Mary-Jane Daly

Mary-Jane (‘MJ’) joined the Board as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee in August 2020. She has a strong background in banking and finance in a variety of roles both in New Zealand and the UK. MJ is Chair of the Earthquake Commission, and an Independent Director of Kiwi Property Group Limited and Auckland Transport. Previous governance roles have included Cigna Life Insurance New Zealand, Onepath Life, Airways Corporation and the NZ Green Building Council. Her last corporate executive role was leading State Insurance. Prior to this appointment she was CFO for IAG NZ and before joining IAG, Mary-Jane spent four years with Fonterra as Group Treasurer and Risk Manager. Her earlier career was spent with BNZ, National Australia Bank, and Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Mary-Jane holds an MBA from City, University of London, a BCom from Canterbury University and is a Fellow of INFINZ, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors NZ.