Founded in 1846 as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows to protect working families, today Insignia Financial Ltd is an ASX Top 200 company and one of Australia’s leading wealth managers.


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Garry has more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, wealth management and asset management.
He has held senior executive roles with MLC and NAB in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and continues to be Director of a number of Group companies in Australia and the UK.
Garry joined Insignia Financial upon the acquisition of the MLC business in June 2021.

Garry Mulcahy

Mr Selak has over 40 years’ experience in the financial and advisory services industry. From 2000 to 2016 he was a partner in the Corporate Finance Practice of Ernst & Young, providing valuation services to a broad range of local and international clients and also serving on their Global Corporate Finance Executive. From 2014 to 2017 Mr Selak was an advisory board member of Quest Apartment Hotels. From 2016 to 2020, Mr Selak was a non-executive Director of National Tiles and the Chairman of Corsair Capital until April 2021.

John Selak

Chris has over 19 years’ experience in financial services and through his career has worked for several large Australian financial institutions including Insignia Financial, MLC and Challenger.
Chris has worked in senior product roles at both Insignia Financial and MLC and held the Head of Product role for Insignia Financial for over six years where he was responsible for the development and execution of product strategy for the entire Insignia Financial group.
During his time at MLC, Chris worked within the wrap business and led a number of product developments across both superannuation and investment wrap platforms.
Most recently, Chris led Insignia Financial’s frontline ClientFirst teams responsible for the delivery of the company’s service experience to our clients, advisers and employers.


Chris Weldon

Mel has more than 20 years’ experience in human resources with expertise in culture, organisational development and change management.
She most recently was General Manager, People & Change for AusNet Services and prior to this held several senior roles in commercial banking.
She joined Insignia Financial as Chief People Officer in 2019.


Mel Walls

Mr Bloore is an experienced Non-Executive Director, entrepreneur, and farmer. He has designed, built, and sold a number of businesses focussed on the development of key disruptive technologies and distribution services in traditional markets to create business efficiencies. Mr Bloore has been actively involved in, both as an Executive and/or as a Director and in the capacity of investment funding, development and leadership, including Smartsuper, SuperIQ and Class Super. 

Mr Bloore has worked on a range of Senate and Treasury Committees, and with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Regulations Committee on regulation for the superannuation industry. In 2016, Mr Bloore sold his superannuation administration business to AMP, stepped down from the Senate and Treasury Committees and is now focussed on contributing to organisations as a Non-Executive Director. Mr Bloore was a non-executive director of FBR Ltd until November 2019.

Andrew Bloore

Lorna is an experienced senior risk professional, with over 20 years’ experience in risk management, compliance and assurance roles in both industry and consulting. She has worked in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia across a range of regulated industries.
Most recently she was the Chief Risk Officer, Australia and New Zealand of Bupa, one of Australia’s leading healthcare organisations.


Lorna Stewart

Lawrence has over 25 years' legal experience in financial services and wealth management.
Lawrence was formerly a Partner at the law firm Clayton Utz and most recently the General Counsel for ANZ Wealth.


Lawrence Hastings

Renato has over 20 years’ experience in financial services in senior management and corporate strategy roles.
He has led Insignia Financial through a series of forward thinking, strategic initiatives including the development of the company’s advice-led strategy, ClientFirst transformation and establishing the Advice Academy.
He joined Insignia Financial in 2003 and has previously worked for Rothschild, NAB and ANZ, and is a CFA charterholder.


Renato Mota

Ms Somerville is an experienced Non-Executive Director, bringing deep and relevant finance, risk, and governance experience to the Board, having worked in the financial services industry in both her executive and non-executive roles. Previously she was an audit partner with KPMG Australia for nearly 14 years, with a focus on the financial services industry in both Australia and overseas.

Michelle Somerville

Ms Flynn has more than 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including roles within law and corporate governance as well as executive responsibilities. From 1998 to 2010, Ms Flynn was the Chief Legal Counsel, Group Compliance Manager and Group Company Secretary of financial services group Aviva Australia, and a director of Aviva Australia’s superannuation trustee company. Prior to her time at Aviva, Ms Flynn spent 18 years as a commercial lawyer with Minter Ellison, including eight years as a partner, specialising in managed funds, banking, securitisation, and superannuation. Ms Flynn was a non-executive director of Bennelong Funds Management from 2010 to 2015 and the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited from November 2019 until April 2021.

Elizabeth Flynn

Darren has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, having held senior management roles across ANZ, BT Financial Group, Asgard and MLC.
He joined Insignia Financial upon the acquisition of the ANZ Wealth Advice business in October 2018.


Darren Whereat

Mark has over 30 years’ experience across the financial services sector in Australia and the UK.
He previously held senior management roles at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Barclays Global Investors and most recently BlackRock Australia, where he was Managing Director, Retail Advisory & iShares.

Mark Oliver

Frank has over 20 years’ experience across the financial services sector.
He previously held senior management roles at NAB and Aviva Australia.

Frank Lombardo

David has more than 20 years’ global finance experience across consulting, investment banking, private equity and corporate environments with Spark New Zealand, MediaWorks and Macquarie.
Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer of Spark New Zealand, the country’s largest telecommunications company.

David Chalmers

Adrianna has more than 25 years’ experience in financial services and wealth management, legal, compliance and risk.
Most recently, she was Group General Counsel at McMillian Shakespeare and from 2003 to 2009, Group General Counsel at Insignia Financial.

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