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MAS announce appointment of new Board member
MAS have announced that Melissa Macfarlane has been appointed to the MAS Board as a director, effective 1 February 2025.
MAS have announced that Melissa Macfarlane has been appointed to the MAS Board as a director, effective 1 February 2025.
Currently, Macfarlane serves as the New Zealand Country Head for Constantinople, a fully managed software and operations platform for banks to enhance customer experiences. Macfarlane has held a variety of prominent roles in the financial services industry, including Chief Digital Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy, and COO of Wealth and Insurance at Westpac Bank.
Brett Sutton, MAS Board Chair, said
“I’m delighted to have Melissa join us on the Board, as she brings a diverse set of skills in the financial services sector that will be valuable to the governance of MAS. In recent years, MAS’s regulators at the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank of New Zealand have set robust expectations for the governance of financial services boards, so it is critical for the MAS Board to ensure we has the right balance of skills and experience to appropriately discharge our duties.”
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