Rabobank Australia Limited has announced the appointment of Carolyn Colley to its board of directors.
Announcing the appointment, which became effective on April 1, Rabobank Australia Chair James Fazzino said Ms Colley has more than 30 years’ executive experience in financial services, technology and innovation sectors, and is a highly-regarded company director.
“Carolyn’s extensive leadership experience spanning financial services, technology, product development and innovation will add great value to the board of Rabobank as the bank continues to develop and grow in the Australian market,” he said.
“Carolyn has a very strong understanding of the financial services marketplace and has played a leading role in the development of fintech in Australia. We are delighted to welcome her to the board of Rabobank Australia.”
Ms Colley previously held senior executive roles at Macquarie Bank, St George Bank and BT Financial Group.
She also co-founded – and was Chief Operating Officer of – Faethm, a global SaaS (software as a service) analytics platform which helps companies and governments address the future of work.
Ms Colley is currently an independent non-executive director of Count Ltd, the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) Clearing and Settlement boards and Smartgroup.
She is also a director of New Zealand-based company Milford Asset Management and Chair of Milford Australia Pty Ltd.
Ms Colley is also Chair and Treasurer of community-based not-for-profit Liverpool Neighbourhood Connections.
Part of the global cooperative Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist food and agribusiness bank, Rabobank Australia is one of the country’s leading agricultural banks and a major provider of corporate and business banking services to the food and agribusiness sectors. It also operates online retail savings and deposits business Rabobank Online Savings.
In addition to Chair James Fazzino, Ms Colley joins other directors of Rabobank Australia – Christine Feldmanis, Clive Stiff, Geerten Battjes, Angelique Meddeler and Rabobank Australia CEO Mark Wiessing.
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Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group is a part of the international Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Rabobank has more than 125 years’ experience providing customised banking and finance solutions to businesses involved in all aspects of food and agribusiness. Rabobank is structured as a cooperative and operates in 38 countries, servicing the needs of more than nine million clients worldwide through a network of more than 1000 offices and branches. Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group is one of Australasia’s leading agricultural lenders and a significant provider of business and corporate banking and financial services to the region’s food and agribusiness sector. The bank has 87 branches throughout Australia and New Zealand.