Primary Job Title Director Primary Organization Woolworths Group
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia Gender Male
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Michael Ullmer is Chairman of the Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Committee (since March 2012 and a member since January 2012). He is also a member of the Nomination Committee.
Mr Ullmer has a degree in mathematics from the University of Sussex. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Senior Fellow of the Financial
Services Institute of Australasia.
Mr Ullmer has extensive experience in the accounting and banking sectors. He was the Deputy Group Chief Executive at National Australia Bank (NAB) from October 2007 until he stepped down from the Bank in August 2011. He joined NAB in 2004 as Finance Director and held a number of key positions including Chairman of the subsidiaries Great Western Bank (US) and JBWere.
Prior to NAB, Mr Ullmer was at Commonwealth Bank of Australia initially as Chief Financial Officer and then Group Executive for Institutional and Business Banking. Before that he was a Partner at Accounting Firms KPMG (1982 to 1992) and Coopers & Lybrand (1992 to 1997).
Mr Ullmer was previously a Director of National Australia Bank (2004 to 2011), Fosters Group Limited (2008 to 2011), and Bank of New Zealand (2007 to 2011). He is currently a Director of Lend Lease (since December 2011) and sits on the Boards of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chairs Schools Connect Australia. On 1 September 2012 he became a member of the Nomura Australia Advisory Board.
Mr Ullmer was appointed a Director of Woolworths Limited in January 2012.
