Melanie Laing

Ms Laing was group executive of HR at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where she was responsible for the strategic planning, transformation and implementation of the banks global people agenda and HR operations. Previously, she was global head of people and culture at Origin Energy, and has held senior HR leadership roles with Unisys, Vodafone, General Re and Times Mirror, in Australia and overseas. Melanie has over 30 years of working globally within multinational, listed, entrepreneurial and rapid growth businesses, with extensive experience across the financial services, energy and technology sectors. She is member of the risk and people committee.