Jane Diplock of Hunters Hill, Australia, has been appointed chairperson of the Securities Commission for a period of five years.
Diplock is a qualified lawyer. She is highly experienced at running a
securities market regulatory agency with an enforcement role having been
responsible for running the largest operational area of the Australian
Securities and Investment Commission as New South Wales Regional
Commissioner and National Director of Infrastructure and Strategic
Planning.
She has held various senior executive positions with Westpac Banking
Corporation and was a managing director of the New South Wales (TAFE)
Technical and Further Education Commission.
Commerce minister Paul Swain says "her experience in the Australian securities market will also be valuable
in the context of the continuing integration of the Australian and New
Zealand economies under CER."
Current chair, Euan Abernethy, is due to step down on June 30 when his appointment expires.
