TAL Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors leverage hundreds of years of collective experience, to take TAL into an exciting future.
Board Members
David Cohen
B.A., LLB
Independent Chair & Non-Executive Director
David Cohen was appointed to the TAL Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director in April 2025 and assumed the role of Board Chair in May 2025. David also serves on the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the Remuneration, Nominations & People Committee.
David is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Westpac Banking Group and a Panel Member at independent corporate advisory firm Adara Partners. David has also previously held a range of subsidiary directorships within the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Group.
David has extensive experience in financial services and was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CBA from November 2018 to December 2023. In that role, David oversaw business divestments, supervised mergers and acquisitions, and handled customer complaint resolution and remediation. Prior to that role, David was Group General Counsel, Group Executive Human Resources, Group Executive Corporate Affairs and Chief Risk Officer at CBA. David’s roles prior to joining CBA included General Counsel at AMP and a Partner at Allens Arthur Robinson.
Fiona Macgregor
MA (Hons)
Group CEO and Managing Director
Fiona Macgregor was appointed TAL Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in October 2024.
Since joining TAL in 2014, Fiona has held various leadership roles across innovation, customer, brand and technology. She was Chief Executive – Individual Life from 2023-2024 and Chief Information & Innovation Officer from 2018-2023.
Fiona has over 20 years’ experience in financial services. She spent the first part of her career in consumer banking in the UK where she developed expertise in customer-led innovation, working both locally and internationally. Fiona has also worked as an independent consultant, focusing on innovation culture and growth strategy.
Fiona holds an MA (Hons) Business Organisation from Heriot-Watt University. She is a member of the Champions of Change Coalition and a Non-Executive Director of the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI).
Christine Bartlett
BSc, MAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Christine Bartlett was appointed to the TAL Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2017. Christine chairs the Remuneration, Nominations & People Committee and also serves on the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee.
Christine is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mirvac, Reliance Worldwide and Australian Clinical Labs. She is Chair of the Committee for Economic Development for Australia (CEDA). Previously, Christine has been the Chair of The Smith Family, and a Director of Sigma Healthcare, GBST, PropertyLook and icare. Christine is a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Christine is an experienced CEO and senior executive with extensive line management experience gained through roles with IBM, Jones Lang LaSalle and National Australia Bank. Her executive career has included Australian, regional and global responsibilities based in Australia, the USA and Japan. Christine has completed senior executive management programs at INSEAD.
Paul Ruiz
BSc, FCA, GAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul was a partner with a ‘Big-4’ accounting firm specialising in the insurance and wealth management sectors of financial services and has worked with many of Australia’s leading insurers. He has also advised the Australian Accounting Standards Board on insurance matters. Originally from the United Kingdom, where he qualified as a chartered accountant, Paul moved to Australia in 1995 and has also lived in North Asia.
Paul is currently a Non-Executive Director of Perpetual Limited and serves as the Chair of its Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee. Paul has also previously held Directorships with the Fred Hollows Foundation and its controlled entity Alina Vision, AMA Group Limited, as well as being a member of a number of NSW Government Audit and Risk Committees.
Bruce Miller AO
B.A. (Hons), LL.B
Non-Executive Director
Bruce was Australian Ambassador to Japan from August 2011 until January 2017, and has had a 40 year association with Japan. He has spent much of his career dealing with Australia’s economic, political and security relationship with Japan, as well as, more broadly, Australia’s relations with East Asia, Australian responses to regional and global security issues and international legal issues.
In Australia, Bruce has occupied senior positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Bruce is currently the Chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board, a Non-Executive Director of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (which is TAL’s ultimate holding company) and also holds a number of advisory roles for a range of Japanese and academic institutions. Bruce speaks fluent Japanese.
Yuichiro Abe
Bachelor of Political Science and Economics
Non-Executive Director
Yuichiro has over three decades of experience in finance, insurance, corporate management and expanding international business and asset management.
Currently, Yuichiro is also the Executive Officer of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, and Director / Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer of DLI Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. He assumes responsibility for the development, expansion and enhancement of existing operations in the Dai-ichi Life Group’s international life insurance business in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, India, Indonesia and Thailand.
Naomi Edwards
BSc(Hons) FIAA FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Naomi is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (London and Australia). A former Partner of Deloitte, where she ran the Financial Services Industry Group, Naomi has had an executive career in the life insurance industry advising life insurers on M&A, valuations and pricing. Naomi has also worked extensively with fund managers and superannuation funds, in the Industry Super, Retail ESG and ethical super spaces. She currently works as a Chair and Non-Executive Director for listed and unlisted companies.
Naomi is currently the Chair of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Non-Executive Director for Yarra Investment Management and Propel Funeral Partners, and also holds a number of advisory roles in corporate governance. She is the former Chair of Spirit Super, Accurium Pty Limited and Australian Ethical Investment, and was the 2023 President of the Actuaries Institute of Australia. She has also served on the boards of Australian Ethical Super, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, the Tasmanian Development Board, Hunter Hall and Nikko AM Ltd.
Annette King
BEc (Actuarial Studies)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Annette is an actuary with over 30 years’ experience as a company director, CEO, CFO and CMO of significant financial institutions in Australia and Asia-Pacific, including Swiss Re, AXA, Manulife and Mercer.
Annette has deep experience in insurance, wealth management, superannuation, investments and broader financial services - particularly growing and transforming businesses through differentiated client/member experience, organisational culture, and innovation via data, digital and technology enablement.
Previously, Annette was a Non-Executive Director of MLC Super, a past President and Chair of the Actuaries Institute in Australia and also served as President and Chair of the Life Insurance Association of Singapore. She is a member of Chief Executive Women.
Annette is currently an independent Non-Executive Director of HCF, Australian Finance Group and U Ethical Investors.