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Sir Henry van der Heyden, KNZM (Chair) - IndependentSir Henry van der Heyden joined the Board on 23 March 2012 and was appointed as Chair on 29 November 2017. He graduated from Canterbury University with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree.
Sir Henry was a founding director of Fonterra Co-operative Group from the Co-operative's establishment in 2001 and was Chair from 2002 to 2012. He was awarded New Zealand Herald Business Person of the Year in 2007, New Zealand Chair of the Year in 2012 and the prestigious Rabobank Leadership Award in 2015.
Sir Henry has directorships with Better Eggs Limited, Foodstuffs North Island Limited, Foodstuffs New Zealand Limited, Henergy Cage-Free Limited, Rimu SA and its subsidiaries, Maxwell Farms Limited (and 5 related operating companies), Pascaro Investments Limited and WHGP Limited. He is also a director of a number of his own family businesses.
Sir Henry is a member of and the Chair of the Board People and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board Audit Committee and Board Risk and Compliance Committee.
Geerten BattjesMr Geerten Battjes joined the Board on 28 May 2015. He has a degree in Econometrics (Hons) from the State University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Mr Battjes joined Rabobank in 2009 and was responsible for the risk management function within Rabobank's international operations. Currently he is Rabobank’s Head of Enterprise Risk and Chief Credit Officer. Mr Battjes is the Senior Officer Outside Australia for Rabobank Australia Branch and a director of Rabobank New Zealand Limited.
Mr Battjes is a member of the Board Audit Committee, Board Risk and Compliance Committee and Board People and Remuneration Committee.
Christine Feldmanis - IndependentMs Feldmanis joined the Board on 1 September 2020. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Wollongong and a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
Ms Feldmanis is a non-executive director on a number of boards including Bell Asset Management Limited, Bell Financial Group Limited, Omni Bridgeway Limited, Utilities Trust of Australia and United Malt Group Limited. She has previously held executive positions with Deloitte, Elders Finance, Bankers Trust, NSW Treasury Corporation and Treasury Group Investment Services.
Ms Feldmanis is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Trustee Fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Certified Practising Accountant.
Ms Feldmanis is a member of and the Chair of the Board Audit Committee and a member of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee and Board People and Remuneration Committee.
James Fazzino - IndependentMr Fazzino joined the Board on 11 May 2020. He graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and is a fellow of CPA Australia.
Mr Fazzino held senior executive roles with Incitec Pivot Limited in the period 2003 to 2017 including as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2017. He was previously the Chair of Tassal Limited and is currently a director of Australia’s leading energy infrastructure group, APA Group, and is the Chair of Manufacturing Australia.
Mr Fazzino is a member of the Board Audit Committee, Board Risk and Compliance Committee and Board People and Remuneration Committee.
Mark WiessingCoinciding with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank Australia Limited, Mr Wiessing joined the Board on 1 May 2023. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Nyenrode Business University.
Mr Wiessing is a member of Rabobank’s global Management Team for Wholesale and Rural and is responsible for the Rabobank Australia and New Zealand Region in his capacity of Regional Manager, Australia and New Zealand.
Mr Wiessing has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial sector, including postings in South America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. He joined Rabobank in 2006 and for the past eight years was the Regional Manager South America and Chief Executive Officer Brazil. Prior to Rabobank Mr Wiessing held roles with other leading financial institutions including Standard Bank of South Africa, Citibank and ING.
Jillian Segal AO - IndependentMs Segal joined the Board on 12 March 2018. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Law (University Medalist for law) degree from the University of NSW and has a Master of Law from Harvard University. In 2019, Ms Segal was appointed as an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). She is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ms Segal holds a number of non-executive positions including Chair of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce and the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA). She is a member of the International supervisory Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science and President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). She is also a director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Grattan Institute. Previously, Ms Segal was a director of National Australia Bank and the Australian Securities Exchange. She was also Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Sydney and a Deputy Chair of ASIC.
Ms Segal is a member of and the Chair of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee and a member of the Board Audit Committee and Board People and Remuneration Committee.
Lara YocariniMs Lara Yocarini joined the Board on 1 December 2020. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies.
Ms Yocarini is an experienced executive who has worked across Europe, the United States and Africa, in finance, management consulting and not-for-profit organisations. She joined Rabobank’s Wholesale and Rural business in early 2020 and has been instrumental in driving delivery of its global strategic transformation agenda. Since October 2021, she has headed up Rabobank’s rural business internationally and looks after a portfolio of activities supporting Rabobank’s strategy and positioning as a leading Food & Agri bank. Ms Yocarini is a Member of the Shareholders Council of Rabo Partnerships and also a director of Rabobank New Zealand Limited.
Previously, Ms Yocarini was a Managing Director with Natixis CIB and an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company in Paris. Earlier in her career she worked for the United Nations Development Program in New York.
Ms Yocarini is a member of the Board Audit Committee, Board Risk and Compliance Committee and Board People and Remuneration Committee. She is a Director of Conservis LLC and also a director
or Rabobank New Zealand Limited.
