Our Board

Skills, experience and expertise

Mr Damian Roche was elected ASX’s Chairman in April 2021 and has served as a director since August 2014. He is the Chair of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the People and Culture Committee.

Mr Roche is a director of ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited, the ASX clearing and settlement licensee for Australia’s derivatives markets. He is also Chair of the intermediate holding companies for ASX’s clearing and settlement licensees.

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 20 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 - ASX’s largest individual business by revenue.

Skills, experience and expertise

Ms Yasmin Allen was appointed a director of ASX in February 2015. She is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Technology Committee. 

Ms Allen has more than 20 years' experience in the finance industry, including in investment banking, and has expertise in financial services, strategy development and corporate governance.

Ms Allen was formerly a vice president at Deutsche Bank, a director at ANZ Investment Bank and an associate director at HSBC Group.

Skills, experience and expertise

Ms Carter was appointed a director of ASX in February 2023 and brings more than 35 years’ senior executive experience. Ms Carter developed deep skills in strategy, operations, sales, human resources and transformation delivery in a career that spanned several sectors including banking, insurance, wealth management and telecommunications. Her most recent executive experience was at Telstra Corporation, where she served as Executive Director between 2015 and 2021. In that time, she was responsible for customer experience, product design and delivery, strategy and business service functions. She was also the executive charged with overseeing delivery of T22, Telstra’s multi-year transformation program. Prior to that, 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 also serves as non-executive director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, IPH Limited, and Sandhurst Trustees Limited where she is also the Chair.

Skills, experience and expertise

Ms Melinda Conrad was appointed a director of ASX in August 2016. She is the Chair of the People and Culture Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Technology Committee.

Ms Conrad has over 20 years’ experience in business strategy and marketing, and brings skills and insights as an executive and director from a range of industries, including retail, financial services and healthcare.

Skills, experience and expertise

Mr David Curran was appointed a director of ASX in March 2022 and is also the Chair of the Technology Committee. Mr Curran has over 30 years’ corporate technology experience leading digital transformations and implementing 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.

Skills, experience and expertise

Mr Peter Marriott was appointed a director of ASX in July 2009. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and was the Audit and Risk Committee Chairman between July 2009 and 18 August 2021.

Mr Marriott is a director of each ASX clearing and settlement facility licensee and their intermediate holding companies.

Skills, experience and expertise

Mr Peter Nash was appointed a director of ASX in June 2019. Mr Nash was appointed a member of the Audit and Risk Committee in June 2020 and appointed Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from 19 August 2021. He is also a member of the Technology Committee.

Mr Nash was formerly a Senior Partner with KPMG until September 2017. He was admitted to the partnership in 1993. Mr Nash served as National Chairman of KPMG Australia from 2011 until August 2017. In this role, he also served as a member of the Global Board of KPMG and was the Chair of KPMG’s Global Investment Committee.

Skills, experience and expertise

Mr Luke Randell was appointed a director of ASX in April 2023.

Mr Randell has developed close to 40 years’ experience in capital markets with a strong understanding of international finance following several senior roles with investment firm Citi. His experience spans markets in Australia, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining ASX, Mr Randell was Head of Markets and Securities Service for Citi Australia and New Zealand. 

Skills, experience and expertise

Dr Heather Smith was appointed a director of ASX in June 2022. Dr Smith is a director of ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited and Austraclear Limited, the ASX clearing and settlement licensees for Australia’s derivatives, OTC and debt markets, and their intermediate holding companies.

Dr Smith has extensive experience in public policy, innovation, national security and economic reform and a deep knowledge of government and the public sector.

Dr Smith’s two decades working at senior levels in the Australian Public Service culminated in being Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (2017-2020), and before that Secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts (2016-2017). She has also held senior positions in the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet (including heading the Prime Minister’s taskforce on Innovation), Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury, as well as the Office of National Intelligence.