Renée Roberts

Chief Risk Officer at Judo Bank

Speaker

Renée Roberts is a C-suite executive and non-executive director with over 30 years of experience in financial services, risk management, governance, technology, operations and strategic transformation. She currently serves as Chief Risk Officer at Judo Bank, a role she assumed in September 2024. In August 2024, she joined the board of ASX-listed Firefly Metals as a non-executive director and chairs its Remuneration Committee. Since December 2021, she has served on the board of the Collingwood Football Club, where she chairs the Risk & Integrity Committee. She also has previous board experience across sectors including youth, family services, sport, education and public health research.

Her career spans senior executive leadership roles at National Australia Bank, QBE and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, with international experience across Melbourne, Sydney, Belfast, Glasgow, London and Auckland. Her executive portfolio includes Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer roles, where she led teams of up to 10,000 people and managed budgets exceeding A$3 billion. She has driven major technology transformations, improved customer experience, enhanced organisational culture and delivered significant operational and capital efficiencies.

She is a member of Chief Executive Women, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and an alumna of Harvard Business School, Macquarie University and Swinburne University, where she also holds an honorary fellowship.

Renée brings strategic, people-centred leadership grounded in a strengths-based approach, with deep experience navigating complex risk environments and a passion for sustainable change. She is an accredited executive coach and a sought-after mentor.

Outside her professional life, Renée is married to Peter, is the proud owner of Ben, their Australian Cobberdog, and enjoys skiing, travelling and supporting the Collingwood Football Club.