Geoff Summerhayes

Geoff Summerhayes is an independent director of Heartland. He is also, Chair of Zurich Australia and New Zealand, Chair of Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) (an independent think-tank whose focus and mission is accelerating to a prosperous zero-emission Australia), a senior advisor to the Pollination Group (a climate advisory and investment firm), Chair for the Australian Institute of Company Directors' Climate Governance Initiative. He has extensive commercial and regulatory experience across a wide range of sectors including banking, insurance and financial services prudential regulation. Previously, Geoff was a Board member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for a five-year term until December 2020.

Geoff is recognised as a global leader on climate change financial risk through his regulatory work at APRA, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the UN Environment Programme where he chaired the Sustainable Insurance Forum. Prior to his Board role at APRA, Geoff was CEO of Suncorp Life in Australia and New Zealand, held several senior executive roles at National Australia Bank in strategy, and asset finance, business banking products and distribution.