Our People

Management

 

Shaun Drylie MMgmt (Dist), PGDipBank (Dist), SF Fin, CMInstD
SBS Group Chief Executive

Shaun has an extensive 30 year background in the banking industry.  He started his career in Hokitika as a teller and worked his way up into more senior and strategic roles. He has spent the past 13 years in diverse General Management roles that have included leading teams of 1500 people, payments, strategy, products and international transformational programs.

As SBS Group CEO, Shaun is responsible for the performance of SBS Bank along with its three subsidiary businesses; Finance Now Ltd, Funds Administration New Zealand Ltd (FANZ) and Southsure Assurance Ltd.

Shaun has a Masters of Management with Distinction in Banking Management, a Post Graduate Diploma in Banking with Distinction and is a Senior Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Banking.

 

Mark McLean Chartered Accountant, BCom (Acctg), DipGrad (Marketing)
General Manager Member Experience

Mark has a financial services industry background spanning more than 25 years. He has held various banking leadership roles in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Netherlands and New Zealand. He has been a valued member of SBS Bank’s executive team for the past eight years having responsibility for the Bank’s risk, process improvement functions.

As General Manager Member Experience, Mark is responsible for the member experience aspects of business through SBS’s branches, digital channel, contact centre and the broker distribution channel.  

Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accountancy from the University of Otago and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing. He is also a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and the Institute of Directors.

Tim Loan Chartered Accountant, BCom, DipBusStuds (Information Systems), CMInstD
Chief Financial Officer

Tim is an accountant with 26 years’ experience in the public practice and corporate sectors. He has been SBS Bank’s Chief Financial Officer for the past 11 years, having previously held various senior finance roles working for private and state owned companies in Wellington and Invercargill.

As Chief Financial Officer, Tim is responsible for internal and external financial reporting, treasury operations and risk management, legislative and regulatory compliance, property and fleet management.

Tim has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago and a Graduate Diploma in Information Systems. He is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2011.

 

Phil Jamieson MSc (Hons), BSc
General Manager Development

Phil’s background is primarily based in the banking, finance and retail sectors both internationally and locally. This experience includes senior/executive roles with a global banking group in the United Kingdom and one of New Zealand's largest publicly listed companies. He has had extensive involvement in strategy, marketing (including product management), communications and change management.

Phil was appointed General Manager of Strategy and Marketing in October 2014 and then General Manager of Development in January 2017. He is responsible for the development of the SBS Group and SBS Bank strategy, marketing, communications, product management, business intelligence, and business change.

He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees with first class honours in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, from the University of Canterbury.

 

Hamish Mckenzie  BA (History), LLB
General Manager People and Support

Hamish is a qualified lawyer with more than 27 years’ experience, working in both the public and private sectors. He has extensive HR experience and has held various executive leadership roles in New Zealand, Australia, South East Asia and the United Kingdom in both the financial services and retail sectors.

Hamish was appointed General Manager of People and Support in March 2014. He is responsible for maximising the ability of SBS Bank’s people to achieve individual and organisational performance goals and targets. In addition, he is tasked with providing support services to SBS’ member banking activities.

Hamish has a Bachelor of Arts and Law Degree from the University of Otago.

 

Richard Hutton BAgSci (Agricultural Science) 
Chief Digital and IT Officer

Richard is an experienced Senior Executive and People Manager with significant expertise in Digital and IT financial services. He has spent more than 20 years developing corporate vision and strategy, translating objectives into actionable plans and providing decisive leadership to multi-functional teams.

As the Chief Digital and IT Officer, Richard’s primary focus is to manage and drive digital and IT capability and development across SBS Bank. He also has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Massey University.

Rowena Thompson 
Chief Risk Officer

Rowena has 30 years financial services industry experience. She started as the Group Chief Risk Officer in April 2020, with responsibility for risk management and compliance activities across the Group.

Prior to this, Rowena held various leadership roles across New Zealand and Australia from leading customer facing teams through to delivering risk frameworks at a group level.   

She has a Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Board of Directors

 

J F (John) Ward  BCom, HonLLD (Otago), FCA, CFInstD 
Chairman

John is a chartered accountant who stepped aside from public practice after being a partner and board member of KPMG and its ancillary practice Ward Wilson. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

He has served on the SBS Bank Board since 2002 and has been chairman since 2012. He chairs the wholly owned SBS subsidiary Finance Now, the Appointment Committee and is a member of both the Audit & Risk and Remuneration committees.

He currently chairs H&J Smith Holdings, Otago Innovation and the University of Otago Foundation Trust. He is a member of various other boards and was also University of Otago Chancellor from 2009 to 2017.

Chairman: Finance Now Limited 
Chairman: SBS Charitable Trust 
Chairman: Board Appointment Committee 
Member: Audit and Risk Committee 
Member: Remuneration Committee

K J (Kathryn) Ball   BCom, FCA, CMInstD
Deputy Chair

Kathryn is a chartered accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in public practice. She is currently a self-employed consultant, principally to McIntyre Dick, Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants, based in Invercargill.

Kathryn was a partner/principal in McIntyre Dick and Partners for many years, and prior to that a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers and Coopers and Lybrand.

A director of SBS Bank since 2006, she has been deputy chair since 2016 and chairs the Audit & Risk Committee. She is also a director of Stadium Southland. Kathryn served for several years as a Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) councillor, chairing the Audit & Finance Committee and serving a period as deputy chair. She was involved with SIT at the time the innovative “Zero Fees” scheme was introduced.

Kathryn is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors.

Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust
Chairperson: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Board Appointment Committee
Member: IT Committee

G J (Greg) Mulvey BCom, FCA, FNZIM

Greg is a qualified accountant with 40 years’ experience in the corporate sector including 30 years as general manager of Invercargill Licensing Trust.

Appointed to the SBS Bank Board in 2004, he is chair of both the Remuneration and IT committees and is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee as well as a trustee of SBS Charitable Trust. Greg is also a director of Funds Administration New Zealand.

He is a trustee of the Southland Indoor Leisure Centre Charitable Trust, the entity that developed and owns ILT Stadium Southland.

Director: Funds Administration New Zealand Limited
Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust
Chairman: IT Committee
Chairman: Remuneration Committee
Member: Audit and Risk Committee

M J (Mike) Skilling BAgriSci, PGDipBank, CMInstD

Mike joined the SBS Board in August 2014. He is an independent director of various companies spanning funds management, insurance, mortgage broking, dairy/sheep/beef/crop/horticultural farming, consumer finance and early learning/preschool.

Mike has in-depth experience in retail, private, rural and business banking together with insurance, managed funds and finance companies. In previous roles, he has led both the Agribusiness and Business Banking arms of BNZ including Small Business, Medium/Large Business, International Trade, Property, Plant and Machinery Finance and Private Banking.

He is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Chairman: Funds Administration New Zealand Limited
Member: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Board Appointment Committee

 

A L (Anne) McLeod BCom, LLB

Anne is a partner in the corporate commercial team at Anderson Lloyd in Dunedin.

Her legal expertise includes banking law, mergers and acquisitions and structuring advice. Anne also advises Anderson Lloyd’s clients who are listed on the NZX and regularly advises on the offer of financial products. Given this experience she is a member of the Due Diligence Committee in relation to the bank’s Capital Bond issues.

She joined the SBS Board in 2015 and chairs the bank’s subsidiary Southsure Assurance. 

Anne is a Member of the Institute of Directors, RITANZ (Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association New Zealand) and the Banking and Financial Services Law Association.

Chairperson: Southsure Assurance Limited

 

A J (Joe) O’Connell BCom, FCA, MInstD

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Institute of Directors, Joe joined the SBS Bank Board in 2017. He is an experienced director with a financial background that spans transportation, ready-mix concrete, timber processing, exploration piling and drilling, commercial property, fuel distribution, growing media, airports and electrical distribution networks.

Joe was Invercargill Airport chairman (2011-2016), overseeing the redevelopment of all land-side and terminal facilities as well as negotiating commercial terms for the company to secure its long-term viability.

He spent six years as general manager of finance for H W Richardson Group and during the past 12 years has focused on directorships and management consulting work with a large amount of time being spent with the K G Richardson group of companies, which has extensive interests in timber processing, property, drilling and transportation.

Joe currently sits on several boards, including Electricity Invercargill, PowerNet and Southfuels.

Director: Southsure Assurance Limited
Member: IT Committee
Trustee: SBS Charitable Trust

M P (Mark) O’Connor BCom, FCAANZ, FNZIM

Mark is a qualified accountant who has primarily been involved in senior management roles in the New Zealand port sector for more than 25 years. He is the former CEO of  NZX-listed company South Port NZ, a position he held for 18 years.

Appointed to the SBS Board in August 2018, Mark is also chairman of private equity fund Invest South and a director of Calvary Hospital Southland. He is also chairman of the Assurance & Risk Committee for NZ Customs and has been active in the Southland Regional Development (SoRDS) programme. He currently chairs the SoRDS Aquaculture Working Group and is a member of the SoRDS Transitional Advisory Group.

Member: Audit and Risk Committee
Member: Remuneration Committee

K J (Kevin) Murphy CA, FCAANZ, CMInstD

As managing director/CEO of TSB (previously TSB Bank), Kevin oversaw the bank’s ambitious New Zealand-wide growth programme that had a focus on both branch presence and digital offerings.

He worked for more than 38 years at TSB, holding various roles that included accounting assistant, chief accountant and financial services manager before being appointed CEO in 2010.
Appointed to the SBS Board in November 2018, Kevin is also a director of Finance Now, Augusta Capital (chairing the Risk & Compliance Committee), and Adele Senior Living. He has been a trustee on Venture Taranaki since 2013, and a board member of the Taranaki Rugby Football Union since 2018.

He has continued to serve his community and has been a board member of New Plymouth Operatic since 1987 (also a life member), is a business advisor and life member of Musical Theatre New Zealand, chair of the New Plymouth Opera House Friends, and a committee member of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation.

Director: Finance Now Limited