Board of directors

David J Turner, Chairman

Mr Turner succeeded John Schubert as Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank on 10 February 2010.

Mr Turner joined the Board in August 2006.  He is Chairman of the Board Performance and Renewal Committee and a member of the People & Remuneration Committee. Until his retirement on 30 June 2007, Mr Turner was CEO of Brambles. He occupied that role since October 2003. He joined Brambles as Chief Financial Officer in 2001 having previously been Finance Director of GKN plc. Mr Turner has also served as a member of the Board of Whitbread plc and as Chairman of its Audit Committee from 2000 until 2006. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has wide experience in finance, international business and governance.

Mr Turner is a resident of New South Wales. Age 64.

Ralph J Norris, KNZM, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr Norris was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from September 2005. Mr Norris had been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air New Zealand since 2002 and had been a Director of that Company since 1998. He retired from that Board in 2005 to take up his position with the Group. He is a member of the Risk Committee.

Mr Norris has a 30 year career in Banking. He was Chief Executive Officer of ASB Bank Limited from 1991 until 2001 and Head of International Financial Services from 1999 until 2001.

In 2005, Mr Norris retired from the Board of Fletcher Building Limited where he had been a Director since 2001.

Chairman: Australian Bankers' Association and CommFoundation Pty Limited

Director: Business Council of Australia and Financial Markets Foundation for Children

Other Interests: New Zealand Institute of Management (Fellow) and New Zealand Computer Society (Fellow).

Mr Norris is a resident of New South Wales. Age 60.

Sir John Anderson, KBE

Sir John joined the Board on 12 March 2007. He is a member of the Risk Committee and the Board Performance & Renewal Committee. Sir John is a highly respected business and community leader, having held many senior positions in New Zealand finance including Chief Executive and Director of ANZ National Bank Limited from 2003 to 2005 and the National Bank of New Zealand Limited from 1989 to 2003.

In 1994, Sir John was awarded Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2005 received the inaugural Blake Medal for “Outstanding Leadership Contributions to New Zealand”.

Chairman: Television New Zealand Limited, Capital and Coast District Health Board, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and Hawke's Bay District Health Board.

Other Interests: Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand (Fellow), Institute of Directors (Fellow), New Zealand Society of Accountants (Fellow), Australian Institute Banking and Finance (Life Member).

Sir John is a resident of Wellington, New Zealand. Age 64.

Colin R Galbraith, AM

Mr Galbraith has been a member of the Board since 2000 and is a member of the Risk Committee, Audit Committee and Board Performance & Renewal Committee. He is a special advisor for Gresham Partners Limited.

Chairman: BHP Billiton Community Trust.

Director: OneSteel Limited and Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Other Interests: CARE Australia (Director) and Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation (Trustee).

Mr Galbraith is a resident of Victoria. Age 61.

Jane Hemstritch

Ms Hemstritch was appointed to the Board effective 9 October 2006 and is a member of the People & Remuneration Committee and Risk Committee.

Ms Hemstritch was Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Accenture Limited from 2004 until her retirement in February 2007. In this role, she was a member of Accenture’s global executive leadership team and oversaw the management of Accenture’s business portfolio in Asia Pacific. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry and Physiology and has professional expertise in technology, communications, change management and accounting. She also has experience across the financial services, telecommunications, government, energy and manufacturing sectors and in business expansion in Asia.

Director: The Global Foundation and Tabcorp (appointed 13 November 2008).

Other Interests: Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (Fellow), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (Fellow), Chief Executive Women Inc. (Member),Council of Governing Members of The Smith Family and CEDA's Policy and Research Committee (Member).

Ms Hemstritch is a resident of Victoria. Age 55.

S Carolyn H Kay

Ms Kay has been a member of the Board since 2003 and is also a member of the Audit, People & Remuneration and Risk Committees. She holds Bachelor Degrees in Law and Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Management. She has extensive experience in Finance, particularly in International Finance having worked as both a banker and a lawyer at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Linklaters & Paines in London, New York and Australia.

Director: Allens Arthur Robinson, Brambles Industries Limited and Sydney Institute.

Other Interests: Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow) and Chief Executive Women’s Inc (member).

Ms Kay is a resident of New South Wales. Age 48.

Fergus D Ryan

Mr Ryan has been a member of the Board since 2000 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. He has extensive experience in accounting, audit, finance and risk management. He was a senior partner of Arthur Andersen until his retirement in 1999 after 33 years with that firm including five years as Managing Partner Australasia. Until 2002, he was Strategic Investment Co-ordinator and Major Projects Facilitator for the Commonwealth Government.

Director: Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited, Centre for Social Impact, National Australia Day Council and Deputy Chairman for National Library of Australia.

Other Interests: Committee for Melbourne (Counsellor) and Pacific Institute (Patron).

Mr Ryan is a resident of Victoria. Age 66.

Harrison Young

Mr Young has been a member of the Board since 2007. He is Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. At the time of appointment to the Board, Mr Young retired as Chairman of Morgan Stanley Australia, a position he had held since 2003. From 1997 to 2003 he was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. Prior to that, he spent two years in Beijing as Chief Executive of China International Capital Corporation.  From 1991 to 1994 he was a senior officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington.

Mr Young serves on the Court of Directors of the Bank of England and is a member of its Financial Stability Committee.

Chairman: Howard Florey Institute Foundation.

Deputy Chairman: The Asia Society AustralAsia and Asialink.

Director: Florey Neuroscience Institutes and Financial Services Volunteer Corps.

Trustee: The Asia Society AustralAsia.

Mr Young is a resident of Victoria. Age 64.

Andrew M Mohl

Mr Mohl was appointed to the Board effective 1 July 2008 and is a member of the Risk and People & Remuneration Committees.  He has over 30 years of financial services experience. Mr Mohl was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMP Limited from October 2002 until the end of December 2007.  Previous roles at AMP included Managing Director, AMP Financial Services and Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, AMP Asset Management.  Mr Mohl was a former Chief Economist and Managing Director, ANZ Funds Management at ANZ Banking Group.   He began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia where his roles included Senior Economist and Deputy Head of Research.

Chairman: Federal Government Export Finance and Insurance Corporation.

Director: AMP Foundation.

Other interests: Coaching services to senior executives, member of the Advisory Council of the Australian School of Business.

Mr Mohl is a resident of New South Wales. Age 53.