TAL Chair Duncan Boyle retires, Mark Joiner appointed to the role

Australia’s leading life insurer, TAL, has today announced the appointment of highly respected financial services industry leader Mark Joiner as independent Chair, following Duncan Boyle’s decision to retire after eight years leading the board.

Mr Joiner has more than 30 years of corporate and financial services experience and is the Chair of QBE Insurance Group’s Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries. He is also independent Chair of digital property exchange platform PEXA and an independent non-executive director of Latitude Financial Services. He has held senior executive roles in Australia, the UK and the US at National Australia Bank, Citigroup and the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr Joiner said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to contribute to the next phase of development for TAL. I have been impressed by the transformation that has taken place over the last decade to establish TAL as the leading life insurer in Australia and look forward to working with the team to maintain that momentum for the benefit of all our stakeholders.”

Mr Boyle oversaw the most significant period of growth at TAL in its 150-year history, including the acquisitions of the Australian life insurance businesses of both Suncorp and Westpac, as well as guiding the company through a period of substantial regulatory and industry change.

Mr Boyle said: “Under CEO & Managing Director Brett Clark’s leadership TAL has achieved much in the past few years and the company is in a strong financial and operational position. There is still more to do and TAL is well placed to continue to prosper in the future. I am delighted at Mr Joiner’s appointment and the extensive financial services leadership experience he brings to the role and I wish him and the team all the best for the next phase of TAL’s development.”

About Mark Joiner

Mark Joiner was appointed to the TAL Board as an independent non-executive director in May 2022. Mark serves on the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the Remuneration, Nominations & People Committee.

Mark is an experienced company director, currently serving as the Chair of PEXA Group, an independent non-executive director of Latitude Financial Services and the Chair of QBE Insurance Group’s Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries.

Mark was the CFO of National Australia Bank from 2008 to 2013, having previously worked for Citigroup in the United States and as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group in Australia and the United States.

Mark is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.