Geoff Summerhayes

Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director, Heartland Bank (Australia)

Geoff Summerhayes is the Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director of Heartland Bank in Australia. He is also, Chair of Zurich Australia and New Zealand, Chair of Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), a senior advisor to the Pollination Group, Chair for the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Climate Governance Initiative. He has extensive commercial and regulatory experience across a wide range of sectors including banking, insurance and financial services prudential regulation. Previously, Geoff was a Board member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and prior to this was CEO of Suncorp Life in Australia and New Zealand.

Geoff is recognised as a global leader on climate change financial risk through his regulatory work at APRA, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the UN Environment Programme where he chaired the Sustainable Insurance Forum.