Meet the management team

As CEO of Issuer Services North America, Ann Bowering is responsible for the leadership, growth and day to day management of the Issuer Services business. Before joining Computershare in 2019, Ann was the Managing Director and CEO of NSX Limited. While there, Ann led the execution of an essential, and very significant restructure of the operations, people and culture, and strategy of the company. Ann has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets. Her expertise in the development and operation of licenced and regulated financial markets stems from her time as a director and CFO of the derivatives exchange Financial & Energy Exchange Limited. She also held senior positions at Lucsan Capital and KPMG, where her roles covered the specialisations of Capital Markets Advisory, Risk Management, and Assurance.

With nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, coupled with her progressive involvement in the employee equity plans space, Sheila leads Computershare’s North American employee share plans business to help clients harness the team’s expertise and simplify the management of our client’s employee equity compensation programs. Sheila’s leadership in this space gives her a broad range of perspectives and insights when providing guidance and solutions to our front office teams and clients. Sheila is an active speaker in the industry and serves on the Board of Directors for the Global Equity Organization as the Treasurer. In addition Sheila chairs the Board for Computershare’s North American Women4Women Network. Sheila earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and an MBA degree from Pepperdine University.