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Vittoria Shortt

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Vittoria has been the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASB Bank since February 2018.

Leading a team of 5,500 people, Vittoria is focused on accelerating the financial future of all New Zealanders by delivering experiences that are simple and easy every day and brilliant when it matters for its people, customers, and community.  

Vittoria has 18 years' experience in banking across corporate strategy, retail banking, mergers and acquisitions and operations, and has held several senior leadership roles since joining ASB's parent company, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in 2002.

Vittoria's career began in New Zealand, working in Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions with Deloitte and Carter Holt Harvey. 

Vittoria holds a Bachelor of Management Studies majoring in Accounting and Finance from Waikato University and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand.  

Vittoria is a member of Chief Executive Women Australia and Global Women New Zealand.

Adam Boyd

EGM Private Banking, Wealth and Insurance 

Adam joined ASB in April 1995 as a Dealer in the Corporate and Commercial FX Sales team.

Before being appointed Executive General Manager of Private Banking, Wealth and Insurance in 2016, Adam's roles at ASB included General Manager of Global Markets, Strategy and Product, General Manager of Worksmart and Chief Manager of Treasury and Financial Markets. 

Adam has over 25 years' experience in leading sales teams, with a specialist knowledge of global financial markets. 

Adam has a passion for protecting the environment, farming and agriculture, financial wellbeing, wealth management and asset management.

As a leader, Adam believes that similar to the notion that we are only custodians of a business for a short period, managers will only lead people for a short window of their career. With this in mind, Adam's goal is to ensure that each person he leads goes away richer for their experiences at ASB.

Adam is a Board member of the Financial Services Council and has a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Economics from the University of Auckland. 

Carl Ferguson

Chief Risk Officer

Carl joined ASB in May 2012 and was appointed Chief Risk Officer in July 2018.

Carl has over 19 years' experience within the Financial Services Industry across Banking, Funds Management and Insurance. Prior to the Chief Risk Officer role, Carl was the Chief Internal Auditor, leading and managing ASB's independent and objective Audit and Assurance function, comprising of Internal Audit, Credit Portfolio Assurance and Retail Network Assurance.

Before moving to ASB, Carl spent 11 years with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney, finishing in the General Manager of Finance role.

As a leader, Carl believes in the importance of supporting people to be successful by working together as a team and making everyone feel included. Carl believes diversity, in its broader sense, helps everyone achieve better solutions overall. 

Carl is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland.

Carl is co-Chair of the ASB Diversity and Inclusion Council and founding Chair of Unity, ASB's LGBTI+ network.

Craig Sims

EGM Retail Banking

Craig Sims joined ASB in February 2019 as the EGM of Retail Banking.

Before moving to ASB, Craig worked for the ANZ Group as a Customer Operations Lead for ANZ Australia. In this role, Craig was responsible for ANZ's Simplification, Product and Operational Excellence agenda. 

Craig has more than 30 years' experience in financial services, spanning retail and business banking. Craig has held several roles for the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ), including Chief Manager, Strategy, Head of Human Resources, Managing Director of Business Banking, and Managing Director, Retail and Business Banking. 

Craig has a passion for making banking simpler for both customers and ASB people. He does this by leading and being a part of high-performing, engaged teams.

As a leader, Craig has a special focus on taking care of the people in his team. He believes it is important to communicate what success looks like, and ensure people are supported along the way to achieving it. He believes when people are supported well, they will in turn, serve customers better. 

Craig has completed an MBA at Victoria University in New Zealand. He has also completed the Senior Executive Program at Columbia Business School in New York, and a Digital Transformation Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Craig is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute Australasia and a Member of Institute of Directors NZ.

David Bullock

EGM Technology and Operations

David joined ASB in December 2018 as EGM Technology and Operations. Prior to this, David was EGM Technology Operations, Risk and Control at IAG. 

David has extensive experience in financial services, having held a number of different roles at the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), including CFO for the Retail Bank, Head of Innovation, and Head of Business Strategy and Operations for Retail. Most recently, he was BNZ's Executive Director for Products, Digital, Technology and Financial Crime. 

Before working in financial services, David held roles in New Zealand and the UK with New Zealand Post, Thomson Reuters and Yahoo! 

David has a special interest in digital technology, data management and engineering.

As a leader, David believes in the importance of hiring the best people and empowering them to do the best work of their careers. He is passionate about seeing people learn and improve their craft, and believes it's important to stay open and real in every conversation. 

David has a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the University of Auckland.

Jon Raby

Chief Financial Officer

Jon joined ASB in March 2012 as the Chief Financial Officer. 

Before moving to ASB, Jon was the Chief Financial Officer for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Retail Banking and Enterprise Services Divisions. Prior to this, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Sovereign Assurance.

Jon leads ASB's finance, treasury, property, procurement and model risk centre of excellence functions. 

With an extensive background in the Financial Services industry across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and South Africa, Jon's career experience spans executive financial leadership, online banking, strategy, treasury and securitisation.

As a leader, Jon believes in order to achieve great things, you must regularly push yourself outside your comfort zone and have the support of great leaders working with you. 

Jon has a Bachelor of Commerce and CTA from the University of Cape Town and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Jon was awarded 'Chief Financial Officer of the Year' at the Deloitte Top 200 Business Awards in November 2018 and is on numerous ASB Group company boards.

Lohit Kalburgi

EGM Corporate Strategy and Customer Experience

Lohit Kalburgi joined ASB in January 2019 as the Executive General Manager for Corporate Strategy and Customer Experience. In this role, his key focuses are on the development, management and reporting of ASB's strategy, as well as ASB's journey towards becoming a more customer-centric organisation.

Lohit has a broad range of experience across transformation, technology, marketing, product and design, as well as leading a number of entrepreneurial start-ups. 

Beginning his career in New Zealand, Lohit has also lived and worked in the UK, USA and Spain, working for large companies including Vodafone, British Telecom, Barclays and global Spanish bank BBVA.

Lohit is passionate about bringing together customer experience and technology for the benefit of accelerating financial progress for all New Zealanders.

As a leader, Lohit believes that leadership is about creating the right environment for the right people, then stepping aside to empower them to do their thing. 

Lohit holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland, an Executive MBA from Henley Business School and a Global Executive Masters in Strategy and Innovation from Parsons. Lohit is on the ASB Waterfront Theatre Board.

Nigel Annett

EGM Corporate Banking

Nigel joined ASB in January 2011 as Treasurer responsible for funding, liquidity, capital and asset and liability management. Before becoming Executive General Manager, Nigel held the position of General Manager Global Markets, responsible for the sales and trading business at ASB across foreign exchange, commodity and interest rate products.

Nigel has 23 years' experience in the financial sector and, prior to joining ASB, spent 11 years in Treasury and Institutional banking roles, at ANZ in Melbourne and Singapore. Nigel has a special interest in understanding and managing the financial risks in public markets.  He also likes to focus on key business drivers and working with customers to unlock value for their business.

As a leader, Nigel believes in empowering teams, and that the role of the leader is to provide direction, guidance and sometimes to just step aside and let the team do their thing.

Nigel is a Director of Trade Window and of the NZ Financial Markets Association (NZFMA). He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago and a Masters of Commerce from the University of Cape Town.

Paula Steed

Chief Internal Auditor

Paula joined ASB in February 2019 in the role of Chief Internal Auditor. 

Following 10 years with professional services firm Deloitte, Paula spent the previous 13 years working in the financial services and banking industries.

Beginning with five years with AMP in senior finance and general management roles, Paula then moved to ANZ where she held a number of senior finance roles including General Manager Internal Audit for New Zealand and the Pacific Region, and Financial Controller for New Zealand and Pacific, before finishing at ANZ as the Chief Financial Officer, UDC Finance.

Paula has a special interest in the strategic advantage of risk management and is a keen supporter of diversity and inclusion, and financial literacy education.

As a leader, Paula believes that everyone's role in an organisation is vital to it operating effectively, and no role is more important than another. She believes the role of a leader is to make it easy for people to be their best selves, and to do their best for each other and our customers.

Paula has a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law from Victoria University.

Paula is a Chartered Accountant and member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand as well as being in the Global Women Breakthrough Leaders Alumni (2016).

Robyn Worthington

EGM People 

Robyn joined ASB in January 2020 as Executive General Manager of People.

Robyn leads the People function which includes talent sourcing and management; reward and recognition; health and safety; leadership and learning and organisational development. 

As a senior Human Resource professional, Robyn has over 25 years of experience leading HR transformation in financial services organisations both here in New Zealand and overseas, including GE Capital, Goldman Sachs and CBA. 

Prior to her permanent appointment, Robyn contracted to ASB in 2018 as Acting EGM of People, where she led the programme around the establishment of ASB's unified People function and operating model. 

Her key areas of interest professionally include employee experience, the future of work and digital people processes.

As a leader, Robyn believes it is important to provide clear parameters for a team, encouraging team members to focus on the few things that will make a big difference. She believes it is important to reduce process and simplify, while still remaining within risk and governance parameters.

Robyn has a Bachelor of Arts, (Psychology), a Master of Commerce (Industrial Relations and HR), Certificate in Management (Corporate Social Responsibility), and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  

Robyn's governance experience includes serving as a non-executive Director for the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

Simon Tong

EGM Digital, Data and Brand

Simon Tong was appointed Executive General Manager, Digital, Data and Brand in July 2018.

Simon leads ASB's digital technology and distribution teams, data and analytics function, brand, marketing, community, sponsorship and events teams, as well as the innovation and payments strategy teams. Before this role, Simon was the Executive General Manager for Technology, Innovation and Payments at ASB.

Prior to joining ASB, Simon was Managing Director of Fairfax Media New Zealand, and owner of Stuff.co.nz and Neighbourly.co.nz.

Simon has over 25 years' experience in technology, media and banking industries, including seven years as Chief Executive of electronic payments provider Paymark, and senior executive roles at Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard. 

With a keen interest in disruption and innovation, the opportunity to work across different industries has provided Simon with insights into how people manage change and the role an organisation's culture plays. Helping individuals and teams successfully navigate the increasing complexity and rate of change is central to Simon's leadership philosophy.

Simon holds a Master of Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Massey University, and is a Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. Simon is currently a Director of Payments New Zealand.

Stephen Bendall

General Counsel and EGM Business Services

Stephen joined ASB in September 2019 as General Counsel and Executive General Manager of Business Services.

Stephen's role includes Company Secretary accountability and the leadership of ASB's legal, group governance, government and regulatory affairs and corporate affairs teams.

Stephen has 30 years' experience as a qualified lawyer and has spent the last 23 years working in and advising the financial services industry. 

Prior to this role, Stephen was based in the UK as the General Counsel, EMEA, and International Head of Legal for the Japanese banking and financial services group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). Stephen worked for 11 years at Deutsche Bank and prior to that was a lawyer at the global law firm Clifford Chance. 

As a leader, Stephen is pragmatic, considered, diligent and meticulous, relishing complex problems and challenges. He is particularly focused on creating a team environment with developmental opportunities for staff and encouraging collective problem solving. 

Stephen has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a degree in Law from the University of Auckland. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. 

Tim Deane

EGM Business Banking

Tim joined ASB in June 2019 as the Executive General Manager of Business Banking. 

Tim has almost 30 years' corporate experience, including 15 years in the domestic and export food sector, seven years in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and seven years in the financial services sector. 

Prior to his role at ASB, Tim was Managing Director of Goodman Fielder NZ, New Zealand's largest FMCG business. He has also held senior positions at Fonterra including Managing Director Fonterra Brands NZ and Director Global Sales for Fonterra's global ingredients business. 

Tim is passionate about leading high-performance teams and believes it is important to have clear performance expectations, while also supporting a highly engaged team.

Tim has a special interest in the development of the primary sectors in the New Zealand economy, as well as the role of entrepreneurship in New Zealand business.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours from Lincoln University.

From 2015 to 2019, Tim was on the Board of the NZ Food and Grocery Council serving as Chairman for the last two years of his term.