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One woman's path to the C-suite: Michelle McPherson nib CFO

Gen Collective in partnership with PKF is pleased to present Michelle McPherson Chief Financial Officer of nib, one of the region’s most accomplished women as our guest speaker this April.

Join us as we hear from Michelle about her path to the C-suite including her leadership journey, challenges she has faced and her successes at nib.

Talk about keeping it local! nib have been long term clients of corporate sponsor and event partner PKF who have helped make this event possible.

Date | Tuesday 24 April, 2018
Time | 7:00 am - 9:00 am
Venue | PKF atrium, 755 Hunter Street, Newcastle West
Tickets | $25 for Gen Collective members, $30 general public

SPECIAL APRIL & MAY COMBO - $90 for both events

Sales close midnight Thursday 19 April or until sold out.

Michelle McPherson

Michelle joined nib health funds in 2003 as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. In addition to these duties, she is also Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the nib holdings limited group.  

As CFO, Michelle has wide-ranging responsibilities across the nib Group including finance, business intelligence, corporate affairs and investor relations, project management, procurement and asset management.

Prior to nib, Michelle worked at Caltex Australia for 10 years in a range of financial positions and also spent eight years in chartered accounting.

Michelle is a member of the University of Newcastle Council and the board of Hunter Valley Grammar School.

She is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In 2007, nib became the first Australian health fund to demutualise and list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: NHF). Today the nib Group operates as a private health insurer for Australian and New Zealand residents and international visitors and students to Australia. Overall the nib Group insures over 1.3 million lives. In addition, the nib Group includes the World Nomads Group (WNG), the third largest distributor of travel insurance in Australia. WNG specialises in the marketing, sale and distribution of travel insurance policies globally