Senior Leadership Team

Ellie Comerford
President & Chief Executive Officer

Ellie Comerford - Chief Executive Officer & President

Ellie joined Genworth Australia as President and Chief Executive Officer in late 2010.

Ellie brings a wealth of experience to her role as CEO across a range of areas including insurance risk, lending and mortgage origination activities, client relationship management, structured finance and capital markets.

Before joining Genworth, Ellie worked at First American Financial Corporation, a leading global title and specialty insurance company, where she was chief operating officer for the International Division for three years. Previously, she held the role of managing director of First American’s Australian and New Zealand operations, First Title, for six years. Prior to her roles at First American, Ellie worked at Citigroup for close to 14 years, where her roles included Director of Strategy and Business Development, Head of Capital Markets, Origination and Syndication.

Ellie has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University with a double major of Finance and Econometrics.
Jo Ann Rabitz
Chief Human Resources Officer

Jo Ann Rabitz - Chief Human Resources Officer

Jo Ann has been with Genworth since Genworth’s IPO from GE in 2004 and brings 29 years of HR experience to her role. She joined Genworth Australia as Chief Human Resources Officer in March 2012.

Jo Ann’s responsibilities include all aspects of human resources.

Before joining the Australian business in her current role, Jo Ann was the Senior Vice President Human Resources for Genworth’s International segment based in the United States. Jo Ann held a variety of HR leadership roles with GE Capital from 1990 until GE’s IPO of Genworth in 2004. Earlier in her career, Jo Ann held various HR positions with divisions of Allied Signal, Occidental Petroleum and PepsiCo.

Jo Ann earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Relations from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Paul Caputo
Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice-president, Capital Markets

Paul Caputo - Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice-president Capital Markets

Paul brings a wealth of experience and leadership to his role as Chief Risk Officer, including a period as Acting CEO of Genworth Australia and New Zealand in mid 2010. Prior to joining Genworth, Paul held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Director at Krungthai AXA Life Limited in Thailand.

He moved to AXA from Advance MLC Assurance, where he worked for more than 15 years in a number of senior management roles spanning a variety of business portfolios including distribution, insurance and retail financial services.

Paul has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University in Sydney and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.
Richard Galilee
Chief Information Officer

Richard Galilee - Chief Information Officer

Richard joined Genworth in August 2011 as Chief Information Officer. Richard has extensive international IT experience in the financial services industry, having worked at a range of Insurance and Reinsurance companies and mortgage-related companies in Australia, the UK and Europe.

Prior to joining Genworth, Richard had worked at First American, a leading global title and specialty insurance company from 2002. Richard was initially with First American in Australia as CIO, predominantly focused on insurance and mortgage processing for a range of residential commercial lenders before taking on the role as CIO for the Asia Pacific region. Most recently, Richard has been CIO for First American in the UK and Europe.

Prior to his time at First American, Richard held senior IT roles with Gen Re Europe, Reinsurance Australia Corporation Limited, and was CIO at Mortgage Choice.
Tobin Fonseca
Chief Operations Officer

Tobin Fonseca - Chief Operations Officer

Tobin joined Genworth as Chief Operations Officer in February 2012. Tobin brings more than 30years of financial services experience to his role.

Tobin is responsible for underwriting, loss mitigation, collections and operational effectiveness.

Tobin joined Genworth from Advantedge Financial Services, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank, where he held the role of General Manager Advantedge Services overseeing the whole lending lifecycle. Prior to that he was with the Challenger Group holding the Managing Director role with Synergy Capital Management in Hobart and the CEO Role with Challenger Corporate Superannuation Services.

Earlier in his career, Tobin spent 20 years with Merrill Lynch in various leadership roles both in Australia and the US including Chief Administrative Officer/Project Director for Merrill Lynch HSBC Australia and Vice President /Program Manager International Private Client Group in Australia.
Anne O'Driscoll
Chief Financial Officer

Anne O'Driscoll - Chief Financial Officer

Anne joined Genworth as CFO in November 2009. Previously she spent over 13 years with Insurance Australia Group Limited in a variety of roles within the finance and strategy teams. Her roles included Head of Valuations and Capital Planning, Group Company Secretary, Head of Investor Relations and General Manager, Finance.

Anne is a chartered accountant with experience in major firms in Sydney, London and Dublin. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Martha Ryan
General Counsel

Martha Ryan - General Counsel

Martha has over 20 years experience as part of, and leading legal teams. Martha’s previous role was with GE, where she was Deputy General Counsel from 2007, leading a team of lawyers focused on the Home Loans and Insurance businesses. During her time at GE, Martha was instrumental in a number of key projects, including the sale of their mortgage portfolio. Martha is well known to a number of people at Genworth, who have worked alongside her in various dealings with GE.

Prior to working at GE, Martha was General Counsel and Company Secretary at RAMS Home Loans, where she was a key member of the leadership team and led the design and development of the legal framework and the risk management and compliance programs for the group. Before moving to the position at RAMS, Martha worked at St George as Retail Banking Counsel, and at top tier law firms Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Allens Arthur Robinson.
Bridget Sakr
Chief Commercial Officer

Bridget Sakr - Chief Commercial Officer

Bridget has been Chief Commercial Officer at Genworth since this role was created in mid 2010 and brings her significant commercial expertise to this position. Bridget is responsible for the Partnership and Distribution, Product and Marketing, Corporate Development and Commercial Support teams in this role. Prior to this appointment, and since 2003, Bridget held the role of Sales Leader at Genworth. Bridget’s primary focus is on strong customer relationships, building exclusive partnerships, and excellent customer service.

Bridget has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.