nib holdings limited announced that it has appointed Jill Watts and Brad Welsh as Independent Non-Executive Directors to the nib Board. Ms Watts and Mr. Welsh will join nib's Board from July 27. Ms Watts is a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of St Vincent's Healthcare, Icon Cancer Group and IHH Healthcare Berhad, which is listed in Malaysia and Singapore, and has operations in Turkey, India, China, and Europe.

She is on the Board of Lendlease's retirement living business, known as Keyton. Prior to returning to Australia in 2017, she was the Group CEO of the BMI Healthcare, responsible for 60 facilities across the UK; and Group CEO of Ramsay Healthcare, UK. She is recognised as an influential health care leader, working across the private sector, with governments affecting public policy change, and private research institutes.

Mr. Welsh, who has spent more than a decade leading and advising global resource companies including Energy Resources of Australia and Rio Tinto, brings both public sector and commercial skills to his role on nib's Board. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Energy Resources of Australia. Among his previous roles he was Chief Adviser to the CEO - Indigenous Affairs, at Rio Tinto; Acting General Manager, Weipa, at Rio Tinto, and worked in the Office of the NSW Premier, the Minister for Planning, and the Prime Minister of Australia.

Ms Watts and Mr. Welsh will stand for election at the 2023 Annual General Meeting in November. These appointments follow the retirement of Ms Lee Ausburn as a Non-Executive Director, last year.