Board of Directors - Insignia Financial

Mr Allan Griffiths

Chairman
B.Bus, DipLi

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2014

Mr Griffiths has more than 40 years’ experience with a deep understanding of the financial services industry. Mr Griffiths has held a number of executive positions within the industry most notably as Chief Executive Officer Aviva Australia and later, Managing Director South Asia, Aviva Asia Pte Ltd based in Singapore. Prior to joining Aviva he held executive positions with Colonial Ltd and Norwich Union. Mr Griffiths was Chairman of Westpac General Insurance Limited and Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited until 31 August 2021.

Significant non-listed directorships

Chairman of St Andrew’s Insurance Group Australia.
Chairman of Metrics Credit Partners.

Special responsibilities

Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group People and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee

Mr Scott Hartley

Chief Executive Officer
B.Bus, Advanced Management Programme INSEAD

Chief Executive Officer since March 2024

Mr Hartley has over two decades of experience in the wealth management sector and proven experience in turnarounds, transforming, and growing wealth management businesses.

Mr Hartley most recently served as CEO of AMP Australia Wealth Management from January 2021 to December 2023, where he was tasked with rebuilding the company's culture, performance, and reputation following the Financial Services Royal Commission.

Prior to AMP, Mr Hartley served as the CEO of Sunsuper from January 2014 to September 2019. His leadership played a pivotal role in Sunsuper becoming Australia’s fastest-growing top ten superannuation fund. Before joining Sunsuper, Scott led MLC’s corporate and institutional wealth businesses including Plum Financial Services and JANA Investment Advisers.

Mr Andrew Bloore

Independent Non-Executive Director

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2019

Mr Bloore is an experienced Non-Executive Director, entrepreneur, and farmer. He has designed, built, and sold a number of businesses focussed on the development of key disruptive technologies and distribution services in traditional markets to create business efficiencies. Mr Bloore has been actively involved in, both as an Executive and/or as a Director and in the capacity of investment funding, development and leadership, including Smartsuper, SuperIQ and Class Super.

Mr Bloore has worked on a range of Senate and Treasury Committees, and with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Regulations Committee on regulation for the superannuation industry. In 2016, Mr Bloore sold his superannuation administration business to AMP, stepped down from the Senate and Treasury Committees and is now focussed on contributing to organisations as a Non-Executive Director. Mr Bloore was a non-executive director of FBR Ltd until November 2019.

Special responsibilities

Chairman of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group People and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee

Ms Elizabeth Flynn

Independent Non-Executive Director
LLB, Grad Dip AppCorpGov, FAICD, FFin, FGIA, FCG.

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2015

Ms Flynn has more than 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including roles within law and corporate governance as well as executive responsibilities. From 1998 to 2010, Ms Flynn was the Chief Legal Counsel, Group Compliance Manager and Group Company Secretary of financial services group Aviva Australia, and a director of Aviva Australia’s superannuation trustee company. Prior to her time at Aviva, Ms Flynn spent 18 years as a commercial lawyer with Minter Ellison, including eight years as a partner, specialising in managed funds, banking, securitisation, and superannuation. Ms Flynn was a non-executive director of Bennelong Funds Management from 2010 to 2015 and the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited from November 2019 until April 2021.

Significant non-listed directorships

Chair of AIA Health Insurance Pty Ltd

Special responsibilities

Chair of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group People and Remuneration Committee

Ms Gai McGrath

Independent Non-Executive Director
LLM (Dist), BA LLB (Hons) GAICD

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2024

Ms McGrath has more than 37 years of experience in the financial services and legal industries in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In addition to having held a number of non-executive directorships across the listed, government and profit-for-member sectors, Ms McGrath is a former Chair of BT Funds Management and Humanitix.

Ms McGrath has previously held a series of executive roles with the Westpac Group, centred around retail banking and wealth management. Ms McGrath was also a lawyer in private practice and, prior to her time at Westpac, worked at Perpetual Limited as General Counsel and Company Secretary.

Other listed directorships

Non-executive director of the Steadfast Group and the Helia Group

Significant non-listed directorships

HBF Health Limited
Toyota Finance Australia Limited

Special responsibilities

Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group People and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee

Mr John Selak

Independent Non-Executive Director
Dip Acc, FCA, FAICD

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2016

Mr Selak has over 40 years’ experience in the financial and advisory services industry. From 2000 to 2016 he was a partner in the Corporate Finance Practice of Ernst & Young, providing valuation services to a broad range of local and international clients and also serving on their Global Corporate Finance Executive. From 2014 to 2017 Mr Selak was an advisory board member of Quest Apartment Hotels. From 2016 to 2020, Mr Selak was a non-executive Director of National Tiles and the Chairman of Corsair Capital until April 2021.

Significant non-listed directorships

Non-Executive Director of Turosi Food Solutions

Special responsibilities

Chairman of the Group People and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee

Ms Michelle Somerville

Independent Non-Executive Director
BBus (Accounting), M-AppFin, FCA, FAICD

Independent Non-Executive Director since 2019

Ms Somerville is an experienced Non-Executive Director, bringing deep and relevant finance, risk, and governance experience to the Board, having worked in the financial services industry in both her executive and non-executive roles. Previously she was an audit partner with KPMG Australia for nearly 14 years, with a focus on the financial services industry in both Australia and overseas.

Other listed directorships

Non-Executive Director of the GPT Group

Special responsibilities

Chair of the Group Audit Committee
Member of the Group Nominations Committee
Member of the Group People and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Group Risk and Compliance Committee