New Zealand Law Society - MAS appoints financial services leader Rebecca Sellers to Executive Team

MAS appoints financial services leader Rebecca Sellers to Executive Team

Medical Assurance Society (MAS) has announced the appointment of experienced financial services leader Rebecca Sellers as Chief Risk and Legal Officer and a member of the MAS Executive Leadership Team.

Rebecca Sellers

Sellers will take up the role on 8 June 2026, bringing extensive expertise in legal, risk and governance across the United Kingdom and New Zealand financial services sectors.

Sellers has held senior leadership and advisory roles across the financial services sector, playing a key role in regulatory engagements and leading major risk and compliance transformation initiatives. She served as Chief Conduct Officer at Partners Life and has most recently worked as an independent risk and governance consultant, supporting organisations including Southern Cross Travel Insurance and Ando Insurance Group.

Earlier in her career, Sellers spent nine years with international law firm Clifford Chance, specialising in insurance, reinsurance and financial services regulation, including working with the Lloyd’s of London market.

She has recently served as an independent director of Pinnacle Life and is a member of the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Audit, Assurance and Risk Committee.