 Bachelor of Commerce with double majors in Economics and Marketing. MBA. Chartered Banker. Australian Institute of Company Directors course.

 Member of CountPlus Board
 Member of Technology & Innovation Committee
 Member of Acquisitions Committee

Hugh is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CountPlus, and a Director of Count Financial. 

Hugh is a highly regarded executive in the financial services sector. He started his career at global accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been the CEO of Hillross Financial Services and was the Executive General Manager for Wealth at Commonwealth Bank.

Most recently he was the senior executive responsible for NAB’s personal banking business in NSW. Hugh is renowned as a growth leader and has delivered large-scale change programs including wealth transformations at AMP and CBA. He has significant expertise in effective risk management, business
compliance and customer remediation. He has deep client experience capabilities and digital expertise that he developed in his time leading consumer and enterprise businesses in telecommunications
with Optus and Vodafone. 

He is a non-executive Director of The Infants’ Home and has previously been a director of Hillross Pty Ltd, Vodafone Fiji and a non-executive Director of the Future2 Foundation. Hugh holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney with double majors in Economics and Marketing. He has an MBA from Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK. He is a Chartered Banker and he has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course.