IRESS is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Tomlinson to the IRESS Board.
Mr Tomlinson has more than 40 years’ experience in financial services. His executive career encompassed 29 years with the National Mutual Group, including six years as group managing director and chief executive officer. Among other significant achievements at National Mutual, he led the first demutualisation and ASX listing of an Australian life insurance company.
In the past 16 years Mr Tomlinson has been a chairman and non-executive director of a diverse range of companies.
He was a non-executive director of National Australia Bank (NAB) from March 2000 to December 2014, including chairman of a number of its subsidiaries including NAB’s wealth management division MLC. Other companies he has been a director of include Growthpoint Properties, Calibre Group, Dyno Nobel, AAPT, Suncorp Metway, and Amcor.
IRESS chairman Tony D’Aloisio said Mr Tomlinson would bring broad and deep financial services experience in governance and executive roles, in Australia and internationally.
“Geoff’s expertise in financial markets and wealth management is highly relevant to IRESS as is his regulatory knowledge. He brings significant experience as a non-executive director and chairman of listed entities.
“Geoff has global experience, having held a number of senior executive and board positions with companies either based in or with significant operations in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, South Africa and Hong Kong.”
Mr Tomlinson will be an independent non-executive director. His appointment will be effective from 1 February.
