Savundra appointed as Executive Director of Enforcement and Compliance, at ASIC. Chris Rollinson appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Audinate.

Louise Herring appointed Chief Digital and Strategy Officer at Brambles.

Andrew Hinchliff appointed Group Chief Risk Officer at the CBA.

Kiersten Robinson appointed Chief People Officer at the CBA.

Vaughan Wallace appointed as Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Strategies at CBRE Investment Management.

Elizabeth McAlpine appointed Chief Risk Officer and Head of Corporate Credit Risk at Citi Australia.

Judilyn Beaumont appointed as Chief Risk Officer while continuing her role as general counsel at ClearView.

Michael New appointed as Chief Technology Officer at ClearView.

Emma Stepcic appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Envirosuite.

Mason Stevens appointed as Head of Investment Solutions at Genium Investment Partners.

Damien Mooney appointed as Managing Director of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) at Fidelity International.

Steven Becker appointed as Chief Financial Officer of G8 Education.

Tim Pietsch appointed as General Manager of Compliance at HESTA.

Ian Lowe appointed Managing Director of Integrated Research Limited.

Nick Wells appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer at JB Hi-Fi.

Hayden Bartrop appointed as Chief Commercial Officer at Lotus Resources.

Ashley Mahadeea appointed as Head of Strategy at My Dealer Services.

Brad Dunstan and Will Goodwin appointed as joint Chief Investment Officers at New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF).

Graeme Cassells appointed as acting Chief Financial Officer at Nine Entertainment.

Simon Esposito and Kiran Singh appointed as interim co-Chief Investment Officers at Rest Super.

Sherry Duhe commenced as Chief Financial Officer of Santos.

Aaron Rankine appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Westgold Resources.

Peter Herbert appointed as acting Chief Executive, Business and Wealth at Westpac.

EXECUTIVE RETIREMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Leanne Geraghty resigned as Chief Customer and Sales Officer from Air New Zealand.

Zubair Javeed resigned as Chief Financial Officer from Ansell Limited.

Nigel Williams to retire as Group Chief Risk Officer from CBA.

Sian Lewis retired as Group Executive Human Resources at the CBA.

Steve Donohue resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Endeavour Group.

Claire Carroll resigned as Chief People and Communications Officer from Fletcher Building.

Sharyn Williams resigned as Chief Financial Officer of G8 Education.

Lounarda David resigned as Chief Operating Officer from IFM Investors.

Brooke Farris resigned as Rip Curl Brand CEO at KMD Brands.

James Kelly announced his retirement as co-founder and Managing Director of Lifestyles Communities.

Lena Ridley resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Profile Financial Services.

Andrew Lill resigned as Chief Investment Officer of Rest Super.

Jo Wong stepped down as General Counsel and Company Secretary of Skycity.

Grant Watson resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Synlait Milk.  

Richard White stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of WiseTech Global.

BOARD RETIREMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Dennis Wildenburg to retire as a Director of Arena REIT.

Ian Burvill retired as Non-Executive Director from the board of Bannerman Energy.

Andrew Coleman resigned as Director of Clime Investment Management.

Claire Bibby resigned as Director of Clime Investment Management.

Susan Wynne resigned as Director of Clime Investment Management.

Andrew McKinnon retired as Chair of GFSM.

David Osborne retired as Director from Hansen Technologies.

Robert Kelly retired as Non-Executive Director from Johns Lyng.

Richard Longes retired as the Chair of the Liberty Group.

Anthony Tassone resigned as Non-Executive Director from MedAdvisor

Dr David Fisher retired as Non-Executive Director from the board of Nanosonics.

Bryan Dorman, Co-Founder of Regis Healthcare, retired as non-Executive Director of Regis Healthcare.

Kate Robb retired as Director of Solvar.

Belinda Rowe retired as Director of 3P Learning.