The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Peter Crump and Andrew Hamilton to the SPAA board.
The appointments will enhance the high level of technical expertise and industry experience on the SPAA board, according to SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery.
Crump is an actuary, financial adviser and consultant and an executive director at Portfolio Planning Solutions, where he provides financial planning advice to self-managed super funds (SMSFs).
Hamilton is the managing director of SMSF administrator Cavendish Superannuation. He has experience in product design, software development, training programs and technical issues.
The new appointments replace Stephen Bourke, who left last year, and Peter Burgess, who stepped down from his board position to take up a full-time role as SPAA’s technical director.
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