Board Composition and Committees
Board’s role and responsibilities
The Board’s role and responsibilities are set out in the Board Charter.
Constitution
Credit Corp’s Constitution dated 1 November 2018, is available here.
Meet the Board
Current membership of the Board is set out below
Eric Dodd
BEc, FCA, FAICD
Board Committee memberships
A member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Remuneration and HR Committee and Nomination Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in July 2009 and Chairman on 4 February 2021.
Skills and experience
Eric has extensive experience in the insurance, finance and banking sectors. Eric previously held the position of CEO of Insurance Australia Group and Director and CEO of MBF Australia Limited for a six-year period, before being appointed as Managing Director of the combined organisation when MBF merged with BUPA Australia in June 2008. Eric is also a past Managing Director and CEO of NRMA Insurance Limited and has held numerous senior positions within the financial services industry.
Directorships and other current appointments
Currently, Eric is Chair of First American Title Insurance Company of Australia Pty Limited and Chair of Integrity Insurance Group.
Qualifications
Eric holds a Bachelor of Economics degree, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Trudy Vonhoff
BBus, MBA, GAICD
Board Committee memberships
Chair of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration and HR Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2019.
Skills and experience
Trudy is an experienced Non-Executive Director and has over 20 years’ experience in retail and business banking, corporate banking, financial markets and strategy. Past executive roles include General Manager, Operations and General Manager of Commercial and Agribusiness Banking for Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) and Chief Financial Officer of AMP Bank Limited.
Directorships and other current appointments
Previous Board roles include Non‑Executive Director of AMP Bank Limited, Cabcharge Australia (ASX: A2B), Ruralco Holdings (ASX:RHL) and Tennis NSW. Her current Board roles include Iress Limited (ASX:IRE), Cuscal Limited and Australian Cane Farms Limited.
Qualifications
Trudy has a Bachelor of Business (Hons), a Master of Business Administration and has completed Executive Development courses at Harvard Business School. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Senior Fellow of FINSIA.
Phillip Aris
BEc, MMgmt
Board Committee memberships
A member of the Nomination Committee and Chair of the Remuneration and HR Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-executive Director in July 2021.
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James M. Millar AM
BComm, FCA, FAICD
Board Committee memberships
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2021.
Skills and experience
James brings extensive senior leadership experience to the Credit Corp Board from both his professional services and Non-Executive Director careers. He has had a distinguished professional services career, initially in Corporate Reconstruction, culminating in his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Oceania Region for EY and serving the firm’s global operations.
Directorships and other current appointments
James was previously a Director of Mirvac Limited (ASX:MGR), Chair of Export Finance Australia, The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the Forestry Corporation of NSW. He has previously served on the Boards of Slater and Gordon, Fairfax Media, Macquarie Media, Helloworld and Fantastic Furniture.
Qualifications
James holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, is a retired Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Lyn McGrath
BA, MBA, GAICD
Board Committee memberships
A member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nomination Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in January 2023.
Skills and experience
Lyn has had a long and successful executive career in financial services culminating in her role as Group Executive Retail Banking at BOQ responsible for both the BOQ Retail Bank and the Virgin Money Australia Digital Bank. Prior to BOQ, Lyn was at CBA for almost twelve years, including Executive General Manager roles leading retail bank distribution and the wealth advice business.
Directorships and other current appointments
Lyn is currently a Director of Auswide Bank Ltd (ASX:ABA), a Director of Heartland Bank Australia Ltd and is Chair of the Australian Digital Health Agency. She was previously a Director of Challenger Bank Ltd and Chair of TogetherAI Pty Ltd, a mental health technology platform.
Qualifications
Lyn has a Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University and a Master of Business Administration from the Macquarie Business School. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Senior Fellow of FINSIA, a Vincent Fairfax Fellow in Ethical Leadership and a member of Chief Executive Women.
Brad Cooper
MBA
Board Committee memberships
Member of the Remuneration and HR Committee and Audit and Risk Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in April 2023.
Skills and experience
Brad has had a long and successful executive career in financial services, serving as CEO of BT Financial Group for almost a decade to 2019 and was formerly CEO of Westpac New Zealand Limited, appointed in 2007. Prior to this, Brad had a long career at the then GE Consumer Finance businesses in Australia and the UK and Ireland becoming Managing Director of Consumer Finance in each region as well as serving as CEO of GE Money and as Chairman of GE Capital Bank in the UK.
Qualifications
Brad has a Master of Business Administration from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Sarah Brennan
BA, GAICD, FPA
Board Committee memberships
Member of the Remuneration and HR Committee and Audit and Risk Committee.
Date appointed
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2024.
Skills and experience
Sarah has a breadth of board and executive experience in financial services. She previously held senior positions in life and wealth management at MLC, Citibank and Deutsche Bank, including a period as COO of Asia Pacific Private Clients and Asset Management at Deutsche Bank. She also co‑founded a successful strategic financial services consultancy, Comparator Business Benchmarking, which was later acquired by CoreLogic.
Directorships and other current appointments
Sarah is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Netwealth (ASX: NWL), Argo Infrastructure (ASX: ALI) and NobleOak Life (ASX: NOL).
Qualifications
Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Management Diploma. She is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Financial Planning Association of Australia.
Thomas Beregi
BEc LLB (Hons), CPA, GAICD
Date appointed
Appointed as Managing Director in March 2023.
Skills and experience
Thomas joined Credit Corp as Chief Financial Officer in September 2007, before being appointed to his current role as Chief Executive Officer in August 2008. Prior to joining Credit Corp he was the Chief Operating Officer of real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Australia. Thomas has previously held senior finance and operational positions with multi-national consumer goods companies Diageo plc and PepsiCo Inc.
Qualifications
Thomas holds degrees in Economics and Law, is a Certified Practising Accountant and Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Board Committees
The Board has three principal committees that assist it in carrying out its responsibilities. These are listed below and the Charters can be accessed from the following links: