Appointments

Industry veteran Graeme Miller will step into the chief investment officer job at Mercer Super after a nearly nine year stint at TelstraSuper where he played a “pivotal role” in shaping its investment strategy and approach to sustainable investing.

The $350 billion profit-to-member fund will be trying to rustle up some desk space in its London office as it makes a slew of new appointments and prepares to deploy 70 per cent of new inflows into global markets.

The chief member officer of the circa $90 billion profit-to-member fund will step down after “nine terrific years” in the role with the fund now commencing its search for a replacement.

The retirement chief of the $335 billion AustralianSuper, who was “instrumental” in delivering a slew of member experience uplifts across a 17-year stint with the fund, will leave this month to establish a new venture.

With its former CIO off to CalPERS, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has taken the opportunity to review its investment team structure and appoint co-CIOs.

Andrew Lill has stepped down as chief investment officer of the $86 billion Rest, bound for parts yet unknown. The fund he leaves looks very different to the one he joined.

The circa $350 billion AustralianSuper has appointed its first chief liquidity officer to drive the development and implementation of its liquidity strategy as it tries to “get ahead of the curve” of risk management across its portfolios.

Perpetual has turned to the “experienced business builder” and former CEO of the circa $300 billion Australian Retirement Trust to set it on a new course as it lops off business units and doubles down on asset management.

The $80 billion profit to-member-fund has added State Super director and former AIST president Catherine Bolger to its board to fill the position left vacant by Julia Fox.

AustralianSuper’s erstwhile head of equities will head to the construction industry fund as its new head of portfolio construction amidst a slew of C-suite departures.

The executive responsible for driving ART’s post-merger growth has taken the top superannuation job at Insignia Financial as it looks to overhaul its business for “profitable growth”.

The global head of real assets at Australian’s biggest super fund has jumped to Dexus to help it achieve its ambitions of becoming a chunky infrastructure and alternatives player.