State Super has appointed Cathy Yuncken to its board whose previous directorships included chair of BT Private Nominees and executive director of the Advisory Boards of BankSA and Bank of Melbourne.
She had also held senior leadership roles at Commonwealth Bank’s institutional bank, Westpac Group and GE Capital.
State Super chair, Nicholas Johnson, said: “Cathy is an outstanding financial services industry professional with over 30 years’ executive leadership experience and was appointed after an extensive search process.
“I am excited for her to join us on the State Super board, and am confident that her proven skills, commitment to members and fresh perspective will be of great benefit to State Super during this highly-challenging superannuation environment.”
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