King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

The 2025 King's Birthday honours list featured several heavyweights from the superannuation, funds management and sustainable investing sectors.

A superannuation fund investments chief was one of the recipients of the highly coveted Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), which recognises outstanding service and exceptional achievements in the industry.

Alison Tarditi has been the chief investment officer at the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) since 2007.

She previously worked as a senior economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), senior international economic strategist at BT Financial Group and executive vice president of Principal Global Investors. Tarditi was a director of equity strategy at Citigroup Smith Barney before joining CSC.

John Trowbridge and Wendy Thorpe also received the highly coveted OAM.

For services to the actuarial profession, Trowbridge founded consulting firm Trowbridge Consulting and spearheaded the review into retail life insurance advice released in 2015. He was an executive member of APRA and the Financial Reporting Council.

Thorpe was AXA's chief information officer between 2003 and 2000 before becoming its chief operations officer. She previously worked at AMP as a director of operations and served on its board.

Also an AOM recipient, current Chief Executive Women president Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is also chair of the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC). She is a non-executive director at Macquarie Group and Rio Tinto. Between 2012 and 2023, she was the chief executive and managing director of Mirvac Group.

Anna Skarbek, chief executive ClimateWorks and a director at Net Zero Economy Authority, was also honoured. She was a board member of the Impact Investment Group and served as a senior policy adviser to the Victorian government.

Current Ignition Advice chair and former Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane also received an OAM. She currently serves as a non-executive director of Chubb Insurance Australia.

The following received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group.

Marni Baker is formerly Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's chief executive and managing director between 2018 and 2024. She is currently a director at the Australian Retirement Trust and member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) Monetary Policy Board.

As an expert in governance in the private and public sector, Charles Macek has served on the board of Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme, Unisuper and VicSuper.

He chaired the Sustainable Investment Research Institute between 2002-2015 and was a director of Telstra for nearly a decade.

Keith Tuffley was most recently the chair of the energy transition and sustainability for investment banking at Citigroup. He served as managing director of UBS Investment Bank, Australia between 1996 and 2002.

Rebecca McGrath was most recently chair of Investa Management Holdings and is currently a non-executive director at Macquarie Group.

Receiving the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large is Jennifer Westacott, who is currently chair of Future Generation Global.

Her many roles include serving as non-executive director of Wesfarmers since 2013 and chancellor of Western Sydney University.

Finally, Kathryn Fagg, currently a non-executive director if NAB, also received an AC. She's been a director at listed investment company Djerriwarrh Investments since 2014 and served as president of Chief Executive Women between 2016 and 2018.