Jan West AM was appointed to the board of Australia Post in May 2016 and has a very strong background in finance and audit across Australian and international listed and private companies, government agencies and community organisations. She is a director of Australian Red Cross, Dairy Australia, Neurosciences Victoria and Melbourne Forum. She has been president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Financial Reporting Council, and non-executive director of a number of commercial and not-for-profit entities, as well as being an audit partner of Deloitte.