Simon Blair

Simon was appointed as a Director of the Bank on 1 October 2012.

Simon's career has been spent in the health care and financial services industries. Prior to his appointment as a Director he worked at CBA for ten years with over five years as Group Executive, International Financial Services. During this period he was also the Group Executive responsible for BankWest. Prior to his Group Executive appointment, he was Managing Director and CEO of Sovereign Assurance Company Limited for three years. Before joining CBA Simon was Chief Operating Officer of Medibank Private in Australia and had been CEO of Australia's largest hospital group. Simon has also been CEO of two other large healthcare companies in New Zealand and Australia and previously held executive roles with both the World Bank and the IFC based in Washington DC. His previous board appointments include Bank of Hangzhou Co. Limited, Sovereign Assurance Company Limited, The British United Provident Association Limited and BoCommlife Insurance Company Limited.