Sam Perkins

Sam Perkins joined BNZ as Chief Risk Officer, in July 2018 and leads a team of risk specialists providing BNZ with world-class risk leadership, oversight, analysis and insight.

Before joining BNZ, Sam was Global Head - Operational Risk and Compliance, Institutional Banking, at ANZ. Here he lead the Compliance and Operational Risk management function overseeing risks arising across the institutional business. Prior to this he had spent 3 years as the Head of Wholesale Credit in ANZ New Zealand.

He started his financial career at ASB as a customer service consultant, before moving on to roles with American Express, and Standard Bank Group in London, Moscow and Johannesburg, amassing two decades of global experience in a range of credit, compliance and risk roles.

Sam has a real focus on people leadership, customer and banker experience and challenging the status quo to continuously improve business outcomes and is known for collaboration, knowledge-sharing and supporting people to be their best.