Our leadership

WiBF is led by CEO Stephanie Girard with active input from members of its Board. We also acknowledge the contribution of our State Leadership Committee volunteers from the WiBF membership across Australia.

Women in Banking and Finance Limited is a public company limited by guarantee. Our constitution can be downloaded here.

Independent Chair

Diana D’Ambra

Diana D’Ambra is a non-executive director and independent adviser and brings more than 25 years executive director experience in a global accounting firm delivering corporate finance and investment advice.

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Chief Executive Officer

Stephanie Girard

As the Chief Executive Officer of Women in Banking and Finance, Stephanie Girard is responsible for running all facets of the business.

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President

Sangeeta Venkatesan, EG Funds Management

Sangeeta Venkatesan is an experienced banker, board advisor, investor and entrepreneur.

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Vice-President

Christina Tonkin, ANZ

Christina Tonkin is the Managing Director, Corporate Finance for Institutional Banking at ANZ.

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Company Secretary

Annella Cox, EY

Annella Cox is a Manager in the M&A team within EY’s Strategy and Transactions Service Line.

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Rebecca Crabb, CBA

Rebecca Crabb is the Chief Operating Officer for the Global Markets business which is part of the Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) division of the Commonwealth Bank.

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Adrienne Bloom, Bank of America

Adrienne Bloom is Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Financial Institutions Corporate Banking.

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Annabelle Kline, Macquarie Bank

Annabelle Kline has over 20 years’ experience with Macquarie Bank in senior leadership roles across wealth management and business banking.

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Jim Freeman, Deutsche Bank

Jim Freeman is a Managing Director and the Chief Risk Officer for Deutsche Bank Australia. He is also the Asia-Pacific Head of Non-Financial Risk for Deutsche Bank in the region.

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Marla Brefka Heller, EY

Marla Brefka Heller is a respected senior banking executive with over 25 years of international experience. Her career is distinguished by the progressively responsible leadership roles she has held in the Asia Pacific and Australasian regions as well as in the United States.

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Su-Lin Ong, RBC

Su-Lin Ong is a Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets and Head of Economics & Fixed Income Strategy for Australia/NZ.

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