Industry Super Network (ISN) has expanded its research and policy team with two appointments.
Mohita Zaheed has joined the group as an economist, while Anh Nguyen has been installed as a policy analyst.
Zaheed has a special focus on Australia's social and economic infrastructure and has worked with the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) since 2009, most recently in banking supervision.
She has also worked with the Institute for Sustainable Futures and NSW Maritime in policy positions.
Anh has worked for Lonsec as a quantitative and investment analyst, as a quantitative analyst for equity research and an equity analyst for the banking sector for the Royal Bank of Scotland. She has also lectured and tutored on banking and finance subjects at Monash University.
ISN chief executive David Whitely said the appointments would assist the group in developing high calibre research and policy in areas including economics, financial markets and investment, and financial services and superannuation regulation and policy.
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