AIA gets a new non-executive, independent board member

AIA New Zealand has appointed Michele Embling as an independent non-executive Director and she will chair the board audit and risk committee.

She is an experienced chair and board member for multiple private, not-for-profit, and public sector entities. Currently she chairs the External Reporting Board (XRB), and holds other governance roles at Transpower New Zealand, Toitū Tahua – The Centre for Sustainable Finance, the Australian Financial Reporting Council, and the University of Auckland’s Business School Advisory Board.

Embling has served as chair of PwC in New Zealand from 2016 to 2020, was a partner for 15 years and held numerous leadership, executive and governance roles within PwC in New Zealand and Asia.

She served as co-chair of Champions for Change from 2018 to 2020 and from 2011 to 2018 was a board member and deputy chair of Global Women.