‘First time in history’: RBA’s first gender-balanced board By Sarah Buckley 30 December 2020
Two more women have been appointed to the RBA’s board, making it “gender-balanced for the first time in history”, according to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
The Morrison government has appointed Coca-Cola Amatil group managing director Alison Watkins and Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) director Carolyn Hewson as members of the Reserve Bank Board, each for a five-year period.
Ms Hewson and Ms Watkins replace Allan Moss, previous director of Macquarie Group, and Catherine Tanna, managing director of EnergyAustralia.
Ms Watkins’ experience comprises senior roles in agriculture and banking sectors. As well as being the group managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil, she is also a Business Cou
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Reserve Bank of Australia
The Governor, Philip Lowe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle McPhee to the position of Assistant Governor (Business Services) at the Reserve Bank of Australia. The Bank considered a competitive field of internal and external candidates for the role, which will become vacant on the retirement of Lindsay Boulton in February 2021.
Ms McPhee is currently the Head of Banking at the Reserve Bank of Australia, a role she has held for the last four years. She spent six years as the Head of Risk and Compliance and, prior to that, held a number of senior management positions at the Bank primarily in financial market operations. She is currently a non-executive director of the Australian Payments Network, deputy chair of Note Printing Australia and chair of both organisations’ audit and risk committees. Ms McPhee joined the Bank in 1988.
Appointment of Assistant Governor, Business Services
The Governor, Philip Lowe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle McPhee to the position of Assistant Governor (Business Services) at the Reserve Bank of Australia. The Bank considered a competitive field of internal and external candidates for the role, which will become vacant on the retirement of Lindsay Boulton in February 2021.
Ms McPhee is currently the Head of Banking at the Reserve Bank of Australia, a role she has held for the last four years. She spent six years as the Head of Risk and Compliance and, prior to that, held a number of senior management positions at the Bank primarily in financial market operations. She is currently a non-executive director of the Australian Payments Network, deputy chair of Note Printing Australia and chair of both organisations audit and risk committees. Ms McPhee joined the Bank in 1988.