Barbara Chapman

Barbara Chapman is a New Zealand based independent director, currently serving on the boards of Genesis Energy, NZME, Fletcher Building and The New Zealand Initiative. She is also Patron of the New Zealand Rainbow Tick Excellence Awards. Barbara's core career was in banking and life insurance. She was most recently the CEO and Managing Director of ASB Bank, Commonwealth Bank's New Zealand business. Prior to that Barbara was Group Executive Human Resources and Group Services at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and held an earlier role as the CEO of Sovereign Assurance Limited. In 2017 Barbara was named New Zealand Executive of the Year, and in 2018 she received the inaugural INFINZ Diversity and Inclusion award for her longstanding work in this area. Barbara was also New Zealand's inaugural ‚Äö'Marketer of the Year' in 1997 and has received numerous awards for innovative and effective marketing throughout her career. Barbara is a former Chair of Oxfam New Zealand and a former Director of Oxfam International. She was also an inaugural Trustee of the New Zealand Equal Opportunities Trust and its Chair for several years.