Patrick Allaway

Mr Allaway was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank in May 2019 and was appointed Chairman on 18 October 2019.

Mr Allaway has extensive senior executive, non-executive, and corporate advisory experience across the financial services, property, media, and retail sectors.

Mr Allaway’s executive career was in financial services with Citibank and Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) working in Sydney, New York, Zurich, and London. Mr Allaway was Managing Director SBC Capital Markets & Treasury with direct responsibility for a global business.

Mr Allaway brings over 30 years of experience in financial services across financial markets, capital markets, and corporate advisory. This included an advisory role in the media sector, responding to considerable digital disruption.

Mr Allaway has over 15 years of Non-Executive Director experience and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust, Metcash Limited, Fairfax Media, Woolworths South Africa, David Jones, Country Road Group, and Nine Entertainment Co. Mr Allaway chaired the Audit & Risk Committees for Metcash, David Jones, and Country Road Group.

Mr Allaway is currently a Non-Executive Director of Allianz Australia and Dexus Funds Management Limited and a member of the Adobe International Advisory Board. He chairs BOQ’s Investment and Nomination & Governance Committees and is a member of the People, Culture & Remuneration, Transformation & Technology, Audit, and Risk Committees.