Verity Browne General Manager General Insurance, Wesfarmers Limited

Verity Browne is the General Manager, General Insurance at Wesfarmers Limited, a role she has held since late 2019. She leads a cross-functional team responsible for the design and administration of the Group’s insurance program and risk financing arrangements. Her remit includes the placement and implementation of insurance policies, oversight of the in-house claims function, and the development of risk management strategies for insurable assets and activities.

Verity joined the Wesfarmers Group in 2001, initially working in underwriting roles within the now divested Wesfarmers Insurance Division. She moved into the Group Risk team in 2007 following a range of roles within the WFI trading brand. Earlier in her career, Verity worked in the IT industry, and between 2011 and 2015, she also lectured at TAFE (Technical College).

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Commercial Law & Corporate Governance) and a Master of Information Systems (Information Security) from Curtin University, along with a Graduate Certificate of Psychology from Monash University. She has also completed a Diploma of Risk Management and a Diploma of General Insurance through the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). Verity is currently completing the final unit of her MBA at Curtin University.

In addition, Verity is a director of Wesfarmers Risk Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the Group’s captive insurance company.