Our Leadership Team - Board of Directors

Mark is a professional Chair and Director with a passion for leading and shaping businesses as they grow and transform. Following a successful 25-year executive career, Mark has spent more than 15 years in a wide portfolio of director and chair roles across financial services, FMCG, manufacturing, automotive and transport, health, education, investment and primary sectors with public, private and Crown entities. He has extensive experience in finance, audit, risk and assurance areas.

“I’m proud to be part of TSB. With a proven track record of customer excellence and supporting the community, TSB punches above its weight in the banking sector.“

Mike is Deputy Chair and Director of TSB Board in addition to Chair of the Audit Committee. He has an extensive history working in governance and executive roles across professional services, health, primary industries, and technology sectors.Former partner of professional services firm PwC and CEO of law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts, he is also currently director and Audit Committee Chair of Silver Fern Farms Limited, director and Audit Committee Chair of ProCare and Homecare Medical (Healthline), and chair of technology company MiMoMax Wireless Limited.

Kate brings strong legal and risk management skills to TSB, with a deep understanding of compliance and risk frameworks. She is a qualified lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in financial services and governance.  

Kate has spent significant time working within in-house legal teams at banks, both within New Zealand and overseas – including Mizuho Corporate Bank, Barclays Capital, ANZ NZ, and most recently at Westpac NZ.  

Kate is an experienced audit and risk subcommittee Chair, and currently sits on the Boards of Vero and Asteron Insurance and the NZ Housing Foundation.  

“I’m proud to be a part of TSB and contribute to its long history of customer care, community connection, and its vision of being the easiest bank to deal with.”  

Darren has an extensive background in organisational change, marketing and communications and digital transformation across several industries and large international companies.

Darren is currently the CEO of GoSee, as well as being Chair for digital transformation agency Hype & Dexter and until recently was a director for Auckland Transport. Prior to this he was CEO at Yellow New Zealand where he led its transformation into New Zealand’s largest digital marketing agency for small to medium sized business and saw it win an award for its work on diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Darren is passionate about customer engagement and building diverse and inclusive cultures.

“I’m proud to be part of the TSB team, a customer centric organisation that reinvests back into the community, cares about its people and is on an exciting transformational journey.”

Natalie is a leader with her finger on the pulse of both the business world and the arts realm. She has spent close to two decades in the financial services sector working across product management, marketing, brand, distribution channel management and strategy.  

Natalie founded her own marketing consultancy in 2012, Home of the Brave and today has a portfolio of business interests in addition to her TSB directorship. She has held a number of governance roles, including with the Vodafone Foundation and New Zealand’s largest not-for-profit arts crowdfunding platform, Boosted.  

“From the very beginning TSB has been there for its customers and community and 170 years later nothing has changed. In an industry not known for truly caring for their customers, TSB stands apart.  We know that because our customers tell us so. That’s why I’m very proud to be part of the TSB whānau.” 

Liana has a legal background with a strong focus on Treaty of Waitangi, Māori land and Māori governance. She has served in governance positions for the past 20 years and currently holds a vast array of governance roles across a range of iwi organisations, private trusts, charitable trusts, Māori land entities and statutory bodies.

Liana also serves as a Trustee for the Bank’s shareholder, Toi Foundation and is proud to be following in the footsteps of her grandfather Ted Tamati who was a foundation member of the then TSB Community Trust and served as a Trustee from 1988 to 2001.

"It is a privilege to serve on the TSB Board and in turn be able to contribute to the longstanding commitment of the bank to its customers and community".

Based in Wellington, Melanie Templeton has extensive governance experience spanning both public and private sectors in fintech, agtech, and digital banking. She most recently served as the Chair of PledgeMe Ltd, as well as an Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for MTF Finance Ltd and Xerra Ltd. She has also been a Committee Member on Inland Revenue’s Risk and Assurance Committee since 2017.

Mel has a high level of expertise in the areas of digital transformation, risk, compliance, regulation and marketing. Mel has an understanding and appreciation of Te ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations.