New Auckland Council CFO announced

Stephen Town, chief executive of Auckland Council. Photo by Sarah Ivey.

Auckland Council's new chief financial officer is Suzanne Tindal of PwC who takes over from Andrew McKenzie who left last July for Fletcher Building.

Stephen Town, council chief executive officer, said Tindal had returned to New Zealand last year after working overseas for 12 years.

"She is presently Director-Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Auckland. Suzanne Tindal has a wealth of international experience in the financial services, energy and IT sectors having held numerous senior or chief executive roles in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the USA during the last 20 years," a council statement said.

Town said it was significant that the council could attract people of such high calibre.
Tindal was executive director of Bankwest, a division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the largest bank in Western Australia.

She joined the Commonwealth Bank in 2007 before moving to Perth and joining Bankwest in 2012 as chief executive of strategy and reputation.

Bankwest was bought by the Commonwealth Bank in 2008 and Tindal was instrumental in the integration of the two banks in 2012, the council statement said.