Margaret Cole was appointed deputy chair of APRA in October 2022, after joining APRA as executive board member in July 2021. She is responsible for the oversight of the superannuation sector and represents APRA at the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors.
Margaret graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in law and spent more than 20 years in private legal practice specialising in commercial litigation with an emphasis on financial services.
Margaret was formerly a partner at Stephenson Harwood and White & Case. She joined the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2005 and became managing director of enforcement and financial crime and interim managing director of the conduct business unit and a board member. Prior to joining APRA, she spent a year as PwC’s global regulatory leader based in Melbourne. Before that, she was PwC UK chief risk officer and general counsel from 2012 to 2020.
