Experience

Zurich Australia

• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of Brand, Marketing & Corporate Affairs

  • 10/2020 - – do současnosti

• Head of Customer & Corporate Affairs

  • 6/2019 - 10/2020

  Executive responsible for Internal and External Communications, Government & Industry Affairs, Office of the CEO and Community Programs.



ANZ

• Australia
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Corporate Affairs & Strategy, Wealth Australia

  • 5/2018 - 6/2019

  As the Head of Corporate Affairs & Strategy at ANZ, I led the government relations, communications, corporate sustainability and Office of the CEO functions within the ANZ Wealth Australia business while also being the senior executive responsible for customer experience throughout the divestment of ANZ’s life insurance and pensions & investments businesses. I also held executive directorship positions on the OnePath Life and General Insurance companies, when they were part of the ANZ Group.

• Executive Director, OnePath Life Limited and OnePath General Insurance Pty Ltd

  • 4/2017 - 6/2019

• Head of Business Governance & Corporate Affairs

  • 4/2016 - 4/2018

  A member of the Wealth Leadership Team, responsible for leading the Communications, Government and Regulatory Affairs functions across ANZ's Wealth Australia business. Reporting to the Group Executive for the Wealth Australia business, oversees the Wealth Leadership team agenda as well as the Privacy Officer since August 2017.

• Chief of Staff to Joyce A. Phillips, CEO Global Wealth & Private Banking

  • 3/2015 - 3/2016

  My responsibilities included liaison with all relevant business areas ensuring the CEO's key strategic requirements were met. I assisted the CEO in the implementation of her key priorities and initiatives. The role required strategic thinking, management and influence of stakeholders, sound judgement and discretion as well as a calm demeanour. The role also required high levels of collaboration, communication, knowing what is important and putting disparate pieces of information together to understand how decisions can impact internally and externally on the organisation.

• Head of Dispute Resolution

  • 11/2007 - 3/2015

  In my role as Head of Dispute Resolution, I reported to boards and senior management on a range of complex financial services matters, including high-end public Senate Inquiries, potential brand-damaging frauds and large-scale class actions. This is in addition to my oversight and management of the life claims litigation portfolio, advice disputes and more generally, regulatory issues that arise.



Playgroup NSW

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • 9/2012 - 5/2015

  My role as a non-executive director allowed me to utilise my skill-set to enhance the corporate governance of the organisation. I also gained exposure to other aspects of an organisation such as marketing, project management and the development of a strategic plan. During my time on this board we saw great change with the recruitment of a new CEO, the re-tendering for Federal Government funding and the implementation of a new Strategic Plan. My role as a non-executive director allowed me to utilise my skill-set to enhance the corporate governance of the organisation. I also gained exposure to other aspects of an organisation such as marketing, project management and the development of a strategic plan. During my time on this board we saw great change with the recruitment of a new CEO, the re-tendering for Federal Government funding and the implementation of a new Strategic Plan.



Clayton Utz

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Counsel

  • 1998 - 2007