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Anita Killeen

Financial Services Barrister with expertise in audit, risk, regulation and compliance, and extensive governance experience across multiple sectors.

NZX Director(1)Public Sector(1)Iwi Leader(2)

About

Updated 2 Apr 2026

Financial Services Barrister with expertise in audit, risk, regulation and compliance, and extensive governance experience across multiple sectors.

Anita Killeen is a Financial Services Barrister at Quay Chambers in Auckland. She has decision-making experience at board, executive and statutory levels and has specialist expertise in Commercial Mediation. At a governance level she provides expertise in audit, risk, regulation and compliance. Anita also has certification from MIT Sloan School of Management in Cybersecurity Governance for the Board of Directors. She is the former Chief Prosecutor of the Serious Fraud Office and holds governance roles in the legal, financial, NZX, local and central government sectors. Her current roles include Director of General Capital Ltd, Director of Public Trust, Deputy Chair of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Commercial Investment Board, Deputy Chair of NetSafe NZ and Director of UNICEF NZ. Her previous roles include having served as Chair of the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board, Chair of Fertility NZ, Director of SPCA Auckland and Domain Name Commission.

Education

LLB, Cybersecurity Governance for the Board of Directors certification

Qualifications

LLBBarrister
Iwi Roles
2
Crown Roles
1

Iwi Roles

Trustee - Charitable Investment Trust (Deputy Chair), Community Development Trust (Outgoing Deputy Chair 2023)Current
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki

UnknownPresent

Deputy ChairCurrent
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki

UnknownPresent

Crown Entity Appointments

Board MemberCurrent

Board Member

Public Trust

2024-07-19Present

Other Roles & Honours

Board Member

Public Trust

Jul 2024

Cross-Sector Roles

NZX Roles(1)

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Public Sector Roles(1)

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