ASIC senior executives

ASIC Chairman
ASIC Deputy Chair
ASIC Commissioners

Commission specialist teams
Markets
Registry and licensing
Regional Commissioners

Previous ASIC chairpersons

Organisational chart

ASIC Chairman

Greg Medcraft BCom (Melb)

Greg Medcraft was appointed ASIC Chairman on 13 May 2011 for a five-year term.

Greg joined as ASIC Commissioner in February 2009. Prior to ASIC, Greg was Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF).

Greg spent nearly 30 years in investment banking at Société Générale in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas. More recently, he was the Managing Director and Global Head of Securitisation, based in New York.

In 2002, Greg co-founded the American Securitization Forum and was its Chairman from 2005 until 2007 when he returned to Australia. The American Securitization Forum is an industry group representing some 350 member institutions comprising all major stakeholders in the US$1 trillion US securitisation market. In January 2008, he was appointed Chairman Emeritus of the Forum.

Greg is the Chair elect of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) with his term due to commence in March 2013.

Appointment as ASIC Chairman

Appointment as commissioner, Treasurer's press release, 15 December 2008

ASIC Deputy Chair

Peter Kell BA (Hons) (Syd)

Peter Kell commenced as Deputy Chair on 6 May 2013. Prior to this appointment he was Commissioner from 7 November 2011.

From August 2008 Mr Kell was Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He was President of the International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network in 2009-2010, and also served on the Consumer Policy Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Mr Kell has been on the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board since its establishment, and is a member of the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee.

Before joining the ACCC, Mr Kell was Chief Executive of CHOICE (the Australian Consumers' Association) and a board member of the global consumer organisation Consumers International.

Between 1998 and 2004 Mr Kell was ASIC’s Executive Director of Consumer Protection and its New South Wales Regional Commissioner.

Appointment as Deputy Chair, Treasurer's press release, 24 April 2013

Appointment as commissioner, Treasurer's press release, 20 October 2011

ASIC Commissioners

Greg Tanzer BEc and LLB (Hons) (ANU)

Greg Tanzer was appointed as an ASIC Commissioner for a four-year term, and commenced on 5 March 2012.

He served as Secretary General of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) from 2008 until early 2012.

Greg was previously Executive Director for Consumer Protection and International at ASIC, where he worked in various senior positions from 1992 to 2008.

Before joining ASIC, Greg worked in the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Finance. He is a qualified solicitor and barrister.

Appointment as commissioner, Treasurer's press release, 20 October 2011

John Price BA, LLB (Hons)(Queensland)

John Price commenced as an ASIC Commissioner on 21 March 2012.

Since joining ASIC in 1999 John has held a number of senior roles including most recently as Senior Executive Leader, Strategy and Policy. John's previous roles at ASIC include Senior Executive Leader, Corporations, Acting Executive Director, Regulation and Director, Applications and Licensing.

In these roles John has been closely involved in the development and implementation of regulatory policy, the regulatory aspects of major transactions, and the identification and development of regulatory responses to emerging issues and risks. His regulatory experience includes matters relating to fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, financial services and accounting and audit.

Prior to joining ASIC, John worked in the Gold Coast and Brisbane offices of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, a national law firm.

Appointment as commissioner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer media release, 23 March 2012

Commission specialist teams

Team	Senior Executive Leader
Chief Legal Officer	Michael Kingston
Corporate Affairs	Matthew Abbott
Strategy and policy	Andrew Fawcett
People & Development	Helen O'Loughlin

Markets

Stakeholder team	Senior Executive Leader
Financial reporting and audit	Doug Niven
Corporations	Kate O’Rourke/Jane Eccleston
Emerging mining and resources	Bruce Dodd
Financial Market Infrastructure	Oliver Harvey
Insolvency practitioners	Adrian Brown
Market and participant supervision	Greg Yanco

Enforcement team	Senior Executive Leader
Markets	Chris Savundra

Investors and financial consumers

Stakeholder team	Senior Executive Leader
Investment banks	Chris Van-Homrigh
Investment managers & super funds	Gerard Fitzpatrick
Financial Advisers	Louise Macaulay / Joanna Bird
Financial Literacy	Robert Drake
Deposit takers & insurers & credit services	Greg Kirk
Stakeholder Services	Warren Day

Enforcement team	Senior Executive Leader
Financial services	Tim Mullaly

Registry and licensing

	Senior Executive Leader
Registry Services & Licensing	Rosanne Bell
Registry Transformation	Kathrine Morgan-Wicks
Small Business Compliance and Deterrence	Brett Bassett

Operations

	Senior officer
Chief of operations	Carlos Iglesias
Chief Information Officer	Wendy Bryant
Chief Financial Officer	Emily Hodgson
Corporate services	Amanda Dixon
Specialist services	John Wallace

Regional Commissioners

Region	Regional Commissioner
Queensland	Brett Bassett
Victoria	Warren Day
ACT	Peter Cuzner
Tasmania	Julie Read
Western Australia	Bruce Dodd
South Australia	Mark Bielecki
Northern Territory	Duncan Poulson
New South Wales	Chris Van-Homrigh

ASIC Website: Printed 05/26/2013

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