Robert (Rob) Ian Chapman, AssocDipBus FAICD, FFSIA Chair

Experience and expertise

Rob was appointed to the Board as Chair on 25 February 2014. Rob has enjoyed an extensive executive career within the financial services industry, having acted as both the Chief Executive Officer of St George Banking Group (2010 to 2012) and the Managing Director of BankSA (2002 to 2010). Prior to these roles Rob worked in Prudential Corporation, Colonial State Bank and the Commonwealth Bank across a variety of positions.

Rob is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and holds an Associate Diploma in Business from the South Australian Institute of Technology.

Other directorships and positions

Rob currently serves as a Director on a number of prominent South Australian Boards including: Chapman Capital Partners (Chair), ZeroCo (Chair), Fusetec (Chair), Coopers Brewery Limited (Director), EFA (Director), Ultra Golf Championships (Director), AFL Max (Director), Litigation Lending Services Limited (Director) and is the former Chair of BankSA and the Adelaide Football Club.

Special responsibilities

Chair of the Board Member of the Audit & Compliance Committee; Acting Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Infrastructure Committee and Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee.