Aon Hewitt appoints gender equity advocate
Aon Hewitt has appointed a gender equity advocate as the deputy chair of the Aon Master Trust.
The company announced this week it had appointed Helen Conway as the new Deputy Chair of the super fund.
Announcing the appointment, Aon Hewitt Pacific chief executive, Steven Gaffney said Conway's appointment demonstrated the firm's investment and confidence in The Aon Master Trust.
"Helen is a high profile professional with an outstanding track record of delivering exceptional business results and we are certain this appointment will aid in taking The Aon Master Trust to the next successful stage of growth," he said.
Gaffney said the Deputy Chair position was a newly created role and "with this announcement, The Aon Master Trust is now truly ahead of the pack in terms of Non-Executive versus Executive members of the Board".
Conway completed her term as the CEO of the Australian Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency in March 2015.
Conway commenced her role as Director effective 1 September 2015 and was appointed Deputy Chair on 28 September 2015.
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