Details
Date of Appointment:25 March 2021
Membership of Board Committee(s):N, R, I
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Economics, La Trobe University
  • Graduate Diploma of Corporate Finance, RMIT University
  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australasia
  • Fellow, Leadership Victoria
  • INSEAD International Directors Programme
Directorship(s) in Listed Issuers in Malaysia:None
Experience:
  • Robert William Goudswaard has over 40 years of experience in financial services, both internationally and within Australia.
  • He was the Chief Executive Officer of Great Southern Bank (formerly known as Credit Union Australia), Australia’s largest credit union, before he stepped down in 2019.
  • He spent 30 years with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, holding senior roles including Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of various areas such as Small and Medium Business, Regional and Small Business, Pacific and Personal Banking Asia.
  • He has extensive experience as Non-Executive Director on boards such as Rural Finance, Places Victoria, CUA Health, Cuscal and Lawson Grains Pty Ltd.
  • He is an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Revolut Payments Australia Pty Ltd and Cornerstone Healthcare Funds Management Pty Ltd and Non-Executive Director of Centelon Pte Ltd, ANZ Lenders Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd, Quiescent Pty Ltd and Singularity Automation Pty Ltd.
  • He has been and is involved with charitable organisations such as Non-Executive Director at World Vision Australia, Business Council of Co-Operatives and Mutuals, Young Farmers Finance Council, Orygen and the NonExecutive Chairman of Orygen Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd.
  • He runs a cattle and sheep farm and has planted 50,000 eucalypt trees and has a few bee hives. He is interested in cricket and Australian rules football. He is also involved with a mental health not for profit organisation and a member on the building committee for his local church.
Declaration:

He does not have any conflict of interest or any family relationship with any other Director and/or  major shareholders of AMMB except as follows:

  • Board representative of ANZ Group Holdings Limited, which is deemed a substantial shareholder of AMMB by virtue of its indirect shareholding in ANZ Funds Pty Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANZ Group Holdings Limited.
He has not been convicted for any offence within the past five years nor has he been imposed of any public sanction or penalty by any relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 March 2023.