Andrew Kearnan

Mr Kearnan joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director in September 2020 and is Chair of the Audit Committee.

He is a Director of the Australian Shareholders’ Association, where he Chairs the Audit & Risk Committee and is a Member of the Policy committee. He runs an independent Corporate Advisory business, providing corporate finance and capital markets advice to financial services businesses.

Mr Kearnan has held Executive and Board positions at leading financial services institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Hollard Insurance, Greenstone Financial Services, Complii FinTech Solutions, Colonial First State Group and Commonwealth (Life) Insurance Holdings Limited.

He is a past Member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and has previously Chaired the Audit Committee for the APRA regulated Hollard Insurance entities. He was consistently rated as one of Australia’s top equity research analysts in the Australian financial services sector.

Mr Kearnan has an Honours degree in Science (Biochemistry), an MBA and is a Member of the AICD.