Director Nominations Committee

Member, Director Nominations Committee David has more than 25 years’ experience in Australia, New York and the Middle East. David has a strong knowledge of the financial services sector, having worked with a broad cross section of the industry, including banks, brokers, exchanges, fintechs, leasing companies, payment providers, private equity and non bank financiers.

He is also a recognised regulatory expert, having advised a range of local and international banks.

David joined the FINSIA board on 28 February 2020 and was appointed as President on 26 May 2022. David has previously served as a member of the FINSIA Consumer Finance Advisory Group and as Chair of the FINSIA Institutional Markets Council.

FINSIA Member since 12 March 2004. 

Victoria is a professional non-executive director with more than 20 years’ experience as a senior executive in the financial services sector and 10 years as a non-executive director.

Victoria was appointed as a non-executive director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) in February 2022 and is a director of
Alcidion (ASX:ALC). Victoria is the immediate past Chair of $45bn Super Fund, OnePath Custodians and recently completed her 5-year term as Chair of NSW Treasury’s Audit and Risk Committee. Victoria is Deputy Chair of the ASIC Markets Disciplinary Panel and a member of the Council of the NSW State Library. Victoria was previously a non-executive director of ASX-listed URB Investments (ASX:URB), eTrade and ANZ Trustees.

During her executive career Victoria was a Managing Director at Citigroup Australia and an Executive General Manager at Westpac.
Victoria has been a member of FINSIA and its predecessor organisation the Securities Institute since 1996 and is a former member of the NSW Regional Council and former Chair of the Women in FINSIA Committee.

Fiona commenced with ASA in September 2017 and brings deep knowledge of ASA as well as a background in corporate governance and equity investment. She works closely with ASA's volunteer company monitors, who meet ASX200 boards and attend AGMs on behalf of retail shareholders.

Her prior roles include Senior Investment Research Analyst/Associate Director with Macquarie Private Wealth from 2007 to 2015 and ASA Corporate Information Policy Officer from 2003 to 2007. Immediately prior to joining ASA for the first time in 2003, Fiona worked with CameronRalph, board performance assessors. This followed 15 years in Senior Equity Analyst/Portfolio Manager roles with Investment Management divisions of Westpac, NSW State Super and Commonwealth Bank.

With more than 25 years’ communication experience in Australia and internationally, Alasdair has managed corporate and investor communication programs for a broad range of organisations in diverse markets.

Alasdair Jeffrey is Managing Director of Rowland, responsible for leading client offering and internal operations.

Alasdair is an expert in the field of strategic corporate communication, and media and reputation management. He specialises in strategic issues management advice with an emphasis on listed companies and financial transactions. His knowledge of capital markets has allowed Alasdair to work on some of the most significant issues and transactions in Australia and internationally.

Prior to joining Rowland, Alasdair was a public affairs advisor to major Queensland corporations including Suncorp and Queensland Rail. He also worked in London as Executive Vice-President of Investor Relations for a global telecommunications equipment company listed in the FTSE-100 and on NASDAQ.

He previously held senior consulting positions in London and Brisbane. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School and is a Director of Independent Schools Queensland and St Peters Lutheran College.