Macquarie Group announced that Nicola Wakefield Evans AM will retire from the Board of Macquarie Group Limited on 29 February 2024. Ms Wakefield Evans was previously also a member of the Macquarie Bank Limited Board from which she retired on 27 July 2023. Ms Wakefield Evans has an Independent Voting Director on the Macquarie Group Limited Board since February 2014 and as previously announced, her tenure was expected to conclude in 2024.

Ms Wakefield Evans was announced as a member of the Board of Guardians of Australia's Future Fund and will assume that role from 1 March 2024. Ms Wakefield Evans' retirement as an Independent Voting Director will bring the Macquarie Group Board membership to eight, including seven Independent Non-Executive Directors.