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Our Board
The Board of ASX is ultimately accountable to shareholders for the performance of ASX. It is responsible for overseeing the conduct of the affairs of the Group, consistent with the Group's licence obligations and public policy objectives directed at financial market and payments system integrity.
David Clarke
Independent, Non-Executive Director, Chair
LLB
Skills, experience and expertise
David Clarke was appointed as a director in September 2024 and has been the Chair since October 2024. He is also the Chair of the intermediate holding companies of the ASX clearing and settlement licensees.
Mr Clarke is Chair of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Supervision Committee and the People and Culture Committee.
Mr Clarke brings to the Board extensive strategic, financial and management experience accumulated over his career in investment banking, funds management, property and retail banking.
Mr Clarke was Chief Executive Officer of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Investec Bank, Mr Clarke was the CEO of Allco Finance Group and a Director of AMP Limited, following five years at Westpac Banking Corporation, where he held a number of senior roles, including Chief Executive of BT Financial Group. He was previously employed at Lend Lease Corporation Limited, where he was an Executive Director and Chief Executive of MLC Limited, and prior to this was Chief Executive Officer of Lloyds Merchant Bank in London.
Mr Clarke’s deep board experience spans 20 years, and he is currently the Chair of Fisher Funds Management Limited.
Mr Clarke’s previous Board appointments also include Charter Hall Group between April 2014 and November 2024 (where he was Chair from November 2014) and AUB Group between February 2014 and October 2024 (where he was Chair from November 2015).
Term of Office
Appointed Director 11 September 2024, and Chair 28 October 2024
ASX Group Board Committees
Chair of Nomination Committee
Member of People and Culture Committee
Member of the Audit and Supervision Committee
ASX Clearing and Settlement Directorships
Chair of ASX Clearing Corporation Limited
Chair of ASX Settlement Corporation Limited
Listed Company Directorships
Charter Hall Group (Director since April 2014, and Chair since November 2014 to November 2024)
AUB Group (Director since February 2014, and Chair from November 2015 to October 2024)
Helen Lofthouse
Managing Director and CEO, Executive Director
BSc (Hons), GAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Ms Helen Lofthouse commenced as ASX’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in August 2022. She is also a director of the ASX clearing and settlement licensees and their intermediate holding companies.
Ms Lofthouse is an accomplished financial markets executive with more than 25 years’ experience in cash equity and debt markets, listed and OTC derivatives, and clearing and settlement services. She joined ASX in September 2015 and has held senior executive roles with the company, including Group Executive, Markets.
Prior to ASX, Ms Lofthouse was a Managing Director at UBS with global responsibility for the OTC clearing business, and worked at J.P. Morgan in London in various businesses including futures and OTC clearing, derivatives prime brokerage, credit markets and cash equities.
Ms Lofthouse was announced as one of the World Federation of Exchanges’ Women Leaders for 2021 and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Term of Office
Appointed Managing Director and CEO 1 August 2022
Wayne Byres
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BEc(Hons), MAppFin, SFFin, GAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Mr Wayne Byres was appointed as a director of ASX in May 2024. Mr Byres is the Chair of the Risk Committee. He is a member of the Audit and Supervision Committee and Technology Committee.
Mr Byres is an experienced leader with extensive expertise, both domestic and international, in the Australian financial system, financial services regulation, risk management, governance, and public policy.
Mr Byres is a former Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), a role he held for eight years. During that time, he also served on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments Systems Board, and was a member of the Australian Council of Financial Regulators.
Prior to being appointed by the Australian Government as Chair of APRA, Mr Byres served as the Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the global standard-setter for banking regulation and supervision. His earlier career included roles with APRA, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England. Mr Byres has also worked in an advisory capacity with the International Monetary Fund.
Mr Byres is currently a non‑executive director of Macquarie Bank Limited, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 6 May 2024
ASX Group Board Committees
Chair of Risk Committee
Member of Audit and Supervision Committee
Member of Technology Committee
Vicki Carter
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BA (Social Sciences), GradDipMgmt, GAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Ms Vicki Carter was appointed as director of ASX in February 2023. Ms Carter is the Chair of the People and Culture Committee. She is a member of the Nomination Committee, Technology Committee and Risk Committee.
Ms Carter brings more than 35 years’ senior executive experience. Her most recent executive experience was at Telstra Corporation, where she was responsible for customer experience, product design and delivery, strategy and business service functions. She was also charged with overseeing delivery of Telstra’s multi year transformation program.
She has deep skills in strategy, operations, sales, human resources and transformation delivery in a career that has spanned several sectors, including banking, insurance, wealth management and telecommunications.
Prior to her career with Telstra, Ms Carter held a number of executive roles at National Australia Bank, as well as product, business development and project director roles at ING Australia, Prudential Assurance and Australian Eagle.
Ms Carter has been a non executive director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited since September 2018 and was appointed as Chair on 13 May 2024. She has also been a director of IPH Limited since October 2022 and retired as Chair of Sandhurst Trustees Limited on 15 August 2024. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of Chief Executive Women.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 2 February 2023
ASX Group Board Committees
Chair of People and Culture Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Technology Committee
Member of the Risk Committee
Listed Company Directorships
Director of IPH Limited (October 2022 to present)
Chair of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (Director since September 2018, and Chair since April 2024, to present)
David Curran
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BCom
Skills, experience and expertise
Mr Dave Curran was appointed as a director of ASX in March 2022. He is the inaugural Chair of the Technology Committee, established in May 2022, and a member of the Risk Committee.
Mr Curran has more than 30 years’ experience in the finance and technology sectors. He has built significant experience in digitally transforming organisations to better serve their customers and deliver stronger performance. He has led digital transformations and implemented large, complex projects across the Australian banking and financial services landscape.
Mr Curran was formerly Westpac’s Group Chief Information Officer and has previously held executive technology roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), where he led the Group’s technology transformation, including the industry-leading modernisation of CBA’s deposit and lending capabilities.
Mr Curran is Chair of Elemnta and Chair of the Westpac Scholars Trust, which provides 100 scholarships every year to challenge, explore and set new benchmarks in innovation, research and social change.
Mr Curran is currently a Director of QBE’s Australia Pacific Operations Board. He is also a board member of Quintessence Labs, a global leader in quantum cybersecurity.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 21 March 2022
ASX Group Board Committees
Chair of Technology Committee
Member of Risk Committee
Anne Loveridge AM
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BA (University of Reading), FCA, GAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Ms Anne Loveridge was appointed as a director of ASX in July 2025. Ms Loveridge is the Chair of the Audit and Supervision Committee and is a member of the Risk Committee.
Ms Loveridge has deep experience in both executive and non-executive roles within highly regulated financial services organisations, including serving on several ASX-listed company boards.
Prior to her non-executive director career, Ms Loveridge spent more than 30 years in professional services, working as a financial services partner at PwC and also holding the role of Deputy Chairman of PwC’s Board of Partners for more than three years.
She currently serves as a non-executive director on the Boards of nib Holdings Limited (since February 2017), Accent Group Limited (since November 2023), and HSBC Bank Australia Limited (since February 2025). Ms Loveridge is also currently on the Board of Destination NSW and has also previously served on the Board of National Australia Bank Limited (from December 2015 - December 2024) and Platinum Asset Management Limited (from September 2016 to October 2025).
Ms Loveridge holds a long-standing interest in the role of arts and culture in building communities, promoting creativity and driving economic activity. She is a former Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Company, and in 2023, was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her significant contribution to theatre administration and business.
Ms Loveridge is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member of Chief Executive Women, and Member of the International Women’s Forum, Australia.
Ms Loveridge receives an amount from a retirement scheme in relation to her former role as a partner at PwC. The amount of the payment is fixed (subject to CPI) and not related to the financial performance of PwC. The Board is satisfied that this matter does not affect her independence as Non-Executive Director and does not constitute a conflict of interest.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 1 July 2025
ASX Group Board Committees
Chair of Audit and Supervision Committee
Member of Risk Committee
Listed Company Directorships
Platinum Asset Management Limited (September 2016 to October 2025)
nib Holdings Limited (February 2017 to present)
Accent Group Limited (November 2023 to present)
Dee McGrath
Independent, Non-Executive Director
GAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Ms Dee McGrath was appointed as a director of ASX in December 2025.
Ms McGrath is a member of the Technology Committee.
Ms McGrath has over 30 years’ experience in business, technology and financial services globally. She has extensive senior executive and board experience and has successfully led organisations and people through economic cycles, M&A, large scale transformation and regulatory change. She has also led businesses into new international markets and successfully navigated strategic acquisitions, divestments, and debt and equity financing.
Ms McGrath was previously Chief Executive Officer, Retirement Solutions at MUFG Pension & Market Services. Prior to her career with MUFG, she had held senior executive roles at IBM, Visa Inc, HP Services, and National Australia Bank.
Ms McGrath is currently a director of GMHBA Limited and Revolut Australia. She has also served as a director for IBM Australia and on a number of companies associated with MUFG businesses, including Smart Pension UK, and Retire360.
Ms McGrath is a member of Chief Executive Women and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 4 December 2025
ASX Group Board Committees
Member of Technology Committee
Luke Randell
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BBus, Grad Dip Fin Markets, CPA, MAICD
Skills, experience and expertise
Mr Luke Randell was appointed as a director of ASX in April 2023. He is also a director of ASX’s clearing and settlement licensees, as well as the intermediate holding companies for the clearing and settlement licensees. He is a member of the Risk Committee, the Nomination Committee and the People and Culture Committee.
Mr Randell has close to 40 years’ experience in financial services, with the majority spent in capital and international markets following several senior roles with firms including Citi, Salomon Smith Barney, and Natwest Markets.
Mr Randell was Head of Markets and Securities Service for Citi Australia and New Zealand for five years. His prior roles included being CEO, President and Head of Institutional Clients Group for Citi in Japan, as well as Co-Head of Global Markets and Head of Equities for Citi in Australia and New Zealand. He has also worked a number of years in London, where he was Citi’s Head of Equity Derivatives for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Mr Randell is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 3 April 2023
ASX Group Board Committees
Member of Risk Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of People and Culture Committee
Dr Heather Smith PSM FAIIA
Independent, Non-Executive Director
BEc (Hons), PhD
Skills, experience and expertise
Dr Heather Smith was appointed as a director of ASX in June 2022. She is also a director of ASX’s clearing and settlement licensees, as well as the intermediate holding companies for the clearing and settlement licensees. She is a member of the Audit and Supervision Committee and the People and Culture Committee.
Dr Smith has close to 20 years’ experience working in the Australian Public Service at senior levels, culminating in being Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. She has also previously served as Secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts. She has extensive experience in public policy, innovation and technological change, national security and economic reform, and a deep knowledge of government and the public sector.
Dr Smith has also held senior positions in the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury, as well as the Office of National Intelligence. She began her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Dr Smith has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (ANU). She has been a non-executive director of Challenger Limited since January 2021 and chairs Challenger’s Group Audit Committee. She has been a non-executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since August 2023.
Dr Smith is also an independent director of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. She is a Fellow and National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. She also co-led the 2024 Independent Review of Australia’s National Intelligence Community.
Term of Office
Appointed Director 29 June 2022
ASX Group Board Committees
Member of Audit and Supervision Committee
Member of People and Culture Committee
Listed Company Directorships
Director of Challenger Limited (January 2021 to present)
Director of Qantas Airways Limited (August 2023 to present)
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