Fund People Update

New Appointments

Schroders boosts private debt team

Tim Hallam is a new addition to the Schroders Australian Private Debt team. Hallam moves across from the Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), however he has over three decades of experience in the banking sector.

SuperConcepts promotes chief information officer to CEO

Grant Christensen, current chief information officer, is the new interim chief executive officer at SuperConcepts. Christensen replaces Lara Bourguignon who left in late 2020.

WTW appoints head of financial solutions for AU & NZ

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Lee Garvey as head of financial solutions for the Australian and New Zealand business. Garvey was most recently vice president and head of lenders solutions for Asia at Marsh. Garvey was with WTW also in 2012 for a stint.

ME Bank welcomes new board member

David Atkin is the newest director on the ME Bank board, replacing John Nesbitt. Atkin is the deputy chief executive at AMP Capital. John Arthur, former Westpac CEO, is also joining the board.

HESTA appoints GM of portfolio construction and risk

Michael Sommers is the new general manager of portfolio construction and risk at HESTA. In early 2020 HESTA announced a new investment leadership team structure, with an aim to bring some asset management functions in-house. Sommers was previously at Frontier Advisors.

Departures

WA Super loses former COO after merger

After WA Super merged with Aware Super, chief operating officer Paul Owen has left the industry fund. Owen has been with WA Super since 2006 and has been in the COO role since May 2018.