Former Future Fund boss joins HESTA board

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12 April 2017
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The former head of the Future Fund, Mark Burgess will chair an investment committee newly-formed by industry fund, HESTA.

The fund announced that the committee would also comprise independent advisers, Melda Donnelly and Tim Hughes.

Announcing the appointments this week, HESTA chief executive, Debbie Blakey said formation of the committee represented an important step in implementing a five-year investment strategy intended to ensure HESTA continued to deliver sustainable long-term returns to members.

"Mark, Melda and Tim all bring outstanding investment experience and insights that give us further specialist expertise that can supplement the skills and experience we already have at board level," she said.

Donnelly and Highes had previously been members of HESTA's investment advisory panel.

The fund's announcement said that Burgess would also be joining the HESTA board as an independent director.

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