Board of Directors
Mary Ploughman
Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director
Mary was appointed independent Non-Executive Chairman in July 2020. Mary brings 30 years of leadership, financial services (including the non-bank sector), capital markets, securitisation, mergers & acquisition, governance and risk management experience on a range of financial institutions, infrastructure and not-for-profit boards.
Mary served as a Non-Executive Director of Sydney Motorway, and as Deputy Chairman of the Australian Securitisation Forum. Mary is a former CEO of Resimac Group Ltd. Before joining Resimac, Mary worked at Price Waterhouse Coopers and Macquarie Bank. Mary currently serves as Non-Executive Director on Prospa Group Ltd and Qualitas Ltd Boards, and Chairman on Pitcher Partners’ Board.
Mary holds a Bachelor of Economics from The University of Sydney, is an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia, a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Securitisation Forum.
Peter Behrens
Non-Executive Director
Peter has over 20 years’ experience in law, financial services and growth companies with Ashurst, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Laxfield Capital, RateSetter and Metro Bank plc. Peter previously served as a Non-Executive Director of George Banco Limited. Peter co-founded and currently serves as an Executive Director of Hexla Limited, a clean energy business focused on carbon neutral hydrogen production.
Stephen Benton
Non-Executive Director
Stephen Benton has 30 years’ experience driving business strategy in financial services across large organisations, challenger brands and growth companies. He also holds experience specific to consumer lending, product development, and debt collection.
His most recent executive role was CEO and Managing Director of EFTPOS, where he spearheaded a strategic reset. Prior to that, he was Head of Consumer Finance, Payments and Emerging Businesses at Westpac. Stephen has also held executive and commercial roles at Bankwest and Citibank, and financial services growth company Once.
His board experience includes acting as Chairman of Infochoice and of Once Private, and as a director of EFTPOS and Baycorp Collection Services. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Susan Forrester AM
Non-Executive Director
Susan was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in October 2020. Susan has extensive commercial, strategic and governance experience across a range of industries, including technology and financial services. Susan is a qualified lawyer, has an EMBA from the Melbourne Business School and is a Fellow and Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Susan currently serves as Non-Executive Director of Data#3 Limited and as the Non-Executive Chair of Jumbo Interactive Limited. She is also currently an Advisory Board Member of Diligent Corporation.
In 2019 Susan was awarded a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant services to business through her strategic and governance roles and for her advocacy for women.
Daniel Foggo
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Daniel founded Plenti and has acted as CEO since its inception. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking for over a decade, including at Rothschild in London and at Barclays in Sydney. Daniel was a co-founding director of PartPay, a buy-now-pay-later business, which was acquired by Zip Co Limited in 2019.
He has been recognised for his achievements in the fintech industry, being named the Fintech Leader of the Year at the inaugural Australian Fintech Awards in 2016 and Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year at the Australian Fintech Business Awards in 2017. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Economics (Honours) and a Master of Business, Finance (Distinction) from the University of Otago.