BNZ Insurance has announced the appointment of Fiona Oliver as a Non Executive Director following a search conducted by SEQEL Partners.

BNZ Insurance is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Australia Bank and provides life and general insurance services to BNZ’s customers. The organisation is Chaired by high profile Director, Bruce Hassall, who is also a member of the BNZ Bank Board.

Fiona is currently a Non Executive Director of NZX listed Tilt Renewables and Wynyard Group, Inland Revenue, Public Trust, and Vinta, an Australian property fund with circa A$800m assets under management. Up until 2014, Fiona was General Manager Wealth Management at AMP and had a series of senior finance leadership roles with BNZ, Westpac and BT Funds prior to the organisation’s acquisition by Westpac. Her early career was spent as a lawyer at leading law firms including Chapman Tripp, Russell McVeagh and Curtis & Co in London.

Fiona holds a Bachelor of Laws and qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor in both the High Court of New Zealand, England and Wales.