National Australia Bank Limited (ASX:NAB)

Chair and independent non-executive director. Non-executive director since May 2016 and Chair of the Board and the Board’s Nomination & Governance Committee since November 2019. 

Philip has more than 40 years of experience in banking and financial services in Australia and New Zealand. Before his retirement from executive roles, Philip was responsible for leading ANZ’s Australian retail and commercial banking business. Prior to that, he had a long career at Westpac, including as the Chief Financial Officer and leading Westpac’s institutional banking business. During his career as a banking executive, Philip gained deep experience in strategy, business performance, transformation, operations, risk management, capital management, financial reporting, stakeholder engagement, and people and culture. He also gained broad experience in technology, M&A activity and post-merger integration. Philip has taken an active and public role in advocating for greater transparency and ethics in banking and promoting workforce diversity. Philip has also developed his knowledge and takes a strong interest in climate change and the impact on customers and the economy. 

Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer since April 2024.

Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Andrew joined NAB in 2020 as Group Executive, Business and Private Banking. Prior to joining NAB, Andrew was with McKinsey & Company between 2002 and 2008 in Canada, including as Associate Partner with specific focus on clients in the financial services industry. Prior to working in consulting, Andrew worked in investment banking at Credit Agricole in London and after McKinsey, he spent twelve years at Bank of Montreal where he held a number of executive roles, including as Head of Canadian Business Banking where he had end-to-end accountability for the division.

Andrew has a deep understanding of customers developed over a career in banking and significant leadership experience in using data, insights and technology to meet customer needs.

Independent non-executive director since December 2019. Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee and member of the Board's Risk & Compliance Committee.

During her executive career, Kathryn had first-hand banking experience through operational and strategic leadership roles at ANZ. She also served on the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

Kathryn has more than 25 years of senior commercial and operational leadership experience in a range of industries, holding executive roles with Linfox Logistics, Bluescope Steel and ANZ.

Independent non-executive director since June 2023. Member of the Board's Customer and People & Remuneration Committees.

Christine has more than 30 years of experience leading businesses across strategy, marketing, product and brand development, operations and profit and loss, driving digital transformation within multinational organisations in media, communications and technology.

Christine has extensive experience in leading growth businesses across regional expansion, strategy, operations, and P&L roles for prominent US multinationals in media, entertainment, and technology companies in Asia-Pacific. Most recently she served as the Managing Director of the NBCUniversal Global Networks and Direct to Consumer business in Asia-Pacific, overseeing Pay-TV, television and digital services, where she also served on corporate boards. Prior to that, she held leadership positions at Comcast International Media Group, Turner Broadcasting System and Omnicom Group.

Independent non-executive director since July 2023. Member of the Board's Audit, Risk & Compliance and Nomination & Governance Committees.

Carolyn has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector in executive and non-executive roles. Carolyn was a lawyer and banker whose work history included Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Linklaters & Paines in London, New York and Australia. She has held a number of industry related non-executive director roles including Commonwealth Bank of Australia, The Future Fund, Treasury Corporation of Victoria, Victorian Funds Management Corporation and Colonial State Bank.

Independent non-executive director since September 2023. Chair of the Board's Audit Committee and member of the Board’s Customer Committee.

Alison has more than 30 years’ experience in a variety of management and governance roles within the KPMG partnership, as well as serving as lead external audit partner for a range of ASX-listed organisations, including five ASX Top 50 companies with global operations. Alison was the National Chairman of KPMG Australia and a member of KPMG’s Global and Regional boards having responsibility for the overall governance and strategic positioning of the firm.

Alison’s experience extends to providing advice in areas including audit, transaction support, risk management, internal controls, business processes and regulatory change to a wide range of industries, including financial services. 

Independent non-executive director since December 2015. Member of the Board's Audit, Risk & Compliance and Nomination & Governance Committees.

Anne has a strong understanding of banking and financial services, including in the areas of financial and regulatory reporting, accounting, risk management, change management and governance, gained throughout her career as an audit partner, consultant and non-executive director in this sector. 

Independent non-executive director since February 2016. Member of the Board's Audit and Customer Committees. Chair and independent non-executive director of Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), a major subsidiary of NAB.

Doug has gained industry experience as Chair of BNZ since 2016 (and non-executive director since 2013). This has supplemented Doug’s extensive experience in business performance, capital management, risk management and stakeholder engagement with banking context. 

Independent non-executive director since February 2020. Chair of the Board’s Risk & Compliance Committee and member of the Board's Nomination & Governance Committee.

Simon has more than 40 years of experience in a wide range of sectors including financial services, the law, government and charities. During his executive career, he held investment banking leadership roles within Macquarie Group, including as Executive Chair of its business in Victoria. In his non-executive career, Simon served as AMP Limited Chair (2014-2016) (and non-executive director 2013-2016). Through these roles in the financial services industry, Simon has gained deep experience in strategy, business performance, risk management, legal and regulatory matters, client experience, stakeholder engagement, and people and culture. 

Independent non-executive director since November 2017. Chair of the Board's Customer Committee and member of the Board's People & Remuneration Committee. Co-Chair of NAB's Indigenous Advisory Group. 

Ann had a 12 year banking career at Westpac in senior business and people and culture leadership roles, including as divisional CEO for Westpac New Zealand and Bank of Melbourne, and Group Executive, People & Culture. In these roles, Ann gained deep experience in strategy, business performance, operations, risk management, customer experience, stakeholder engagement, and people and culture, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. She also gained broad experience in technology, capital management and marketing. Ann also served as a director on the ING Group Supervisory Board and as a director of ING DIRECT Australia.