Michelle Russell

Michelle is responsible for leading the development and implementation of innovative people strategies, programmes and policies to support our 8,000 New Zealand employees. She is also responsible for ensuring the company has the right people and capabilities to support the organisation's business strategy and performance.

Previously, Michelle was General Manager Business Optimisation and Relationship Services in the New Zealand Commercial & Agri business and before that had human resources roles in New Zealand Institutional, Commercial & Agri, Wealth, Corporate Centre and Operations.

Michelle has a BA (Hons) in Human Geography from the University of Otago, a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy from Victoria University of Wellington and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. ​