New IFSA board
David Deverall
The managing director of Perpetual, David Deverall, has been confirmed as the new chairman of the Investment and Financial Services Association(IFSA), succeeding AMP’s Craig Dunn.
The new IFSA board is:
Chairman, David Michael Deverall, managing director, Perpetual Limited;
Deputy chairman, Jeremy Geoffrey Duffield, managing director, Vanguard Investments Australia Limited; and
Deputy chairman, Peter James Maher, executive director, Macquarie Financial Services Group.
Directors:
Craig Dunn, chief operating officer, AMP Limited;
Michael Bargholz, chief executive officer, Alliance Capital Management Australia;
Dennis Phillip Fox, group executive, Promina Financial Services;
Maurice Joseph O’Shannassy, managing director and chief investment officer, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia);
Paul John Bedbrook, chief executive officer, ING Australia Limited;
Robert Neil Coombe, chief executive officer, BT Financial Group;
Paul Anthony Fegan, group executive, St George Bank Limited;
Stephen John Tucker, chief executive officer, MLC Limited;
Justin Wood, chief executive officer, Barclays Global Investors Australia;
Brian Bissaker, chief executive officer, Colonial First State Investments Limited; and
Maria Wilton, managing director, Franklin Templeton Investments Australia Limited.
AUTHOR
Mike Taylor
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