Neil Munroe

Neil has over 40 years’ experience in the financial services and credit information industries. For over 24 years he was with Equifax where for the last 12 years he was leading External Affairs and Communications which involved extensive customer, industry body and government liaison.

Neil was a member of the Executive Management Committee of ACCIS, from 2007 to 2018, holding the position of President from 2009.

He is a founding member of the International Committee on Credit Reporting (ICCR) that is hosted by the World Bank and was personally involved in the creation of the World Bank Principles of Credit Reporting, the recognised standards for the industry. He was elected Deputy Chair in November 2019.

He is the current convenor of the ICCR Asia Pacific Regional Consultative Group which involves 70 representatives from the information industry, central banks and regulators/supervisors involved in credit reporting and business information.

From 2015 Neil has been working as an independent consultant focusing primarily on credit reporting and business information in the Asia Pacific and has worked on a number of key World Bank/IFC credit information infrastructure projects in the region.

In 2018 he joined the management team of the Business Information Industry Association (BIIA), with responsibility for industry advocacy and assumed the role of Managing Director in 2023.