Pioneer Credit commitment to compliance and risk management is being taken to the next level with the appointment of highly experienced banking executive Mr. Tony Bird as the Company's inaugural Chief Risk Officer. Tony has over 25 years' banking and finance experience, most notably in the past 10 years as part of the CBA Group where he held the roles of Executive Manager Collections Strategy, Head of Retail Credit Risk (BankWest) and Head of Investigations & Management Information. Prior to CBA, Tony was Head of Risk at Citigroup and has also worked at Westpac and AGC.

Commencing in Perth on 2 February 2016, Tony will be responsible for the management and rollout of Pioneer Credit's new credit card offering as well as bringing bank level scrutiny and quality to the Company's risk assessments processes along with oversight of its industry leading compliance and customer care program.