Rob Coombe
Director

Rob Coombe is the Group Executive of Retail and Business Banking at Westpac where he was appointed in February 2010.    

Prior to working at Westpac, Rob joined Bankers Trust in 1991 as Chief Legal Counsel. After holding further senior positions, including Head of BT’s International Funds Management and CEO of BT's Funds Management business in Malaysia, Rob was appointed CEO of BT Financial Group in January 2005, a position which he held for 5 years. 

Rob is actively involved in industry issues and has also been appointed to the Board of Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA).

Harvey Carter

Director

Harvey Carter is the Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Westpac where he has worked since joining the bank in 2004. The M&A team are responsible for originating ideas and executing transactions on behalf of Westpac.

The team works on larger strategic transactions and also on smaller opportunities that are considered at the division level. The M&A team works closely with senior executives who are responsible for the relevant business area and the bank's finance and treasury teams providing advice on valuation, negotiations, use of advisors and leading presentations to the Westpac Board.

Transactions advised on include the $18Bn Merger with St.George Bank in 2008, the IPO of BT Investment Management in 2007 (IPO valuation of $770m) and the acquisition of 49% of Hastings Funds Management in 2005 for $86m.

Prior to joining Westpac Harvey had five years M&A experience working for Morgan Stanley in the Australian Investment Banking team (Melbourne), US Financial Institutions Group (New York) and Private Equity (Catalyst in Sydney) following the completion of a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce at Melbourne University in 1997.

John Shuttleworth
Director

John Shuttleworth is General Manager of BT Financial Group's Superannuation & Investment Solutions business and is responsible for superannuation, investments and retirement products, available through Wrap, Retail and Corporate Super platforms.  These products are distributed through adviser and direct channels.

John joined BT Financial Group in 2004 and led the project team that developed the revolutionary superannuation product BT Super for Life.  Before joining BT, John co-founded an internet technology company that grew rapidly from a start-up into a successful services firm before being sold to a NASDAQ listed company. 

Andrew Landman, CEO Ascalon
Director

Prior to Ascalon, Andrew worked at Challenger Financial Services Group as the CFO Funds Management and Director of numerous entities within the group. Throughout his time at Challenger he was responsible for various system selections, Unit Pricing, Performance & Attribution, Compliance, Settlements, Reconciliations, Financial Accounting, Legal and Compliance within Funds Management and the setup of Equity stakes in Boutique Partnership businesses.
 
Andrew joined Challenger from Principal Global Investors where he was Head of Investment Operations, responsible for a team managing the investment operations between Sydney, Chicago and Des Moines Iowa, USA.
 
Prior to Principal, Andrew worked at BT as a Business Manager of Fixed Interest, and originally began managing the Investment Restrictions, Portfolio Accounting and managing the relationship with external custodians.