Peter McGregor
Chair

First appointed 16 May 2023. Current appointment expires 15 May 2026.

Mr McGregor is a company Director and adviser. He has over 30 years’ experience in senior finance roles, with a particular expertise in Financial Markets and Funds Management.

His previous roles include having been Chief Financial Officer of the ASX50 company, Asciano, and a partner in the Investment Banking firm of Goldman Sachs JBWere. He was also Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking & Markets, Victoria, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Mr McGregor has extensive experience as a company Director. He is a former Chairman of the Port of Geelong and Director of Melbourne Airport.

Mr McGregor is Chairman and/or Director of a range of ASX-listed, unlisted and Not For Profit companies, including Chair of Investment & Finance Committee, Australia Indonesia Business Council, Advisory Board Member of Boman Group Pty Ltd, Director of Imricor Medical Systems (ASX:IMR) and Director of Infrastructure Specialist Asset Management Pty Ltd.

Helen Thornton
Deputy Chair

First appointed 1 July 2017. Current appointment expires 30 June 2026.

Ms Thornton is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience spanning a wide range of industries including financial services.

Ms Thornton has extensive experience in governance, audit and risk management and has held senior leadership roles at Deloitte, KPMG, BHP Ltd and Bluescope Steel Ltd, where she was responsible for the global risk management function.

Ms Thornton has over 20 years' experience as a non-executive director and holds the following appointments:

  • Director, McPhersons
  • Director, ANSVAR Insurance Pty Ltd
  • Director, Arena REIT
Chris Barrett

First appointed 19 December 2023. Current appointment expires 18 December 2026.

Mr Barrett is Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance and has almost 30 years of experience in public policy.  He leads the Department in its role of providing economic, financial and resource management policy advice to the Victorian Government.

Mr Barrett commenced as DTF Secretary in December 2023, having joined DTF as Deputy Secretary of the Economic Division in January 2021. Mr Barrett was responsible for the provision of high-level economic and policy advice to Government on productivity, taxation and regulation, along with social, environmental and economic development issues.

Before this, Mr Barrett was the CEO of Invest Victoria, and led both the Victorian Government’s approach to investment attraction and the Economic Recovery Mission in response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Mr Barrett’s career includes over two decades in public service in Melbourne, Canberra and internationally, including as Deputy Secretary, Policy and Cabinet in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

In 2011, Mr Barrett was appointed Australian Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, where he led Australia’s engagement with the OECD and contributed to global best-practice public policy. Following on from his role with the OECD, Mr Barrett spent four years with the European Climate Foundation in Berlin, where, as Executive Director, Finance and Economics, he led an international philanthropic strategy on the economic and financial implications and opportunities of the low-carbon transition. 

Mr Barrett is a director of Infrastructure Victoria and Victorian Funds Management Corporation, and a member of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Advisory Board.

Pippa Crawford

First appointed 19 September 2023. Current appointment expires 18 September 2026.

Ms Crawford is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience across banking, financial services, and capital markets. She brings deep domain expertise in finance, audit, risk management, governance, and strategic advisory. Her career spans senior leadership roles in globally integrated institutions including The Royal Bank of Scotland and Westpac Institutional Bank, where she led complex teams across corporate finance, infrastructure, and resources sectors.

Currently, Ms Crawford advises clients on critical business issues ranging from risk governance frameworks to long-term strategic planning. She has a strong commitment to ESG, organisational culture, and transformational change.

In August 2025, Ms Crawford was appointed to the Courts Council, the governing body of Court Services Victoria, further contributing her governance expertise in the public sector.

Ms Crawford holds or has held the following appointments:

  • Director, Utilities of Australia Pty Ltd
  • Independent Director, The Courts Council
  • Chair, Food & Drink Victoria (former)
  • Director, Westpac Community Foundation Board (former)
Swati Dave

First appointed 2 July 2024. Current appointment expires 1 July 2027.

Ms Dave is an experienced CEO and non-executive Director with an established track record of successfully leading and transforming businesses covering domestic and international markets.

She was most recently the Managing Director and CEO at Export Finance Australia from 2017 to 2022, where she successfully led a significant business and cultural transformation to make the organisation more impactful and inclusive.

Ms Dave has over 30 years of banking and financial sector experience across a number of sectors, including infrastructure, natural resources, energy and utilities, renewable energy and property. She has held senior roles at National Australia Bank, Deutsche Bank, AMP Henderson Global Investors, Bankers Trust and Westpac.

Ms Dave currently serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Australia India Relations, Member of the RBA Governance Board, Non-Executive Director on the Australian Financial Complaints Authority Board; and is an independent member of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. She is a member of the Trade 2040 Taskforce convened by the Minister for Trade and Tourism and a Multicultural Ambassador for Cricket Australia. 

She previously served as an Advisory Board member on the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations, as a Director of State Super, Australian Hearing, Great Western Bancorp, Inc. (USA) and the NAB Wealth Responsible Entity Boards.

Bruce MacDiarmid

First appointed 8 October 2024. Current appointment expires 7 October 2027.

Mr MacDiarmid has had a 30-year international career in financial services working for several major investment banks, most recently as Chairman of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, Australia & New Zealand from 2018 to 2023. Previously Mr MacDiarmid held leadership roles at Deutsche Bank and Rothschild Australia.

Mr MacDiarmid is a non-executive director of Qualitas Limited (ASX:QAL), Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited (ASX: SOL), Deputy Chair of Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and a member of the University of NSW’s Law Advisory Council. He holds degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of NSW, is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Michael Larkin
CEO and Managing Director

First appointed 1 February 2023. Current appointment expires 31 January 2028.

Mr Larkin is responsible for the successful leadership and management of the Corporation according to the strategic direction set by the Board of Directors and the Treasurer of Victoria.

He has more than 30 years’ international corporate finance experience in the real estate, transport, construction materials, building materials and investment banking industries, with a particular interest in financial strategy, funding and capital management.

Most recently, Mr Larkin spent 10 years at Lendlease as Group Treasurer with responsibility for the global funding, liquidity, financial risk management and transaction banking of both the Lendlease Group and the projects and funds managed by Lendlease and its subsidiaries. During his tenure, Mr Larkin repositioned the Lendlease global treasury team as a business partner that consistently delivered on its core mission of enabling commercial outcomes for the Group and its stakeholders, and established Lendlease as a leader in corporate sustainable financing in Australia.

He has a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters of Business Administration, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a non-executive director of the Australian Corporate Treasury Association.