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Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... group of AFA members and defence force veterans on the Kokoda Trail. The group connected with Legacy Australia in Papua New Guinea, which includes children of fallen defence force personnel and current serving members. The defence force personnel on ...

Former super fund chief executive takes overseas role

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... up leadership of Nambawan Super Limited, corporate trustee of the Public Officers Superannuation Fund based in Papua New Guinea. Paul Sayer, chief executive officer at TWUSUPER during 2014-15 and long-serving chief operating officer at REST Industry ...

Westpac GM becomes PNG wealth group CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... experience in the Asia-Pacific region is highly valued as Kina is poised to participate in the next cycle of Papua New Guinea's development," Taureka said. Commenting on Yates' retirement, Taureka added: "Syd's tireless energy and personal dedication ...

Kina appoints Suncorp vet as director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... which are a focus for the board as we expand our lending and grow our business in the coming years." Based in Papua New Guinea and founded in 1985, Kina offers lending, stockbroking, financial advice and investment management services to clients. Kina's ...

National Seniors appoints CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... part of the WorleyParsons Group, where she was managing principal for Queensland, the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea. She is also an executive director at BusinessReps Australia. Prior to this, she was general manager - optimisation for Asia-Pacific ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... join the initiative are: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zambia. Commenting on the program, Bloomberg founder ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... officer and current independent director and chair of the audit and risk committee at Nambawan Super Limited (Papua New Guinea), Bruce Wilson, says in the medium term the best outcome is "probably to adopt the draft legislative approach of having at ...

Australian Catholic Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Whittaker. Whittaker's replacement is Michael Block, the current chief investment officer at Nambawan Super Limited, Papua New Guinea's public sector pension fund. Block has previously worked at FuturePlus Financial Services, WorkCover NSW and the University ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... posted a $2.2 billion full year loss due to $2.4 billion in asset impairments, mainly on its Lihir operations in Papua New Guinea. NAB was down 45 cents at $34.24 as it warned it faces another STG245 million hit to its books from its troubled UK business. ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... marketing, strategy and logistics at Mobil - and even spent a few years running marketing and distribution in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. But after a decade, he was ready for a change. "MLC approached me looking for somebody to join the ...