Chief Executive Officer

Written By Lyn Baldoza

Job Details

Employer: Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA)

Location: Australia-based (hybrid) flexible remote working arrangements

Job Type: Full-time (part-time considered)

Travel: Interstate and occasional regional travel required

Closing Date: Sunday 14th June 2026

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About the Role 

Lead the Peak Body for Risk Professionals Across APAC

The Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA) is seeking an experienced and commercially astute Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation through its next phase of growth, influence and innovation.

Representing risk professionals across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region, RMIA is the leading professional association for risk, governance and resilience practitioners. RMIA’s diverse member base spans the full Australian economy private, public and not-for-profit, and our next chapter is about growth: more members, deeper engagement and greater influence across APAC.

With more than 30 years of history, a growing international membership base and approximately $2-3M annual turnover, RMIA operates at the centre of one of the most strategically important disciplines in modern business.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Board through the Chair/President, the CEO will drive RMIA’s strategy, commercial performance, member value and organisational leadership, and lead the organisation into its next phase.

This is a high profile, hands-on executive role spanning:

  • Organisational performance and strategic delivery

  • Commercial growth and partnerships

  • Membership growth, engagement and retention

  • Education, accreditation and professional standards

  • Partnerships, sponsorship and business development

  • Conferences, events, sponsorship and member experience

  • Governance, finance and operational delivery

  • Team leadership, culture and capability uplift

Leading a lean hybrid team, the successful candidate will combine strategic capability with practical execution and strong commercial discipline.

Key Priorities

  • Grow membership, engagement and market influence across Australasia and the broader region

  • Strengthen education pathways, certification and professional development programs

  • Drive diversified revenue through partnerships, sponsorship and business development

  • Lead high quality conferences, events and member experiences

  • Maintain strong governance, financial sustainability and operational performance

  • Lead a collaborative, outcome focussed high-performing, collaborative and values driven culture

About You

You are a commercially astute executive leader (CEO/MD/Executive Director or equivalent) with the ability to set direction and execute with discipline in a small, hardworking team. You bring:

  • Strong commercial, financial and operational leadership capability

  • Demonstrated experience working with Boards and governance frameworks

  • Understanding of member-based organisations, ideally including education/credentialing models

  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills (members, partners, sponsors, chapters, regulators and the profession)

  • Practical experience across marketing, sales and partnership growth

  • Sound program/project leadership prioritising, sequencing and delivering outcomes

  • Comfort with modern technology and data-driven operations.

Qualifications in business, finance, governance, risk or related disciplines are highly regarded, along with postgraduate and professional credentials such as LLB, MBA, GAICD, CA or CPA.

Why RMIA?

This is a rare opportunity to lead a respected and influential professional institution at a time when risk, resilience, governance and assurance have never been more critical to organisational success.

You will play a key role in shaping the future capability of the risk profession across the Asia Pacific region.

Location: Australia based hybrid role with flexible remote working arrangements.
Travel: Interstate and occasional regional travel required.

How to Apply

To request a copy of the Position Description, including details about the organisation and how to apply, please contact Henriette.howell@rmia.org.au

Applications close: Sunday 14th June 2026.

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Lyn Baldoza