Rabobank Australia & New Zealand announces appointment of new Chief Human Resources Officer
Rabobank Australia & New Zealand has announced the appointment of Kathryn Marler to the position of Group Executive, Chief Human Resources Officer.
Ms Marler will lead the HR and Corporate Affairs functions across the bank’s Australian and New Zealand operations, joining the Region Australia, New Zealand Executive Team and reporting to Caroline Oosterbaan, CEO of Rabobank Australia and Regional Manager, Australia and New Zealand.
Announcing the appointment, Ms Oosterbaan said Ms Marler brought to the role “extensive People and Culture experience in complex, highly-regulated organisations, together with deep banking knowledge and a strong commitment to building high-performing, future-ready teams”.
“Kathryn’s blend of deep banking-sector expertise and large-scale transformation experience was central to her appointment. Operating within a global cooperative structure, Rabobank sought a leader able to continue to build a People and Culture strategy consistent with the Rabobank Group, while remaining genuinely responsive to the needs of the Australian and New Zealand business,” Ms Oosterbaan said.
Ms Marler joins Rabobank from Westpac Banking Corporation, where she held a number of senior leadership roles shaping enterprise-wide transformation and delivering People and Culture strategy.
Part of the global cooperative Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist food and agribusiness bank, Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is one of the region’s leading agricultural banks and a major provider of corporate and business banking services to the Australian and New Zealand food and agribusiness sectors. Rabobank also provides online retail savings and deposits in the Australian and New Zealand markets.
Ms Marler said she “is excited to join Rabobank at such an important time for the bank and the sector it serves”.
“Rabobank’s cooperative culture, and its deep, long-term commitment to Australian and New Zealand farmers and food producers, is something I’ve long admired. I’m looking forward to partnering with Caroline and the leadership team to build the workforce capability that will carry that mission forward,” she said.
Ms Marler commences in the role, subject to regulatory approval, on October 6.
