Past & Present Payments System Board Members

Previous members of the Payments System Board are listed in the following table, which includes the current members (shown in bold). Members are listed according to the start date of their first term.

This table records the names and terms served by the Previous and Current Members of the Payments System Board.
Member Start of Term End of Term Comment
Ian Macfarlane AC 1 Jul 1998 17 Sep 2003 Governor and Chairman
18 Sep 2003 17 Sep 2006
John Laker AO 24 Jul 1998 30 Jun 2003 Assistant Governor (Financial System) and
Deputy Chairman
1 Jul 2003 30 Jun 2014 Chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Graeme Thompson 17 Aug 1998 30 Jun 2003 Chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Joseph Gersh AM 15 Jul 1998 14 Jul 2003 Member
15 Jul 2003 14 Jul 2008
15 Jul 2008 14 Jul 2013
Sue McCarthy 15 Jul 1998 14 Jul 2003 Member
15 Jul 2003 14 Jul 2007
John Thom 15 Jul 1998 14 Jul 2003 Member
15 Jul 2003 14 Jul 2006
John Poynton AM 26 May 2000 25 May 2005 Member
25 May 2005 24 May 2010
Philip Lowe 8 Mar 2004 13 Apr 2009 Assistant Governor (Financial System) and
Deputy Chairman
18 Sep 2016 17 Sep 2023 Governor and Chair
Glenn Stevens AC 18 Sep 2006 17 Sep 2013 Governor and Chair
18 Sep 2013 17 Sep 2016 Governor and Chair
Robert McLean AM 29 Nov 2006 28 Nov 2011 Member
29 Nov 2011 28 Nov 2016
Catherine Walter AM 3 Sep 2007 2 Sep 2012 Member
3 Sep 2012 2 Sep 2017
3 Sep 2017 2 Sep 2022
Malcolm Edey 14 Apr 2009 28 Oct 2016 Assistant Governor (Financial System) and Deputy Chair
Brian Wilson AO 15 Nov 2010 14 Nov 2015 Member
15 Nov 2015 14 Nov 2020
Gina Cass-Gottlieb 15 Jul 2013 14 Jul 2018 Member
1 Aug 2018 31 Jul 2023
1 Aug 2023 31 Jul 2028
Paul Costello 15 Jul 2013 14 Jul 2018 Member
Wayne Byres 9 Jul 2014 30 Oct 2022 Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Michele Bullock 29 Oct 2016 1 Apr 2022 Assistant Governor (Financial System) and Deputy Chair
2 Apr 2022 17 Sep 2023 Deputy Governor and Deputy Chair
18 Sep 2023 17 Sep 2030 Governor and Chair
Deborah Ralston 15 Dec 2016 14 Dec 2021 Member
15 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2026
Greg Storey 1 Aug 2018 31 Jul 2023 Member
Scott Farrell 23 Mar 2022 22 Mar 2027 Member
John Lonsdale 1 Nov 2022   Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Ross Buckley 1 Aug 2023 31 Jul 2028 Member
Michelle Deaker 1 Aug 2023 31 Jul 2028 Member
Brad Jones 16 Jan 2024   Assistant Governor (Financial System) and Deputy Chair