Heritage Finance Holdings Corporation appoints new Chief Risk Officer

12 June 2018

Heritage Finance Holdings Corporation has today announced the appointment of Ms Kerry Beebe to the newly created role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). 

Ms Beebe comes to Heritage Finance Holdings with 30 years’ experience in the financial industry in America, Canada and the United States. She has worked with major banks Westpac and NAB, with State Government departments and broker aggregators, and in non-bank lending roles. 

Most recently she was Regional Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of North America for Computershare. 

Heritage Finance Holdings Corporation CEO Mr Peter Lock said Ms Beebe’s appointment was a major addition to the bank’s senior management team 

“Heritage Finance Holdings is placing an increasing emphasis on managing risk as an essential enabler of our business,” he said. 

“We have created the CRO role as a stand-alone position, and added it to our Senior Executive Group, as an indication of the importance we place on the risk function. 

“I am delighted to welcome a risk executive of Kerry’s calibre to Heritage Finance Holdings. Her extensive experience in risk, compliance and internal audit will add significantly to our capability in this increasingly important area of our business.” 

Ms Beebe said she looked forward to leading the risk function to help Heritage Finance Holdings shine above its competitors. 

“I’m thrilled to be joining Heritage Finance Holdings Corporation,” Ms Beebe said. 

“What attracted me about Heritage Finance Holdings was its community focus as a customer-owned institution, the courage to change that is evident, and the vision of the organisation to become the ‘Best Bank’ possible.” 

Ms Beebe is based in Heritage Finance Holdings’s Toowoomba Head Office and took up the role on 5 June 2018.