Representatives
The Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) comprises two representatives – the agency head and another senior representative – from each of the four member agencies. The Chair is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the RBA provides the CFR Secretariat. Other representatives of CFR agencies attend meetings as appropriate.
The current member representatives of the CFR are:
Jenny Wilkinson was appointed Secretary to the Australian Treasury with effect from 16 June 2025.
Prior to this role, she was Secretary of the Department of Finance from August 2022.
During her career, Ms Wilkinson has held other senior positions in Commonwealth departments and agencies. These have included the Commonwealth Treasury, Parliamentary Budget Office, Department of Industry, Department of Climate Change, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Reserve Bank of Australia. In these roles, she has been responsible for providing advice on a wide range of economic policy issues.
Ms Wilkinson was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2021 for outstanding public service in the development of fiscal policy, particularly for the formulation of the Australian Government's economic response to COVID-19 and implementation of JobKeeper.
BEc (Hons) (ANU), MPA (Princeton).
Sarah Court commenced as ASIC Chair on 1 June 2026.
One of Australia's most experienced regulators, Sarah has held senior statutory positions across key economic and corporate regulators for more than 18 years.
Prior to her appointment, Sarah was Deputy Chair of ASIC where she led an uplift in ASIC's enforcement approach to protect consumers and investors and safeguard Australia's financial system.
Sarah represents ASIC in key national economic and law enforcement forums including the Council of Financial Regulators, Serious Financial Crime Taskforce and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Internationally, Sarah participates in the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Committee for Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Committee.
Before joining ASIC, Sarah was a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for three terms, where she oversaw competition and consumer enforcement, and regulatory policy.
Sarah has also held senior positions at the Australian Government Solicitor, leading national teams across government litigation, including competition and consumer law, administrative law and enforcement matters.
Sarah has held board positions with the Law School and Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis at the University of South Australia.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Adelaide, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.