Independent Non-Executive Director
Term of office: Appointed 14 April 2025
Board committees: Chair of People and Remuneration Committee, Member of Nominations Committee
Jacqui Coombes is an accomplished leader in the building industry retail sector with a strong commercial, customer and operational focus.
Her management career includes senior leadership roles with Bunnings including, most recently, as Group HR Director across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to that, Jacqui led Bunnings’ New Zealand business for 10 years. Jacqui was an executive director of Bunnings Group from 2017 to 2021 and Bunnings NZ from 2011 to 2021.
Prior to that, Jacqui was General Manager Operations for Spotlight Stores with overall responsibility for New Zealand, and for retail operations in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Her other senior executive roles have been with a range of large New Zealand and international businesses including Noel Leeming, Bond and Bond, PixiFoto, Woolworths, Aldi and Texaco.
Jacqui is a non-executive director of ASX-listed Guzman Y Gomez Limited.