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RESERVE BANK BOARD MEMBERS

Previous members of the Reserve Bank Board are listed in the following table, which includes the current members (shown in bold). Members are listed according to the start date of their first term; current members are also shown on the Reserve Bank Board page.


Member Start of Term End of Term Comment
HC ‘Nugget’ Coombs 14 January 1960
1 January 1963
31 December 1962
22 July 1968
Governor
Sir John Phillips KBE 14 January 1960
14 January 1967
23 July 1968
13 January 1967
22 July 1968
22 July 1975
Deputy Governor

Governor
Sir Roland Wilson CBE 14 January 1960 28 October 1966 Secretary to the Treasury
Sir William Anderson CBE 14 January 1960
25 June 1964
24 June 1964
22 March 1968
Member
(died in office)
Geoffrey Grimwade CMG 14 January 1960 22 February 1961 Member (died in office)
Sir William Gunn AC KBE CMG 14 January 1960
22 August 1962
22 August 1967
22 August 1972
21 August 1962
21 August 1967
21 August 1972
21 August 1977
Member
Sir Leslie Melville KBE 14 January 1960
22 August 1961
1 February 1965
22 August 1965
22 August 1970
21 August 1961
24 January 1963
21 August 1965
21 August 1970
21 August 1975
Member
(resigned)
Robert Osborne CBE 14 January 1960
22 August 1961
21 August 1961
21 August 1966
Member
Albert Symons MBE 14 January 1960 21 August 1961 Member
Sir Theo Kelly OBE 26 June 1961
22 August 1965
22 August 1970
21 August 1965
21 August 1970
21 August 1975
Member
Sir William Pettingell CBE 20 October 1961
20 October 1966
20 October 1971
19 October 1966
19 October 1971
19 October 1976
Member
Henry Rowden CBE 20 October 1961
22 August 1963
22 August 1968
21 August 1963
21 August 1968
21 August 1973
Member
Sir Donald Hibberd OBE 22 August 1966
22 August 1971
22 August 1976
21 August 1971
21 August 1976
21 August 1981
Member
Sir Richard Randall 28 October 1966 31 October 1971 Secretary to the Treasury
Sir Harold Knight KBE DSC 23 July 1968
23 July 1975
22 July 1975
13 August 1982
Deputy Governor
Governor
Sir Bruce Williams KBE 21 February 1969
25 June 1969
25 June 1974
25 June 1979
24 June 1969
24 June 1974
24 June 1979
30 June 1981
Member


(resigned)
Sir Frederick Wheeler AC CBE 1 November 1971 8 January 1979 Secretary to the Treasury
Bob Hawke AC 28 August 1973
28 August 1978
27 August 1978
17 September 1980
Member
(resigned)
Trevor Swan AO 22 August 1975
22 August 1980
21 August 1980
21 August 1985
Member
Sir Gordon Jackson AK 23 October 1975
23 October 1980
21 November 1985
22 October 1980
22 October 1985
20 November 1990
Member
Don Sanders AO CB 23 July 1975
23 July 1982
22 July 1982
10 March 1987
Deputy Governor
(resigned)
Sir Samuel Burston OBE 16 September 1977
16 September 1982
15 September 1982
15 September 1987
Member
Jack Davenport AC DSO DFC* GM 16 September 1977
16 September 1982
30 September 1987
15 September 1982
15 September 1987
29 September 1992
Member
John Stone 8 January 1979 14 September 1984 Secretary to the Treasury
Peter Nolan 15 July 1981 27 August 1983 Member
Hugh Morgan AC 15 July 1981
14 August 1996
29 July 1997
29 July 2002
24 June 1984
28 July 1997
28 July 2002
28 July 2007
Member
Sir Robert Cotton AO KCMG 22 August 1981 31 July 1982 Member (resigned)
Bob Johnston AC 14 August 1982 18 July 1989 Governor
Sir Phillip Lynch KCMG 19 January 1983 19 June 1984 Member (died in office)
Charlie Fitzgibbon AO 8 December 1983 7 December 1988 Member
Bernie Fraser 17 September 1984
18 September 1989
17 September 1989
17 September 1996
Secretary to the Treasury
Governor
Brian Quinn 2 August 1984
19 August 1988
8 May 1985
21 July 1992
Member (resigned)
(resigned)
Sir Peter Abeles AC 2 August 1984
2 August 1989
1 August 1989
1 August 1994
Member
Bob Gregory AO 21 November 1985
21 November 1990
20 November 1990
20 November 1995
Member
John Phillips AO 11 March 1987 10 April 1992 Deputy Governor
Bill Kelty AC 29 July 1987
29 July 1992
28 July 1992
4 March 1996
Member
(resigned)
Chris Higgins 18 September 1989 6 December 1990 Secretary to the Treasury
(died in office)
Tony Cole AO 14 February 1991 23 March 1993 Secretary to the Treasury
Alan Jackson AO 29 January 1991
29 January 1996
28 January 1996
28 January 2001
Member
Ian Macfarlane AC 11 April 1992
18 September 1996
18 September 2003
17 September 1996
17 September 2003
17 September 2006
Deputy Governor
Governor
Solomon Lew 19 August 1992 18 August 1997 Member
Janet Holmes à Court AC 19 August 1992 18 August 1997 Member
Richard Warburton AO 22 December 1992
22 December 1997
21 December 1997
21 December 2002
Member
Graeme Thompson 8 February 1993 30 June 1998 Deputy Governor
Ted Evans AC 10 May 1993 26 April 2001 Secretary to the Treasury
Frank Lowy AC 27 June 1995
27 June 2000
27 June 2003
26 June 2000
26 June 2003
9 December 2005
Member
Adrian Pagan 29 November 1995 28 November 2000 Member
Steve Grenville AO 1 December 1996 30 November 2001 Deputy Governor
Jillian Broadbent AO 7 May 1998
7 May 2003
7 May 2008
6 May 2003
6 May 2008

6 May 2013
Member
Donald McGauchie AO 30 March 2001
30 March 2006

29 March 2006
29 March 2011

Member
Ken Henry AC 27 April 2001   Secretary to the Treasury
Warwick McKibbin 31 July 2001
31 July 2006
30 July 2006
30 July 2011
Member
Glenn Stevens 21 December 2001
18 September 2006
17 September 2006
17 September 2013
Deputy Governor
Governor
Robert Gerard AO 20 March 2003 2 December 2005 Member (resigned)
Roger Corbett AO 2 December 2005 1 December 2010 Member
Ric Battellino 14 February 2007 13 February 2012 Deputy Governor
Graham Kraehe AO 14 February 2007 13 February 2012 Member
John Akehurst 31 August 2007 30 August 2012 Member

 

 

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