State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Act 1996

The constitution of Suncorp must at all times require—

the registered office of Suncorp to be located in Queensland; and

at least 1 member of the board of directors to be ordinarily resident in Queensland; and

the head office of Suncorp to be located in Queensland.

For subsection (1)(c) and the constitution, the head office of Suncorp is located in Queensland only if—

the principal operational office of the chief executive officer is located in Queensland and the chief executive officer performs their role primarily in Queensland; and

the chairperson has an office in Queensland; and

each group corporate services activity is wholly or partly performed in Queensland; and

the usual location for the holding of Suncorp board meetings is in Queensland.

In this section—group corporate services activity means each of the following activities, however described, carried out in relation to Suncorp’s Australian business—

activities of the chief executive’s office;

financial reporting, business development (including in relation to supporting mergers and acquisitions) and management of capital, investments and financial performance;

risk management and compliance;

legal and company secretariat;

internal audit;

technology and transformation strategy and management, including data analytics, digital enablement, cloud services, and information technology infrastructure and security;

human resources;

corporate affairs and government relations.