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UniSuper appoints Cuffe as chairman
UniSuper has recruited former head of Colonial First State (CFS) and Challenger Financial Services Group, Chris Cuffe, to chair the board.
After more than four years as an independent director on the board, Cuffe will succeed Elizabeth Bryan, who announced her intention to retire from the board earlier this year following eight years as director and four as chair.
Cuffe is currently a director of a number of organisations including Centric Wealth, Third Link Investment Managers, Social Ventures Australia and Arkx Investmeent Management.
In other changes to the board, Bruce Bonyhady AM will fill the independent director position left vacant by Cuffe’s appointment. Bonyhady has previously held various roles at ANZ investments, including managing director and chief investment officer.
Meanwhile, former head of CFS Credit Tony Fitzgerald has been appointed to UniSuper’s Investment Committee
The board of UniSuper, the higher education and research sector super fund with $29 billion under management, comprises three independent directors, four employer and four member representative directors.
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