Ralph J Norris Knzm

Biography

Ralph Norris joined the Board of the Company in April 2012. He is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Risk committees. Ralph retired as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in November 2011 following a 40 year career in business and the banking sector in Australia and New Zealand. During his career he had a number of senior executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of ASB Bank and Air New Zealand Ltd. He is a director of Fonterra Ltd, New Zealand Treasury, FSF Funds Management Ltd, the Advisory Board of Tax Management Ltd and Families Inc and a former director of Fletcher Building Ltd, Business Council of Australia, the International Monetary Conference, Chairman of Sovereign Insurance Ltd, the New Zealand Bankers' Association, New Zealand Business Roundtable and the Australian Bankers' Association. He is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Advisory Committee, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advisory Board and the Auckland University Council. Ralph was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 and a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business in 2006. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Fellow of New Zealand Computer Society.

Research Interest

Business and the banking