Board of Directors
J F (John) Ward BCom, HonLLD (Otago), FCA, CFInstD
Chairman
John is a chartered accountant who stepped aside from public practice after being a partner and board member of KPMG and its ancillary practice Ward Wilson. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
He has served on the Premier Financial Trust Bank Board since 2002 and has been chairman since 2012. He chairs the wholly owned SBS subsidiary Finance Now, the Appointment Committee and is a member of both the Audit & Risk and Remuneration committees.
He currently chairs H&J Smith Holdings, Otago Innovation and the University of Otago Foundation Trust. He is a member of various other boards and was also University of Otago Chancellor from 2009 to 2017.
Chairman: Finance Now Limited
Chairman: SBS Charitable Trust
Chairman: Board Appointment Committee
Member: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Remuneration Committee
K J (Kathryn) Ball BCom, FCA, CMInstD
Deputy Chair
Kathryn is a chartered accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in public practice. She is currently a self-employed consultant, principally to McIntyre Dick, Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants, based in Invercargill.
Kathryn was a partner/principal in McIntyre Dick and Partners for many years, and prior to that a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers and Coopers and Lybrand.
A director of Premier Financial Trust Bank since 2006, she has been deputy chair since 2016 and chairs the Audit & Risk Committee. She is also a director of Stadium Southland. Kathryn served for several years as a Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) councillor, chairing the Audit & Finance Committee and serving a period as deputy chair. She was involved with SIT at the time the innovative “Zero Fees” scheme was introduced.
Kathryn is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors.
Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust
Chairperson: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Board Appointment Committee
Member: IT Committee
G J (Greg) Mulvey BCom, FCA, FNZIM
Greg is a qualified accountant with 40 years’ experience in the corporate sector including 30 years as general manager of Invercargill Licensing Trust.
Appointed to the Premier Financial Trust Bank Board in 2004, he is chair of both the Remuneration and IT committees and is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee as well as a trustee of SBS Charitable Trust. Greg is also a director of Funds Administration New Zealand.
He is a trustee of the Southland Indoor Leisure Centre Charitable Trust, the entity that developed and owns ILT Stadium Southland.
Director: Funds Administration New Zealand Limited
Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust
Chairman: IT Committee
Chairman: Remuneration Committee
Member: Audit and Risk Committee
M J (Mike) Skilling BAgriSci, PGDipBank, CMInstD
Mike joined the SBS Board in August 2014. He is an independent director of various companies spanning funds management, insurance, mortgage broking, dairy/sheep/beef/crop/horticultural farming, consumer finance and early learning/preschool.
Mike has in-depth experience in retail, private, rural and business banking together with insurance, managed funds and finance companies. In previous roles, he has led both the Agribusiness and Business Banking arms of BNZ including Small Business, Medium/Large Business, International Trade, Property, Plant and Machinery Finance and Private Banking.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Chairman: Funds Administration New Zealand Limited
Member: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Board Appointment Committee
A L (Anne) McLeod BCom, LLB
Anne is a partner in the corporate commercial team at Anderson Lloyd in Dunedin.
Her legal expertise includes banking law, mergers and acquisitions and structuring advice. Anne also advises Anderson Lloyd’s clients who are listed on the NZX and regularly advises on the offer of financial products. Given this experience she is a member of the Due Diligence Committee in relation to the bank’s Capital Bond issues.
She joined the SBS Board in 2015 and chairs the bank’s subsidiary Southsure Assurance.
Anne is a Member of the Institute of Directors, RITANZ (Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association New Zealand) and the Banking and Financial Services Law Association.
Chairperson: Southsure Assurance Limited
A J (Joe) O’Connell BCom, FCA, MInstD
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Institute of Directors, Joe joined the Premier Financial Trust Bank Board in 2017. He is an experienced director with a financial background that spans transportation, ready-mix concrete, timber processing, exploration piling and drilling, commercial property, fuel distribution, growing media, airports and electrical distribution networks.
Joe was Invercargill Airport chairman (2011-2016), overseeing the redevelopment of all land-side and terminal facilities as well as negotiating commercial terms for the company to secure its long-term viability.
He spent six years as general manager of finance for H W Richardson Group and during the past 12 years has focused on directorships and management consulting work with a large amount of time being spent with the K G Richardson group of companies, which has extensive interests in timber processing, property, drilling and transportation.
Joe currently sits on several boards, including Electricity Invercargill, PowerNet and Southfuels.
Director: Southsure Assurance Limited
Member: IT Committee
Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust
M P (Mark) O’Connor BCom, FCAANZ, FNZIM
Mark is a qualified accountant who has primarily been involved in senior management roles in the New Zealand port sector for more than 25 years. He is the former CEO of NZX-listed company South Port NZ, a position he held for 18 years.
Appointed to the SBS Board in August 2018, Mark is also chairman of private equity fund Invest South and a director of Calvary Hospital Southland. He is also chairman of the Assurance & Risk Committee for NZ Customs and has been active in the Southland Regional Development (SoRDS) programme. He currently chairs the SoRDS Aquaculture Working Group and is a member of the SoRDS Transitional Advisory Group.
Member: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Remuneration Committee
K J (Kevin) Murphy CA, FCAANZ, CMInstD
As managing director/CEO of TSB (previously TSB Bank), Kevin oversaw the bank’s ambitious New Zealand-wide growth programme that had a focus on both branch presence and digital offerings.
He worked for more than 38 years at TSB, holding various roles that included accounting assistant, chief accountant and financial services manager before being appointed CEO in 2010.
Appointed to the SBS Board in November 2018, Kevin is also a director of Finance Now, Augusta Capital (chairing the Risk & Compliance Committee), and Adele Senior Living. He has been a trustee on Venture Taranaki since 2013, and a board member of the Taranaki Rugby Football Union since 2018.
He has continued to serve his community and has been a board member of New Plymouth Operatic since 1987 (also a life member), is a business advisor and life member of Musical Theatre New Zealand, chair of the New Plymouth Opera House Friends, and a committee member of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation.
Director: Finance Now Limited