Directors of the Scheme Trustee

Grant Hassell - Chairman

Grant has over 35 years’ experience in financial services and investment markets.

He was most recently chair of Macquarie Asset Management New Zealand Limited (formerly AMP Capital Investors (New Zealand) Limited) and held a number of senior leadership roles during a long career with AMP Capital. This included over 3 years as Global Head of Fixed Income following 3 years as Managing Director and 9 years as Head of NZ Fixed Interest. Grant is a former Trustee Director of the AMP Staff Superannuation Scheme.

Grant resigned from Macquarie in September 2022 and became a Professional Director. He is currently a director of the Police Super Scheme, Shell NZ Pension Plan, Toyota NZ Group Pension Plan and the Local Government Superannuation Scheme.

Marc Figgins - General Manager, Human Resources and Communications

Marc joined Westpac New Zealand as General Manager Human Resources and Communications in May 2020.

Marc is a senior Human Resources executive with extensive international experience covering all aspects of Human Resources across a number of industries including aviation and financial services. Prior to joining Westpac New Zealand, Marc was General Manager People for Revenue and Operations divisions at Air New Zealand, a role that was responsible for driving the people strategy to support over 5,000 people across 11 countries. While based in Hong Kong, Marc also held senior leadership roles in the International Division of ANZ Bank, and for Standard Chartered Bank.

Marc holds a Bachelor of Laws from Waikato University, and has also completed a post graduate programme with Stanford University on leading organisational change and renewal.

Ian New - Former Chief Actuary

Ian is a Westpac-appointed Director and was formerly the Chief Actuary of Westpac New Zealand prior to April 2022. He was the Appointed Actuary of Westpac Life-NZ-Limited up until completion of the sale of that company to Fidelity in February 2022. Ian is a director of BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited.

A graduate of Imperial College London, Ian has over 40 years’ experience in the financial services sector, including in the UK and New Zealand. Ian is a retired Fellow of the NZ Society of Actuaries and has previously served as President of that organisation.

Sarah Graydon – Licensed Independent Trustee

Sarah has over a decade of governance experience, with a focus on financial services. Sarah sits on the board of a number of superannuation schemes as well as New Zealand Guardian Trust and Covenant Trustee. Promoting financial wellbeing, member outcomes and regulatory issues are areas of particular interest. Her pro bono roles include the Red Cross Foundation and her local surf lifesaving club.

Sarah is also an experienced lawyer and currently works with Juno Legal providing inhouse legal support to clients, coaching and advisory services.

Sarah was appointed Licenced Independent Trustee of the Westpac Staff Superannuation Scheme in October 2025.

Damian Sharkey – Senior Manager, International & Treasury Operations

Damian was appointed a member-elected Trustee Director in June 2025 and has been with Westpac since 2010. Damian is a senior leader with extensive banking experience across operations, strategy, relationship management, and transformation. Damian began his career in IT recruitment for an American firm based in Tokyo, Japan, then joined ANZ in 2003.