Heartland Announces New Director of Heartland Bank

NZX/ASX Release Heartland Announces New Director of Heartland Bank 23 December 2019 Heartland Group Holdings Limited (NZX/ASX: HGH) (Heartland) is pleased to announce the appointment of Shelley Ruha as an independent director of its subsidiary, Heartland Bank Limited (Heartland Bank), effective 1 January 2020. Shelley's governance experience includes businesses involved in fintech, large scale technology infrastructure and payments innovation, wealth management, venture capital and education based growth for SMEs and she is currently a non-executive director of The Icehouse Limited and 9 Spokes Limited. Shelley has extensive banking experience in the New Zealand market. Her last role as an executive was leading BNZ Partners, which spanned all aspects of business banking and wealth management for Bank of New Zealand. - Ends - For further information, please contact: Person who authorised this announcement: Michael Drumm Title: General Counsel Contact phone number: 09 927 9136 Contact email address: Michael.Drumm@heartland.co.nz Address: Level 3, Heartland House 35 Teed Street Newmarket New Zealand End CA:00346493 For:HGH Type:ADMIN Time:2019-12-23 09:08:56