Helen Rowell
President, IOPS and Deputy Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
President, IOPS and Deputy Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Helen Rowell was appointed as Deputy Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in November 2015. She joined APRA in 2002 as General Manager, Industry Technical Services and has held a number of senior roles, including General Manager, Diversified Institutions Division, General Manager, Policy Development and Executive General Manager, Supervisory Support Division prior to her appointment as APRA Member, with primary responsibility for superannuation, from July 2013. Rowell was also the Chair of APRA’s cross-divisional general insurance industry group from 2006 to 2011, and has represented APRA at various subcommittees of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, on the FSB’s Supervisory Intensity and Effectiveness Group and was previously co-Chair of the Joint Forum Financial Conglomerates Committee. She is also currently the APRA representative on the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions and was appointed President of the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors in November 2019. Prior to joining APRA, Rowell was a partner at the international consulting firm Towers Perrin and is a fellow and past president of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.
