News and Articles

After 12 years on the board, including as Deputy Chair and Board Risk Committee Chair, Graeme Willis has retired, effective from 31 March 2025.

Well, perhaps not running the world but they’re making an impact, particularly at Bank First, and we continue to applaud and acknowledge the work of our female colleagues.

The first Board meeting of 2025 was an opportunity for Chair, Simon Terry, to show Jen Johanson around the Bank First offices.

Hear from CEO Michelle Bagnall, her experience and our bank’s commitment to nursing and education students.

We were sad this week to hear the news of the passing of Bank First inaugural Board Chair and one of our founding members, Peter Leonard-Kanevsky.

As a proud mutual bank - we’re sharing our story globally in 2025 - a year declared as the International Year of Cooperatives. And the best place to start? At the very beginning.

We have started 2025 with a welcome to new board director Jen Johanson who joined Bank First on 1 January. Welcome Jenny.

Simon Terry returns to Bank First as Chair, having served on the board from 2018 until 2022.

Who better to put their voice to our Acknowledgement of Country than the people Members speak to when they call our Call Centre?

Bank First is delighted to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Compton to the board of directors.