Board and Executive Committee

Director since 1 July 2003. Bill Bartlett is a director of Reinsurance Group of America Inc., RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Limited, Peptech Limited, GWA International Limited and Abacus Property Group. He has had 35 years experience in accounting and was a partner of Ernst & Young in Australia for 23 years, retiring on 30 June 2003.
Mr Bartlett also has extensive experience in the actuarial, insurance and financial services sectors through membership of many industry and regulatory advisory bodies, including the Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board, since 1994. He holds an honorary position on the board of the Bradman Foundation and the Bradman Museum.

Director since August 2000. Ian Blackburne is Chairman of CSR Limited and a director of Teekay Shipping Corporation and Symbion Health Limited. Dr Blackburne was formerly Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (July 2001 – June 2006) and was formerly Managing Director of Caltex Australia Limited having spent 25 years in the petroleum industry.

Director since 26 April 2007. Paula Dwyer was a director and Chairman of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee of Promina Group Limited at the date of the merger with Suncorp. Ms Dwyer is also a director of TABCORP Holdings Limited, where she is Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Babcock & Brown Japan Property Management Limited. She is a member of the ASIC Business Consultative Panel (Melbourne Chapter) and Vice President of the Baker Heart Research Institute. She is a chartered accountant by profession and during her 20 year executive career held senior positions in the securities, investment management and investment banking sectors.

Director since February 2002. Cherrell Hirst is a medical doctor and was a leading practitioner in the area of breast cancer diagnosis. She is Chairman of Peplin Limited, Deputy Chairman of Queensland BioCapital Funds Pty Ltd, a director of MBF Australia Limited Group, Avant Insurance Ltd and Avant Mutual, ImpediMed Ltd and Opera Queensland Limited. Dr Hirst was a director of Metway Bank from July 1995 to December 1996 and was Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology from 1994 to 2004.

Director since 1 December 1996. Martin Kriewaldt was also a director of the Suncorp Group from 1990 and Chairman at the time of the merger that formed the Suncorp-Metway Ltd Group in 1996. He is Chairman of Opera Queensland Limited, and a director of Campbell Brothers Limited, GWA International Limited, Oil Search Limited and ImpediMed Ltd. Mr Kriewaldt also provides advice to Allens Arthur Robinson and Aon Holdings Australia Limited and is a member of the Redeemer Lutheran College Council.

Director since 20 March 2007. Ewoud Kulk was a director of Promina Group Limited at the date of the merger with Suncorp. Mr Kulk was Managing Director of the Australian General Insurance Group (1994 to 1998) and was appointed Group Director Asia Pacific for Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group Pty Ltd in March 1998. He continued in that role until his retirement in September 2003. He is also a past president of the Insurance Council of Australia and has over 25 years experience in the insurance industry.

Director since joining Suncorp on 6 January 2003 as Chief Executive Officer. John Mulcahy is President of the Insurance Council of Australia, a member of the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Bankers Association Council and the Future Fund Board of Guardians. He is also a director of the Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation.
Mr Mulcahy previously held a number of executive roles at the Commonwealth Bank since 1995 and ranks as one of the most widely experienced financial services executives in Australia. He also has broad management experience, having served as Chief Executive of Lend Lease Property Investment Services and Chief Executive of Civil & Civic prior to 1995.

Director since 20 March 2007. Geoffrey Ricketts was a director of Promina Group Limited at the date of the merger with Suncorp. He is Chairman of Lion Nathan Limited and a non-executive director of Spotless Group Limited, Taylors Group Limited (NZ), Todd Corporation Limited and Southern Cross Building Society (NZ). Mr Ricketts is also a director of the Centre of Independent Studies. He is a lawyer and a consultant for Russell McVeagh, Solicitors (NZ) and was a partner in that firm from 1973 until 2000.

Director since November 2002, Chris Skilton joined Suncorp in July 2001 as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO of the Group, he is responsible for finance, treasury, risk, compliance and regulatory affairs, company secretarial, legal and investor relations.
He was previously with Westpac where his final position was Group Executive, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and prior to that Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Westpac, Chris was Managing Director and CEO of AIDC Ltd. Whilst still employed with AIDC Chris did a stint as acting CEO of the Australian Submarine Corporation, one of Australia's largest and most complex engineering projects. (AIDC was a major shareholder in ASC). His wide professional experience also includes executive positions with Security Pacific Australian and the Barclay Group of Companies. He has over 20 years' direct experience in various senior roles in the finance sector.

Director since January 1995, Deputy Chairman since June 2002 and Chairman since March 2003. John Story is a director of CSR Limited and TABCORP Holdings Limited and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Story has also been appointed a Member of the Senate of the University of Queensland and the Companies Auditors and Liquidators' Disciplinary Board and is a Commissioner of the Service Delivery and Performance Commission (Qld).

Director since September 2005. Ziggy Switkowski is Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, TABCORP Holdings Limited and Opera Australia. He was previously CEO of Telstra Corporation Limited, Optus Communications Ltd and Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd.

Director since 20 March 2007. Leo Tutt was Chairman of Promina Group Limited at the date of merger with Suncorp.and was a non-executive director of Promina Group Companies in Australia since February 1994. Mr Tutt has over 32 years experience in the insurance sector as a non-executive director or Chairman of Phoenix Assurance Company Australia Limited (1974-1982), Friends Provident Life Assurance Company Limited (1984-1994) and a non-executive director of Friends Life Office (UK) (1987-1993). He was a director of Metway Bank Limited (1992-1996) and Chairman of MIM Holdings Limited until 2003.. He is also Chairman of Crane Group Limited.

John Mulcahy joined Suncorp as Chief Executive Officer on 6 January 2003. He had previously held a number of executive roles at the Commonwealth Bank since 1995. John ranks as one of the most widely experienced financial services executives in Australia. He also has broad management experience, having served as Chief Executive of Lend Lease Property Investment Services and Chief Executive of Civil & Civic prior to 1995. In March 2006, John was appointed by the Federal Government to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. He is also a Director of the Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation.

Roger Bell was appointed to his Group Executive position following the Suncorp Promina merger early in 2007. He was previously Chief Executive, Intermediated General Insurance New Zealand and responsible for the strategy and operational delivery of all Promina's intermediated general insurance operations in New Zealand since 2003. Roger has been with the Promina Group for 33 years, during which time he has held numerous senior executive roles and demonstrated strong strategic and operational leadership of Promina's New Zealand-based businesses.

Mark Blucher was most recently Suncorp's Group Executive for Personal Lines Insurance and has played a key role in integration planning since the Suncorp Promina merger was announced. Since joining Suncorp from ANZ in New Zealand in 1997, Mark has held a number of senior executive positions including Group Executive Retail Banking, Group General Manager Retail Distribution and General Manager Human Resources.

Mark's understanding of Suncorp's banking and insurance businesses and his past integration experience makes him uniquely suited to driving the Suncorp Promina integration process.

David was appointed to his current position following the merger of Suncorp's Retail and Business Banking divisions in August 2008. He was previously Group Executive Retail Banking having been appointed to that role in 2007. In his time with Suncorp, David Foster has led Suncorp's strategy functions and held senior executive roles within the retail bank. He joined Suncorp after 14 years in a number of senior roles at Westpac in Queensland and New South Wales.

Bernadette Inglis was appointed Group Executive Personal Insurance in August 2008. She has over 20 years experience in the financial services sector.

Bernadette was most recently responsible for Suncorp's centre functions and prior to that the Retail Bank and Wealth Management businesses. She has also held senior executive roles in strategy, retail banking and marketing both at Suncorp since 2003 and the Commonwealth Bank for nine years earlier.

Stuart McDonald was appointed to this position in August 2008 and leads the Group’s Strategy, People and Corporate Services portfolio, which includes human resources, marketing and procurement functions. Stuart was recruited to QIDC in 1995 and played a major role in the integration of Suncorp, Metway Bank and QIDC in 1996. He was most recently Group Executive, Business Banking and previously held senior executive roles in strategy and business banking at Suncorp.

Mark Milliner has been the Group Executive responsible for Suncorp's Commercial Insurance business since July 2006. Mark has held numerous senior executive positions within Suncorp's commercial business including responsibility for property claims and workers compensation. In his 13 years with Suncorp, Mark has worked on several major strategic change management projects including the merger of Suncorp, Metway Bank and QIDC in 1996 and the integration of Suncorp and GIO in 2001.

Director since November 2002, Chris Skilton joined Suncorp in July 2001 as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO of the Group, he is responsible for finance, treasury, risk, compliance and regulatory affairs, company secretarial, legal and investor relations.

He was previously with Westpac where his final position was Group Executive, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and prior to that Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Westpac, Chris was Managing Director and CEO of AIDC Ltd. Whilst still employed with AIDC Chris did a stint as acting CEO of the Australian Submarine Corporation, one of Australia's largest and most complex engineering projects. (AIDC was a major shareholder in ASC). His wide professional experience also includes executive positions with Security Pacific Australian and the Barclay Group of Companies. He has over 20 years' direct experience in various senior roles in the finance sector.

Jeff Smith was appointed to the role of Group Executive, Business Technology following the Suncorp Promina merger earlier in 2007.

Jeff has 22 years experience in the IT industry, with the last 12 years spent as chief information officer (CIO) or equivalent for a range of companies in the USA and Australia. His previous roles include CIO for Telstra Corporation, where he led the transformation and integration of that company's IT systems and generated dramatic improvements in quality, cycle time and cost reduction.

Jeff has also held leadership positions in a number of world class companies including Honeywell, Toyota and Charles Schwab.

Geoff Summerhayes joined Suncorp in May 2008 as Group Executive Wealth Management. Geoff has 19 years experience in banking and wealth management, holding senior executive roles with NAB, MLC and Lend Lease. His previous roles include nabspecialised Regional General Manager, MLC CEO Retail Investments – which included $40bn of MLC Superannuation and Investments platforms - and NAB's General Manager, Strategy and Business Development, Australia Region.

Geoff has held directorships of many companies including MLC Limited, National Australia Financial Management Ltd, MLC Hong Kong and Chairman of National Online Trading.

Robert Belleville was formerly Group Executive Personal Insurance at Suncorp. He retired in August 2008 but remains with the company in a transitioning and consulting capacity until September 2009.

He had previously been Chief Executive, Direct General Insurance at Promina in July 2005, where he was responsible for brands such as AAMI, Apia, Just Car Insurance, Shannons and Automobile Insurance of New Zealand. He began his career with AAMI in 1970 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2002.