Delia Rickhard

Ecstra Foundation Ltd (Ecstra) has appointed Ms Delia Rickard to its board, effective as at 18 April 2023.

Ms Rickard has over thirty years’ experience working on behalf of consumers.  Most recently she was Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from June 2012 until finishing with the Commission in January 2023 (see full bio below).

“We warmly welcome Delia to the Ecstra board,” Ecstra’s Chair Paul Clitheroe AM said. “She brings deep consumer policy expertise and sector leadership across her distinguished career.

“We are confident Ecstra will benefit from Delia’s insights into financial capability and her passion for financial literacy and consumer protection, as Ecstra delivers on its mission to help build the financial wellbeing of all Australians. 

“Ecstra’s suite of financial education programs in schools, community grants, and partnerships focused on improving consumer outcomes are vitally important as many Australians are navigating cost of living pressures and increasing household financial stress. Delia’s extensive experience and understanding of these areas will be enormously beneficial to Ecstra,” said Mr Clitheroe.

Ms Rickard says: “I am looking forward to contributing to an organisation whose core mission is financial capability and wellbeing, especially as Ecstra is committed to supporting community partners and schools based financial education programs. These are areas that I feel deeply passionate about.

“Ensuring consumers, especially young people, can access the information, tools and resources to make sound financial decisions has been a focus throughout my career.  I am pleased to be working with the Board to help elevate this important work.”

Caroline Stewart, CEO of Ecstra Foundation, says: “Delia joins our board at a critical juncture. She was instrumental in the development of the original and very successful National Financial Literacy Strategy. Given the uncertain external economic environment and many areas of persistent economic inequality, we would like to see renewed cross sector commitments, including by government to the current National Financial Capability Strategy, launched in 2022.

“This would include collaboration and coordination of the efforts of many stakeholders working directly to support consumers, a nationally consistent approach to providing effective financial education in schools and appropriate consumer protection and policy settings to help improve the financial futures of all Australians.”

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