Jim Quinn
Independent Director and Chair
James Quinn is based in Auckland and was appointed as an Independent Director in June 2014, replacing David Russell. He is currently an Independent Director of Lyttleton Port Company, Ngai Tahu Tainui Go Bus, Halls and Chairman of Tubman Heating Ltd and Intilecta Corporation.
Cecilia Tarrant
Independent Director
Cecilia is a professional company director. She was appointed as an Independent Director in July 2016, replacing Dame Patsy Reddy. She is currently the Chair of New Zealand Green Investment Finance, a Director of Seeka and the Chancellor of Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland, and serves on a number of smaller for profit and not-for-profit boards and committees.
Sophie Haslem
Independent director
Sophie was appointed as an Independent Director in March 2022. Sophie is a Chartered Member of the NZ Institute of Directors with over a decade of governance experience. She has a BCom and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from The University of Melbourne. Over her executive career, Sophie has worked with a diverse range of companies across New Zealand and Australia developing extensive M&A, innovation and growth strategy experience.
Michael Bullock
Director
Michael Bullock is the Head of Institutional and Commercial Operations for ANZ New Zealand. Michael's role encompasses Payment delivery for ANZ New Zealand and is a member of the ANZ Global payment leadership team and an active contributor to ANZ's Enterprise delivery solutions.
Ross Jackson
Director
Ross is General Manager, Product Management and Services at BNZ. Prior to returning to New Zealand in December 2015, Ross was VP and Regional Head at Visa responsible for cross-border business in Asia Pacific and CEMEA and Product, Brand and Client Marketing in Asia Pacific.
Fiona Ehn
Director
Fiona has been with Kiwibank since January 2020 as the General Manager of Cards and Payments. Prior to joining Kiwibank Fiona spent 3 years working for Qantas in Sydney developing Qantas Money – the airline’s loyalty business financial services fintech venture. Prior to this, she held senior leadership roles with BNZ spanning operations, product management and business banking strategy and performance.
John Forrester
Director
John is Head of Payments at Westpac New Zealand. He has over 25 years’ experience, principally in transactional banking and payments. John is responsible for Westpac’s payments product management, along with the bank’s core payments processing technology in New Zealand. John holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Otago.
Julian Downs
Director
Julian is the GM of Technology at TSB Bank. Julian is an influential and engaging leader in the technology space. With more than 30 years of experience, he has driven outstanding technological change across a range of industries, including banking, energy, education, retail, and the public sector.
Lauren Thomas
Director
Lauren Thomas is currently a Senior Business and Operations Manager for Citibank NZ.
Greg Trotter
DIRECTOR
Greg joined ASB in 2021 and was appointed Acting Executive General Manager Corporate Banking in 2023. Prior to this, Greg held the position of General Manager Global Transaction Banking, helping businesses to manage their cash flow and transactions internationally.
Rebecca Paine
Director
Rebecca is New Zealand Country Head of HSBC Global Payments Solutions, leading the team responsible for Client Advisory, Implementation, Service and Product Management for HSBC’s Wholesale Banking transactional clients. Rebecca has had a career in banking for over 15 years, with 8 years in the United Kingdom before returning to New Zealand in 2016 to join HSBC.