Simon Pennington

CFO at Fidelity Life Assurance Company Limited

Simon Pennington is the current Chief Financial Officer at Fidelity Life Assurance Company Limited. Prior to this, they held the position of Head of Finance for the Institutional division at ANZ from 2010 to 2018. In this role, Simon was responsible for developing strategies to drive financial performance, reporting, planning and forecasting, corporate governance and risk management forums, and ensuring that employees had a strong understanding of the drivers of business success.

From 2005 to 2010, Simon served as the Chief Financial Officer for AMP. In this role, they were responsible for all aspects of financial management, including accounting, financial reporting, taxation, treasury and risk management.

Prior to their time at AMP, Simon was a Senior Tax Manager at Deloitte New Zealand from 2001 to 2005. In this role, they provided tax consulting services to a wide variety of clients, including public companies, large private businesses and high net worth individuals.

Simon began their career in 1994 as an Assistant Tax Manager at Eagle Star. Simon was promoted to Tax Manager in 1998 and held this position until 2001 when they left to join Deloitte New Zealand.

Simon Pennington studied economics at the University of Wales, where they earned a BSc.

Their manager is Melissa Cantell, CEO. They are on a team with Dan Wilkinson - CTO, Kath Johnson - Chief Insurance Officer, and Ian Clancy - COO.

Links

Timeline

  • CFO

    Current role

View in org chart