CEO | Trustee & Digital Transformation Leader

Kerridge & Partners; Auckland; On-site; NZD 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Trust in Auckland is seeking a Chief Executive to provide strategic and business leadership for a Crown entity delivering trustee services. The role focuses on strong commercial performance, fiduciary responsibility and public-purpose outcomes while reporting to the Board.

You will shape the organisation's strategic direction, lead the Executive Team, drive customer and employee outcomes and build a values-based culture of care, capability and accountability in a complex financial

Qualifications

• Proven chief executive or senior executive leadership experience in a complex, customer-facing organisation, ideally within financial services, trustee, legal or professional services, with accountability for commercial, customer and people outcomes.
• Experience leading customer and digital transformation, including modernising service models, products and technology platforms.
• Track record of developing and delivering growth strategy, including commercial negotiations, acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
• Ability to lead a high-performing executive team and build a values-based culture of care, capability and accountability.
• Strong understanding of risk, regulation and governance in a regulated financial services environment; experience working with a Board and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and business leadership of Public Trust, ensuring outcomes aligned with the Public Trust Act.
• Shape strategic direction and lead the Executive Team to deliver it, building a future-focused organisation.
• Strengthen customer experience across in-person, virtual and digital channels and evolve the product portfolio.
• Grow Corporate Trustee Services, pursue acquisitions and partnerships.
• Maintain oversight of risk and regulation in a complex financial services environment and build trusted relationships with Ministers, regulators and stakeholders.

Skills

Executive leadership

Digital transformation

Growth strategy

Regulatory governance

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Job description

Public Trust in Auckland is seeking a Chief Executive to provide strategic and business leadership for a Crown entity delivering trustee services. The role focuses on strong commercial performance, fiduciary responsibility and public-purpose outcomes while reporting to the Board.

You will shape the organisation's strategic direction, lead the Executive Team, drive customer and employee outcomes and build a values-based culture of care, capability and accountability in a complex financial