Our people

Stephen Rogers
CEO Samoa, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Stephen Rogers was appointed CEO for ANZ Samoa in August 2009.

He has been with ANZ National Bank Limited in New Zealand for over 30 years during which he has gained an extensive background in Corporate Banking, Trade Finance and Retail Banking. Since 1999 he has been in Senior Leadership positions where he has successfully lead large and diverse teams on the east coast of New Zealand and Wellington.

Prior to taking up this appointment Steve was on secondment for 18 months as Executive Director, ING Insurance Services (NZ) Limited. A joint venture company with ANZ which was responsible for the manufacture of life and loan insurance products distributed through ANZ National Bank Limited.

Employment history:

Date History
2008 – 2009 Executive Director, ING Insurance Services Limited
2002 – 2008 Local – CEO, Wellington – ANZ, NZ
1999 – 2002 District Manager, East Coast – ANZ, NZ
1992 – 1999 Corporate Relationship Manager, Napier – ANZ, NZ
1987 – 1992 Manager International Advisory Service, Wellington/Christchurch – ANZ, NZ
1976 – 1987 Variety of general banking roles in Wellington and Auckland – ANZ, NZ

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Theresa Rivers
Chief Operating Officer, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Theresa is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for ANZ Samoa. She was appointed to the role in January 2007.

Before becoming the COO for ANZ Samoa, Theresa was previously part of the team setting up ANZ's partnership with the Royal Group Finance Company Limited in Cambodia. She worked initially as Manager Operations for one year then Manager Trade, Treasury and International Payments for 11months before returning to ANZ Samoa to take up the COO role.

Employment history:

Date History
2007 – 2010 Chief Operating Officer – ANZ Samoa
2005 – 2006 Trade, Treasury and International Payments Manager - ANZ Royal (Cambodia)
2004 – 2005 Operations Manager – ANZ Royal (Cambodia)
2002 - 2004 Transaction Processing Center Manager – ANZ Samoa
2001 – 2002 Sales and Planning Manager – ANZ Samoa
2001 (3 months) Relieving Chief Operating Officer – ANZ, Cook Islands
2000 - 2001 Support Operations Manager, Pacific - ANZ, Melbourne

Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Accounting, with a minor in Business Management from the Brigham Young University - Hawaii Campus.

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Owen Thomson
Head of Corporate & Commercial Services & Small Medium Enterprises, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Owen is the Head of Corporate Services and Commercial Banking for ANZ Samoa.

Owen was previously Head of Lending for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Solomon Islands branch for three years and has an excellent knowledge of the political culture in the Pacific.

He is customer focused and strives for improvements and results. One of his initiatives was to build a specialist business centre, then assisted with the designing and development of the ANZ Business Centre. This has proven a huge success. 

Employment history:

Date History
2004 – 2008 Head of Lending - ANZ, Solomon Islands
2001 – 2004 Regional Commercial and Agri Business Manager - ANZ, Tamworth Region, Australia
1998 – 2001 Head of Credit and Marketing – ANZ, Solomon Islands
1994 – 1998 Branch Manager, Madang – ANZ, PNG
1982 – 1992 Variety of general banking roles in New South Wales

Owen holds a Diploma of Management – FSU, Diploma of Management from Deakin University and is currently completing a Bachelor of Business Degree with the University of New England, expecting completion in 2010.

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Su’a Ross Neufeldt
Head of Customer Advocate and Business Development Manager, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Su’a Ross Neufeldt is the Head of Customer Advocate and Business Development Manager for ANZ Samoa.

He is responsible for increasing the value of existing ANZ Samoa businesses and developing future business relationships by applying specialist Samoan community, Government, social and cultural knowledge.

As a customer advocate the role aims to develop and grow collaborative and productive relationships with government, community and business customers for the benefit of ANZ Samoa and Samoa’s economic development.

Su’a was with the Bank of Western Samoa before it was bought by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited in 1990. He has 30 years of banking experience and has been through many managerial posts within ANZ Samoa.

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Catherine Jull
Head of Human Resources, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Catherine is the Head of Human Resources – ANZ Samoa.

The Human Resources function provides support to drive the people part of the ANZ Samoa Business.

As Head of Human Resources, Catherine oversees the strategies, processes and initiatives relating to employment and advancement of ANZ Samoa staff in Samoa.

Catherine joined ANZ Samoa in June 2008. Originally from New Zealand, she has a varied background in HR, IT and Management, gained through working in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea. Catherine has worked in the Adult Education and Entertainment/Tourism industries as well as NGO’s before moving into the financial services sector.

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Joanne Rasmussen 
Operational Risk & Compliance Manager, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Joanne was appointed Operational Risk & Compliance Manager in June 2010.

She re-joined the bank in March 2005 as Manager Asset Finance & Insurance and has since taken up roles in Leadership and Development - Human Resources, Retail Prime Banking and Quality Assurance in Operations.

Her current role is to; manage the application of the Group’s operational risk & compliance framework as it applies to ANZ Samoa internally and externally, the oversight of operational risk activities and to proactively lead and embed a risk culture.  

Joanne is also the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer and undertakes activities in accordance with ANZ’s Anti-Money Laundering and economic trade sanctions policies.

Joanne holds a Bachelor of Management Studies from the University of Waikato, New Zealand and a Masters in Business Administration from Deakin University, Australia.

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Mark Burns
Head of Retail, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Originally from Australia, Mark has held a number of positions with the ANZ Group in both Australia and Samoa and has been employed with ANZ Samoa again since 1998:

He also looked after Electronic Banking Services, as well as Rural and Community Banking. Mark has been with ANZ Samoa since 1998 after previously working with the Bank of Western Samoa from 1992 through 1996.

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Lynette Lees
Head of Treasury Samoa, ANZ Bank (Samoa) Limited

Lynette (Lyn) took up her new role as the Head of Treasury for ANZ Samoa in July 2008.

She is responsible for executing and providing Foreign Exchange Deals and Treasury services to all customers. She also manages the balance sheet and overlooks Trade Finance Services.

Lyn spent the last two years (2006 -2008) with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Cook Islands branch as the Manager Treasury International and was previously a Treasury dealer with ANZ Samoa.

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