BNZ Leadership Team

Andrew's early career was spent at MARAC, then ASB, where he worked for 10 years before moving on to senior roles at Commonwealth Bank of Australia and St George. He joined NAB in January 2005, and soon after became a Director of MLC - the wealth management division of NAB - a Directorship he held for three years. Most recently he was Executive General Manager of Retail Banking at NAB, leading a team of more than 10,000 people. A member of the BNZ Board and the NAB Group Executive Committee, his role was expanded in March 2009 to include responsibility for nabAsia and Great Western Bank located in South Dakota, USA. A Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) graduate from Auckland University, Andrew also holds an MBA from the University of Durham in the UK.At BNZ, Andrew has committed himself to leading a company that will make its 5000 employees, customers, shareholders and the community 'better off'. His key drivers for delivering on this centre around: leadership and culture; customer focus or an outside in view; and innovation. This is coupled with an unwavering commitment to doing the basics of banking well and safe guarding the future of BNZ.

Ask about his leadership philosophy, and he'll tell you about his desire to bring both the 'plumbing' (the mechanics) and the 'poetry' (passion) to any leadership position. A believer in maintaining a good work-life balance, Andrew enjoys spending time with his family – including his three teenage children - and is a part-time 'garage' drummer.

Anthony joined BNZ in November 2009 as Director – BNZ Partners, responsible for leading the bank’s business, corporate, markets, private banking, agribusiness and property teams.

Anthony brings considerable breadth and depth of experience across banking and financial services, having held a number of senior executive and director-level roles in an 18-year career that has spanned New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

A career banker, Anthony has spent the last 18 years with the ANZ Group, most recently as CEO of UDC Finance and prior to that as Deputy Group Managing Director of AmBank Group, Malaysia’s fourth-largest banking group. He was also a Director of AmBank's Investment bank, Commercial bank, Insurance company and Funds Management business.

Anthony returned to New Zealand in 2008, having previously led ANZ's Corporate Banking business in Auckland.

Louise's career in human resources and management consulting has taken her on a journey through New Zealand, Asia, Channel Islands (British Isles) and Botswana. Louise brings with her a wealth of experience together with excellent strategic capability, strong commercial focus, passion for connecting with people and ability to help organisations evolve.

Over the last seven years, Louise has held a number of roles at Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited. The most recent was GM Human Resources – Ingredients and Global Trade which included full HR responsibility for Europe, Latin America, Central America, Japan, Korea, Singapore and NZ Ingredient and GlobalTrade operations.

Previous roles at Fonterra included HR Manager – Global Sales Network, Regional HR Manager Asia, and HR Manager for Supply and Optimisation Planning. Prior to this, Louise was a consultant for Transend Worldwide Limited in Botswana and the Channel Islands, and worked across a number of entities including Express Logisitics, Datamail and New Zealand Post.

Louise has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (endorsed in HR).

Originally from Southland, Louise is now based in Wellington with her family and works out of BNZ's Harbour Quays facility. Outside of work, she enjoys family time (especially in the outdoors), home renovation and is a classic car enthusiast.

Prior to joining BNZ, Martin worked in London with Arthur Young and Kleinwort Benson, where his interest in banking developed.With over 20 years' banking experience, Martin has developed extensive banking knowledge with particular expertise in treasury, risk management and finance.Together with his team, Martin is responsible for providing sound risk management to BNZ including the core risk areas of credit, operations, compliance, market, balance sheet, regulatory relations and major risk projects, such as Basel II. Martin is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Victoria University, Wellington and is a Chartered Accountant.

It is important to Martin that he and his team enjoy a healthy work/life balance. Outside work he enjoys the ‘beautiful game' (soccer), tennis, trout fishing, music and spending quality time with his wife and three teenage children.

Ken's career has seen him holding positions with National Australia Bank in Group and Australian Treasury and Risk Management. His career has been international having worked in banking, finance and consulting roles at a number of global financial institutions in Europe, Asia, USA and Australia. In between spending time with his wife Clare, and daughter Olivia, Ken manages to compete in motor racing events, with Targa NZ as his favourite event.

He has a degree in Banking and Finance from Victoria University in Melbourne, an MBA from Melbourne Business School and is a graduate of the Advanced Management programme at Harvard Business School in the USA.