Chris de Bruin
Acenda Group Chief Executive OfficerChris de Bruin has more than 25 years of global executive experience in Financial Services, including Business Banking, Retail Banking, Fintech, and Digital Banking. Before joining the Acenda Group, Chris served as Chief Executive of Consumer & Business Banking at Westpac.
Prior to that, Chris was the CEO of Deem Finance, a major non-bank financial institution in the Middle East. He joined Deem from Zafin, a FinTech company providing customer-centric product and pricing solutions, where he was President. Chris spent 13 years at Standard Chartered Bank, which acquired 20twenty Financial Services, the internet banking platform he co-founded, where he held senior roles across Asia and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, Chris worked as an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in London.
Sean McCormack
Chief Commercial OfficerSean has over 20 years’ experience in financial services specialising in life insurance and transformational leadership. Sean’s executive roles include CEO at Integrity Life, Interim CEO at MLC Life Insurance. Sean spent over 12 years in leadership roles at MLC Life, including Chief of Life Insurance and Chief of Group and Retail partners, where he played a pivotal role in NAB’s divestment of MLC Life. Prior to his career in financial services Sean was a Commissioned Officer in the Australian Army.
Andrew Beevors
Group Chief Claims OfficerAndrew has over 25 years’ experience across various roles in the insurance industry, both locally and internationally. He has a proven track record for driving transformation and empowering the adoption of best practices. Before joining Acenda, Andrew oversaw the re-imagining of QBE’s general insurance claims offering, delivering market-leading customer experiences.
Yvonne Le Bas
Group Chief Financial OfficerYvonne is a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of experience across the financial services, property, and oil sectors in Australia and internationally.
She serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Acenda Group. Before joining the Acenda Group, Yvonne held several senior finance roles, including CFO at Resolution Life Australasia, BT Financial Group and Acting Deputy CFO & General Manager of Enterprise Investments at Westpac Banking Group.
Karen Malzard
Group Chief Risk OfficerKaren is a senior executive in Australia’s financial services industry, currently serving as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for the Acenda Group. In this role, she leads the Risk and Compliance team, overseeing risk management and compliance functions across the organisation.
With over 25 years of experience in the wealth sector, Karen has held senior executive positions at prominent institutions including ANZ Bank (as CRO for Wealth), Zurich Financial Services, and BT Financial Group.
Lisa Hayes
Group General CounselLisa has over 25 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and senior executive in the financial services and insurance industry sectors. She has previously held senior positions including Chief Risk Officer across well-known financial services businesses such as Integrity Life, Centric Wealth and Perpetual Limited. Lisa is an experienced commercial and insurance litigator, previously acting for banks, companies and insurers whilst in private practice.
Ross Miller
Group Chief People and Culture OfficerRoss is an accomplished senior executive and human resources leader, with extensive experience leading through transformations and change. Prior to joining Acenda, Ross spent over 25 years at Westpac Group in a number of senior executive and human resources roles, most recently as Chief Customer and Engagement Officer, Consumer and Business Banking.
He was also previously General Manager at St George Bank, and General Manager HR for Westpac Group’s Australian and New Zealand retail operations. Ross has completed leadership studies at London Business School and is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Peter Histon
Group Chief Information and Operations OfficerPeter has over 20 years’ leadership experience and has held roles in established financial services organisations, start-ups, consulting firms and software vendors in Australia and the United Kingdom. Peter was previously Chief Information Officer at Resolution Life Australasia, Chief Technology Officer for AMP Life, and held a variety of senior leadership roles at AMP across Technology and Operations.
John Lucey
Group Chief Investment OfficerJohn has over 25 years’ experience in financial services both overseas and in Australia. John was previously Chief Investment Officer at Resolution Life Australasia and Avant Mutual Group. John spent more than 12 years working for ING Investment Management and later ANZ Wealth managing diversified portfolios across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. John also spent time at Bank of Ireland Asset Management in Dublin as a portfolio manager.
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