Commbank appoints first independent Chair

Commonwealth Bank has appointed Anne Templeman-Jones as its first independent chair to the boards of Commonwealth Bank Advice Companies - Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited, BW Financial Advice Limited, Financial Wisdom Limited and Count Financial Limited.

She replaces Commonwealth Bank Wealth Management group executive, Annabel Spring who will continue to serve as a director.

Templeman-Jones has 25 years' experience working in senior management and board roles across financial services organisations in corporate and institutional banking, wealth and private banking and risk management. She has advised some of Australia and New Zealand's largest companies, including Westpac, ANZ and Bank of New Zealand in commercial roles, and organisations including at TAL Superannuation, Cuscal, GUD Holdings Limited and APN News Media as a non-executive director.