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Simon Birmingham
Chief Executive Officer
Vanessa Beggs
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Expertise: ABA Business Operations, Company Secretary, Governance, Strategy Committee
Working Groups: People & Culture
- Amanda Millar
  Head of Finance & Operations
  Expertise: ABA Internal Policy, Accounts, Administration, Finance, Governance, IT, Payroll, Risk
  Working Groups: Conduct Background Check
  - Brian Nguyen
    Associate Director – IT and Projects
    Expertise: Data Analysis, Data Management, IT, Project Assistance
  - Will Vaughan
    Finance and Office assistant
    Expertise: Accounts, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Administration, Assistance
- Nathalie Madden
  Associate Director, Events
  Expertise: Events
- Christa Heymans
  Executive Assistant Policy & Corporate Affairs
  Expertise: ABA Business Operations, Administration, Assistance, Corporate Affairs & Government Relations Support
Fiona Landis
Chief of Corporate Affairs
Expertise: Corporate Affairs, Government Relations, Issues Management, Strategic Communication
- Benn Ayre
  Head of Reputation and Communication
  Expertise: Corporate Affairs, Media Interviews, Media Relations
  - Brendan Alder
    Associate Director, Digital Communications
    Expertise: Payments, Policy, Policy Development, Stakeholder Engagement
- Phoebe Drake
  Director of Government Relations
  Expertise: Corporate Affairs, Government Relations, Parliamentary Process, Regulation, Stakeholder management
  - Alexander Bourne
    Associate Director, Government Relations and Media
    Expertise: Government Relations, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Communications
- Michelle Jakubauskas
  Director, Research and Data Management
  Expertise: Consumer Research, Data Analysis, Data Management, Quantitative Research, Regulatory Reporting, Research, Statistics & Analysis
  Working Groups: Security Issues, Security Issues Forum
- Neyrena Pilly Mootanah
  EA to CoP & CoCA
  Expertise: ABA Business Operations, Administration, Corporate Affairs, Government Relations, Policy
Amanda Pullinger
Head of Customer Policy
Expertise: Banking Code, Consumer Policy, Elder Abuse, Financial Abuse, Financial Difficulty, Financial Services, Stakeholder Engagement, Vulnerable Customers
Working Groups: Financial Difficulty, Funding Financial Counselling, Human Rights
- Melissa Clare
  Policy Director
  Working Groups: COG priority: Prisoners, First Nations People Banking, Vulnerability
- Steve Blinkhorn
  Director, Legal Affairs
  Expertise: ALRC Review into Financial Services Law Reform, ASIC Financial Services Regulation, Banking Code, Banking Code Compliance Committee, Competition Law, Corporate and Personal Insolvency, Fee Free AMT’s, Unfair Contract Terms
  Working Groups: ATM Fee Proposal Strategy, Banking Code of Practice, Dispute Resolution, Financial Services Regulation ASIC, General Counsels of Banks, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Unfair Contract Terms
- Arad Moradian
  Policy Director
  Expertise: Banking Code of Practice, Financial Services Laws, Policy Development, Privacy, Professional Advice, Remediation
  Working Groups: Breach Reporting ASIC API Project, Privacy, Professional Advice
- Ali Beiglari
  Policy Director
  Expertise: Access to Banking, Branch Closure Protocol, Consumer Stakeholder Engagement, Consumer Stakeholders, Financial Services, First Nations Banking, Government Relations
  Working Groups: Access To Banking
- Sam Ma Chong
  Associate Policy Director
  Expertise: Banking Code of Practice, Policy Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Vulnerability, Vulnerable Customers
Craig Evans
Head of Economic Policy
Expertise: Economics, Policy, Prudential
Working Groups: E-Conveyancing, Heads of Capital IRB Banks, Mid-tier and International Bank Forum, Regulatory Simplification, Small Business Strategy, Treasurers – IRB Banks
- Stephen Hallyburton
  Policy Director, Economy
  Expertise: Economics, Prudential
  Working Groups: APRA Credit Quality, APRA Recovery and Resolution, Capital Framework Revisions, Financial Accountability Regime (FAR), Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), Liquidity, Operational Resilience
- Julia Cassuben
  Policy Director
  Expertise: Busniess Engagement, Credit Policy, Disaster Response, eConveyancing and Interoperability, Housing and Construction, Insurability
  Working Groups: ATO tax data
- Mitchell Frater-Baird
  Associate Director, Economy
  Expertise: Economics, Legal Affairs, Policy
  Working Groups: APS 330 Public Disclosure, GST, Heads of Regulatory Reporting Strategy, Tax Strategy (Heads of Tax)
Nicholas Giurietto
Head of Financial Crime Policy
Expertise: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Cyber/Critical Infrastructure, Digital Banking, Digital Payments
Working Groups: Artificial Intelligence, Crypto assets, Digital ID
- Merric Foley
  Policy Director
  Expertise: Climate Risk, Financial Accountability Regime, Taxation
  Working Groups: Money Mules, Payments, Scams
- Emily Gamaroff
  Associate Director, Future
  Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Data Right, Cyber Security, Digital Identity, Financial Crime, Scams
  Working Groups: AML/CTF Strategy, Sanctions