Bridget Messer
Chief Risk Officer

#About Bridget
Bridget joined Suncorp as Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in January 2022 and is responsible for leading risk management and compliance across the Group. Prior to this, Bridget spent 16 years with IG Group Holdings, a London-based FTSE 250 online, high-growth trading platform, as Executive Director and Chief Commercial Officer, and previously held roles as Global Head of Compliance and General Counsel.
Bridget has extensive expertise in management, law, regulatory and compliance, and while at IG Group she was responsible for driving and enabling growth and international expansion in a heavily regulated context.
Before joining IG Group, Bridget was a solicitor with Deutsche Bank on the distressed debt desk, after starting her career in Australia as a solicitor with the financial services and corporate advisory team of Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Business (Dean’s Honour List) from the Queensland University of Technology. Bridget also has a Grad Diploma, Practical Legal Education & Training, from the University of Queensland.
#Board of Directors

Christine McLoughlin AM
Chairman & Non-executive Director

Steve Johnston
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Gillian Brown
Non-executive Director

Sylvia Falzon
Non-executive Director

Elmer Funke Kupper
Non-executive Director

Ian Hammond
Non-executive Director

Sally Herman
Non-executive Director

Simon Machell
Non-executive Director

Lindsay Tanner
Non-executive Director

Duncan West
Non-executive Director

David Whiteing
Non-executive Director
#Senior Executives

Steve Johnston
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Jeremy Robson
Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Harrison
Chief Executive Consumer Insurance

Michael Miller
Chief Executive Commercial & Personal Injury Insurance

Jimmy Higgins
CEO Suncorp New Zealand

Belinda Speirs
Chief Executive People, Legal & Corporate Services

Adam Bennett
Chief Information Officer

Bridget Messer
Chief Risk Officer