Meet the team

Craig Manson

Chair and Non-Executive Director

Craig has 15 years board experience across the private sector where he’s had success in helping companies achieve strong growth, improve governance and risk models, contribute to capital structuring, and guiding companies through periods of great change. His background is in the technology, financial services, consumer electronics and healthcare markets.

Craig is a full-time Board Director and Advisory Board Chair and in addition to Alex Bank currently Chairs the Boards of Galilee Solicitors, Respond Global, Toustone and is a Non-Executive Director of Marketboomer. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Computershare Communication Services, Executive Director of Canon Australia, and Managing Director of Canon NZ.

Katherine Ostin

Non-Executive Director

Kathy is a deeply experienced executive having spent 24 years with KPMG in Australia, Asia, the United States and UK as partner in the Audit, Assurance & Risk Consulting division, and in various other senior management roles. She has broad sector expertise, across software distribution, investment and regional banking, financial services, treasury operations, wealth management, technology, transport and health.

Kathy is an experienced non-executive director and Chair of Audit & Risk Committees and Chair of Nominations Committees of publicly listed and unlisted companies.

Don Koch

Non-Executive Director

Don has over three decades of leadership and governance experience in financial services across Australia, Europe and Asia. He was CEO at ING Bank Australia and ING Bank Italy, and part of the team that launched ING Direct in Australia.

Don is Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Cache Investment Management Ltd, an Industry Advisory Board Member of the University of Technology Sydney Business School and a Governor of the Cerebral Palsy Australia Research Foundation. He has previously served as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of BNK Banking Corporation.

Don holds a Masters in Banking and Finance from the University of Technology Sydney, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has completed the International Directors Program at INSEAD.

David Foster

Non-Executive Director

David has over 25 years’ experience in financial services, including serving as Chief Executive Officer at Suncorp Bank and holding a range of senior leadership positions at Suncorp Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation.

David is Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Bolt Group and of NuiPay Pacific Pty Ltd. He has served as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of major listed and unlisted entities including Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Youi Insurance, G8 Education, Star Entertainment and Genworth Mortgage Insurance.

David holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Business Administration, is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Megan Keleher

Chief Executive Officer

Megan has over 25 years of business management and strategic marketing experience across finance, technology, media and telecommunications. Previously Deputy CEO of Great Southern Bank, she has held executive positions at Fujitsu, Telstra, Foxtel and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and also managed her own successful consulting business, specialising in brand strategy and marketing. Megan has significant experience of leading major business transformation, including the award-winning rebranding of Credit Union Australia to Great Southern Bank, culture and capability programs at Telstra and digital change at Foxtel.

Megan is currently a Non-Executive Director of the National Breast Cancer Foundation and a member of the Griffith Business School Strategic Advisory Board. She also previously served as a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Association of National Advertisers.

David Garvis

Acting Chief Financial Officer

David has more than 25 years’ experience across banking, financial services and corporate finance. His expertise includes bank capital management, statutory and regulatory reporting, stress testing and regulatory change.

He was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Wiley, which he joined as Funding and Commercial Manager. Before that, he spent more than eight years at Suncorp Group. His roles there included Executive Manager Group Financial & Regulatory Reporting, Executive Manager Bank Forecasting & Capital, and Executive Manager Bank Regulatory Affairs, where he managed the post-GFC regulatory change agenda with external regulators. He also led Suncorp Bank’s stress testing program and has led finance teams of more than 35 people.

David is a Chartered Accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and a Master of Applied Finance from Kaplan Professional.

Steve Kluss

Chief Operations Officer

Steve has more than 30 years’ experience in Banking, Financial Services and technology - with a proven track record in balancing customer experience, team engagement, operational efficiency and risk management.

Prior to joining Alex Bank, Steve was a Director at NAC Consulting, one of the fastest growing consultancy firms in Australia. Steve also held several Executive General Manager positions within the Suncorp Group responsible for Retail, Business and Treasury Operations, Distribution and Lending Product.

As a member of the Suncorp Senior Executive team, he was a key member of Risk and Compliance committees, while also completing board member duties as a member of the Queensland Finance Advisory Board and a Fellow of FINSA. Steve also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Postgraduate in Leadership from USQ.

Steven Degetto

Chief Commercial Officer

Steven has over 25 years' experience in banking, insurance, and financial services. He has a strong track record of developing partnerships and creating value across a range of customer groups, with a deep understanding of customer opportunities and challenges.

Steven joined Alex Bank after consulting on sales and distribution for 18 months, while also serving as joint Managing Director of Natloans Group. Prior to this, he was Chief Commercial Officer at Genworth (now Helia), and has also held Executive roles at Suncorp Bank and Macquarie Bank, with a focus on Intermediary Distribution.

Steven holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Tasmania, a post Graduate in Applied Finance and Investment and has completed a Global Leadership program at Tuck Business School.

Michael McLennan

Chief Risk Officer

Michael has over 25 years’ financial services leadership experience ranging from Australian ASX-listed challenger financial institutions through to a global financial conglomerate, leading key risk and financial functions drawing upon skills across the broad spectrum of finance, risk and internal audit.

Prior to joining Alex Bank, he was the Chief Risk Officer for BankVic. Previous roles included Chief Risk Officer and General Manager of Internal Audit for Auswide Bank and Chief Financial Officer for Pioneer Permanent Building Society.

Michael also has international financial management experience from senior management roles with Lloyds Banking Group while based in the UK. These roles included planning for the Group’s International Retail Banking operations and management of the Group’s economic capital and economic profit frameworks.