Biography
Michael Kay has been IMF’s Non-Executive Chairman since 1 July 2015. He brings a wealth of commercial experience, with a sound track record of building successful businesses. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer and managing director of salary packaging company McMillan Shakespeare Ltd. He was previously CEO of national insurer AAMI and before that spent 12 years in private legal practice.
Mr Kay is non-executive director of RAC Insurance Pty Limited, and chairman and non-executive director of City Chic Collective Ltd. He retired as chairman and non-executive director of Lovisa Holdings Limited in October 2018, and as chairman and executive director of ApplyDirect Limited in March 2019.
Mr Kay is a member of IMF Bentham’s audit and risk committee, remuneration committee, corporate governance committee and nomination committee.
Mr Kay holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (University of Sydney, Australia). He is a former member of the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council, the Administrative Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia, the Victorian Government Finance Industry Council and the Committee for Melbourne.