SMS Management & Technology Limited Board

Nicole Birrell




Non-Executive Director




Nicole Birrell joined the Board of SMS in December 2004. She has over 27 years’ experience in corporate and investment banking, most recently as Head of Operational Risk and Compliance in the Institutional Financial Services division of ANZ Banking Group in Melbourne. Prior roles were with investment bank County NatWest and with Chase Manhattan Bank/Chase AMP in London and Sydney.

Nicole was on the Board of Grains Research and Development Corporation for approximately six years until September 2011 and of AusBulk Ltd for approximately four years until September 2004. She is currently a Director of Queensland Sugar Ltd and Superpartners Pty Ltd and a Member of Wheat Exports Australia. Nicole is also an operational risk management consultant and serves on the Programs Advisory Committee for the School of Applied Economics at Victoria University, Melbourne.

Nicole graduated from the University of Antwerp with a degree in Applied Economics and obtained a M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.