Directors and Executive Management

Michael Gobel

Chair, Non-executive Director

Michael has been a Director of Hume Bank since 2012 and Chairperson since December 2020. Michael was previously Chairperson from November 2013 to October 2016, and Deputy Chairperson from November 2012 to November 2013 and November 2016 to December 2020. Michael is a member of the Risk Committee and the Remuneration and Succession Committee. 

Michael is an experienced equity funds manager and has provided strategic financial advice to the private business sector, major domestic and international investment funds.

Michael also has extensive experience working in capital markets where he has advised and structured numerous debt and equity issues for government and semi government agencies, ASX listed companies including banks and financial institutions.

Michael plays an active role in NE Victoria regional development, having been on a number of regional, Commonwealth, State Government, Educational and Private sector Boards and Advisory Committees.

B Sc, MAppFin, GAICD

Kerry Grigg

Non-executive Director

Kerry was appointed to the Board in July 2017, is Chair of the Remuneration and Succession Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Kerry is the Corporate Vice President, Talent Development and Strategic Workforce Planning at Novo Nordisk, a Danish based Pharmaceutical Company. In previous roles, Kerry was formerly the Global head of Leadership Development at A.P. Moller – Maersk, Global Talent Director at Mars Incorporated, business consultant to both public and private companies and academic at Charles Sturt University (Albury Campus) and Monash University (Caulfield Campus).

Kerry has deep expertise in human resource management and specifically, organisational development and broad business acumen due to the variety of roles and geographies she has worked across.

B Com, M Com (Marketing) (Hons), PhD, GAICD

Paul McGill

Non-executive Director

Paul has been a Director of Hume Bank since 2016 and is currently a member of both the Remuneration and Succession and Audit Committee. 

Paul brings a diverse, 30 plus year, private sector and management consulting background. He held management consulting roles with both Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers before setting up in private practice. Paul has also held a number of non-executive director roles for both private and not for profit companies.

He has advised ASX listed entities, SMEs, local, state and commonwealth government and not for profit and social enterprises. He has provided consulting advice to boards, committees of management and senior executives and investors across a range of sectors and geographies including corporate and business strategy, business and operational transformation and governance.

B Sc, GAICD

Alison Prentice

Chief Risk Officer

Alison joined Hume Bank in 2011 and has over 20 years financial service industry experience.

Alison is responsible for the Risk, Compliance and Legal teams, as well as the Corporate Secretary function.

Assoc. Dip (Accounting)

Jason Woolhouse

Chief Innovation Officer

Jason joined Hume Bank in 2014 and has over 16 years financial services and banking industry experience.

Jason is responsible for the Product, Innovation and Design teams who enable our channels and products for the benefits of customers.

B Sc

Alison Wild

Chief Customer Officer

Alison joined Hume Bank in 2021 and has over 25 years’ experience in marketing, brand, strategy and customer experience.

Alison is responsible for our customer experience, marketing and community impact teams.

B Bus, Grad Dip Banking & Finance