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Darren Black appointed SuperFriend chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
SuperFriend has announced Darren Black as its new chief executive, effective September 6. Black is currently OzHelp Foundation's chief executive, a role he's held for four years. Black also sits on the boards of Suicide Prevention Australia and the ...

Akambo grows leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Akambo Financial Group has appointed Michael Happell as its non-executive chair and Kevin White as non-executive director to the board of its holding company. The integrated financial services business recently merged with the well-established wealth ...

TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
The longstanding chair of the $6.5 billion industry fund has stood down, with Nick Sherry appointed to the role. Effective this month, Sherry will lead TWUSUPER's board, drawing on his experience as Australia's first minister for superannuation between ...

Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... data set of 2500 large cap companies in 30 countries, tracking performance over more than a decade, the study found a boys' club in the executive ranks is bad news for company performance. Companies with more diverse senior management teams were found ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on ensuring the responsible development of digital assets, in a move that has seen the price of Bitcoin jump. Signed overnight, the executive order outlines the first whole-of-government strategy ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... 100 is inching towards to the gender balance target of 40%, up from 36.2% at the beginning of 2021, according to the 30% Club. The FTSE 250 now has a 36.8% representation of women, up from 33.2% year on year. "The UK ranks higher than ever this year ...

Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Despite being digital assets and intangible in nature, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), have a significant environmental impact. A new calculator launched by NFT Club revealed it would take almost four million trees to offset the carbon emissions of the ...

Boards still lagging on diversity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
The latest report from Deloitte and 30% Club Australia questions whether boards are fit for purpose, especially when lacking diversity of experience or background. The report, titled Bold moves in the boardroom, asked whether boards are set up to navigate ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
AustralianSuper has appointed a new lead for its retirement solutions unit, welcoming the former chief executive of a fund it recently merged with. Stefan Strano became the $244 billion super fund's business lead for retirement solutions effective ...

JANA hires legal expert from industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Investment consulting firm JANA appointed a legal expert to lead its risk and compliance division. Lindy Hunt was hired as head of legal, risk and compliance last December, joining from Club Plus Super where she spent the last seven years of her career. ...