Mette Schepers
Director
Mette Schepers joined the Colonial Foundation Board in December 2022 and was a Director until June 2026. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Foundation and has more than 30 years’ international senior executive and Board experience across banking, professional services, philanthropy and for-purpose organisations.
In her executive career, she has provided commercial, operational and governance leadership at Mercer, ANZ, Fleet Partners and the Nous Group, with her early career spent with PwC in Australia and The Netherlands. She has also worked extensively in the for-purpose sector in a voluntary capacity, including with the Arts Institute of Chicago, 3MBS and PBS community radio in Melbourne, and regional and rural environmental rehabilitation projects.
Ms Schepers is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Judo Bank (ASX: JDO) and a member of its Board Risk and Audit Committees. Her governance experience includes service as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Spatial Vision, where she chaired the Remuneration Committee; the Public Interest Journalism Initiative, where she chaired the Finance and Risk Committee;Central Highlands Water, including as Chair of its Audit Committee and Strategy Committee; 3MBS Music Broadcasting Society;and a range of other commercial and for-purpose organisations.
Ms Schepers is a Chartered Accountant. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (MLB), a graduate diploma in Applied Finance and Investments (now FINSIA), graduate diploma in mobile banking from Illinois Institute of Tech and an Associate Degree in Design (Furniture) from RMIT.