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Relevant Experience

Ms. McGrath has over three decades of experience in senior executive positions as well as board level positions in highly regulated and complex industries, which includes health and financial services. Ms. McGrath is currently a Non‐Executive Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nomination Committee of Credit Corp Group. She is also a Non-Executive Director at Heartland Bank Australia Ltd and Chairman of the Risk Committee and the current Chairman of the Australian Digital Health Agency.

 

Ms. McGrath was a Non-Executive Director of Auswide Bank Ltd and a member of its Audit, Risk and Remuneration Committees. She is also the former Group Executive of Retail Banking at Bank of Queensland (BOQ), responsible for both the BOQ Retail Bank where she led a significant business turnaround and launched the Virgin Money Australia Digital Bank. She has successfully led contemporary data/digital and technology transformations as well as business turnarounds in ASX 100 companies. Prior to BOQ, Ms. McGrath worked at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) for almost 12 years, holding the roles of Executive General Manager, Retail, responsible for bank distribution and Executive General Manager, Wealth Advice. Her previous non-executive appointments include becoming TogetherAI Pty Ltd’s Chairman, a mental health technology platform focused on pre-teens and their parents/carers. 

 

Ms. McGrath brings substantial experience in big consumer and retail distribution including digital and multi-brand from her senior executive roles in CBA and BOQ. She has a strong track record and experience in people‐oriented businesses and distributed workforces and brings to the Board significant governance and risk management experience.

 

Quick Details

 

Nationality:

Australian

 

Age/Gender:

64/Female

 

Date of Appointment:

1 October 2024

 

Length of Tenure as Director:

Less than a year

 

Membership of Board Committees:

  • Member, Group Board Risk and Compliance Committee 
  • Member, Board Group Sustainability Committee

 

Qualifications:

  • Australia Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Master of Business Administration, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Senior Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australasia
  • Vincent Fairfax Fellow in Ethical Leadership

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Finance & Audit, Business Management & Corporate Leadership, Operations, Risk Management


Directorship / Relevant Appointments:
LISTED ENTITIES (OTHER THAN CIMB)

  • Independent Director, Credit Corp Group Limited, Australia
  • Independent Director, Heartland Bank Australia Limited, Australia

PUBLIC COMPANIES

  • Nil
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