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Mr Matthew Quinn

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Quinn was formerly the Managing Director of Stockland, an ASX top 50 company, from 2000 to 2013.

He was National President of the Property Council of Australia from 2003 to 2005 and a Director of the Business Council of Australia in 2012.

He is now a Non-executive Director of CSR Limited and Regis Healthcare Limited and is Chairman of TSA Management Group Holdings Pty Ltd.

Mr Quinn is involved in a number of not-for-profits and is on the Board of the Australian Business and Community Network Scholarship Foundation.

Mr Andrew Russell

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Andrew is an experienced senior executive with expertise in developing corporate strategy, sales leadership and market entry. In his role as EGM Financial Services at REA Group, in 2016 he developed the business case and launched REA’s new financial services business.

Prior to joining REA, Mr Russell was GM and Interim CEO of Mortgage Choice, where he led the successful launch of its wealth management and financial planning business, and prior to that he was appointed by the Virgin Group to lead the Australian market entry for Virgin Money.

Mr Rob Bazzani

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Bazzani was formerly a top level Partner with global consulting firm KPMG, where he served in multiple leadership roles including as a member of KPMG’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which oversaw and was responsible for the firm’s turnover, strategic decision making, profitability and operations. He has significant hands-on experience in running and growing large scale and complex businesses, and is well skilled in business strategy and management, governance, accounting and law. He has worked extensively in corporate finance and advisory roles across a range of industries in both Australia and Asia Pacific.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Law (LLB) and a Bachelor of Science (BSc). He is also a non-executive director of other listed and unlisted companies in Australia and a member of several advisory boards and committees.

Ms Kathryn Foster

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms Foster has a strong background in technology, sales and early stage start-up companies. Ms. Foster has more than two decades of experience designing, building and running large internet-based businesses. Prior to becoming a professional non-exec director, Ms. Foster was executive Senior Director of Xbox Games Marketplace as well as Microsoft Store online where she managed the profit and loss and global expansion in over 200 geographies with annual revenue budgets in the low billions of dollars. She has extensive technical and commercial experience in software and hardware solutions and advises companies on strategy and technology.

Since moving to Australia, Ms. Foster first joined Class Ltd prior to the IPO in 2015 and is the Chair of the Renumeration Nomination HR Committee.

Ms Foster is also a non-executive director for other listed and unlisted companies in Australia.

Ms Foster holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in International Marketing from Oregon State University and Associate of Science (ASc) - Computer Science and Information Systems from SCC Seattle, USA.

Ms Nicolette Rubinsztein

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms Rubinsztein is a non-executive director of Zurich Australia Limited/OnePath Insurance, UniSuper, SuperEd, CBHS Health Fund Ltd and the Actuaries Institute.

In her executive career she held senior roles at CBA / Colonial First State, BT Funds Management and Towers Perrin.

Ms Rubinsztein was also a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for eight years and chair of its Super System Design Council. A qualified actuary, she holds an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Panos Alexandratos

Chief Operating Officer

Mr Alexandratos is a superannuation industry professional, with over 25 years’ local and international experience in management, operational, IT and software development consulting.

He specialises in commercialising products for market and building operational frameworks, developing solutions and bridging the gap between business aspirations and IT capabilities.

Mr Alexandratos pioneered the establishment of a global IT consulting group’s successful practices in both Australia and the United States.

He has held trusted adviser roles with a variety of government departments and large institutions in the superannuation industry in both Australia and the United States.

He holds a double major in Actuarial and Computer Science.

Ms Jacqui Levings

Chief People Officer

Jacqui heads up Human Resources and partners with Class leaders to execute our People & Culture strategy to attract, develop and retain top talent.

Ms Alexis Rouch

Chief Technology Officer

Alexis joined Class in March 2020 as Chief Technology Officer with many years experience leading transformational change in technology and financial services, both locally and internationally.

Mr Jason Wilson

Chief Customer Officer

Jason brings to the Class Leadership team over twenty years’ experience across a range of financial services institutions including online broking, retail banking, and wealth management. Prior to joining Class, he was a founding member of the Digital Leadership team at the Commonwealth Bank which introduced agile at scale as well as several innovations including the launch of the MyWealth investment platform. His career spans a range of marketing, customer experience and product development roles within large institutions and start up technology businesses.