Non-executive Member – Payments System Board John Lonsdale

John Lonsdale was appointed as Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on 31 October 2022 after joining APRA as Deputy Chair on 8 October 2018. In his Deputy Chair role, Mr Lonsdale was responsible for oversight of Australia’s banking sector, as well as oversight of APRA’s work on culture and remuneration, building APRA’s crisis-resolution capability and strengthening APRA’s collaboration with peer regulators.

Prior to joining APRA, Mr Lonsdale worked for the Australian Treasury for over 30 years. He was a member of the Treasury’s Executive and, in his role as Deputy Secretary for the Markets Group, he had responsibility for financial system, consumer and foreign investment policy. In 2014, he led the Secretariat for the Financial System Inquiry.