Royce Brennan

 Chief Risk Officer

I am a Board and Committee Member, Chief Risk Officer and an Executive Director with over 20 years board level experience across the wealth management (Life and General insurance, superannuation, financial advice and private banking), retail banking and asset management industries. At board level I am an Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee Member, Catholic Diocese of Parramatta. In an executive capacity for 10 years I was the Chief Risk Officer within two divisions of the Westpac Group, BT Financial Group (BTFG) and Westpac New Zealand. In these roles I also held Executive Director/Board roles for Securitor Financial Group Limited (BTFG subsidiary), The Warehouse (NZ) (Westpac NZ joint venture) and Westpac Life NZ Ltd (Westpac NZ subsidiary). Earlier I was the Managing Director of Investec Asset Management in Stamford Connecticut and Hong Kong. Finally, I am a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments and a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors UK.