Steven Harker was appointed Chair of the RLPA in 2025 following a tenure as Director.

Mr. Harker was previously appointed as a Director of the RLPA Board in July 2021, filling a casual vacancy, and was formally elected at the 2022 Annual General Meeting.

Steve Harker is currently a Director of The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO), a Board member of the ASX Thomson Reuters Charity Foundation and The Hunger Project Australia.

Mr. Harker was appointed Chairman of the Investment and Executive Committees at Future Now Capital in 2020 and was Non-Executive Director, Westpac Group until 2021. Prior to that, he was Vice-Chairman of Morgan Stanley Australia from October 2016 to February 2019 and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Australia from 1998 to 2016.

In 2022, Mr. Harker was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to banking and the community.