New appointments to Financial Literacy Board
Three new appointments have been made to the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board.
These include Hamish Douglass, managing director and chief executive of Magellan Financial Group Limited; Fiona Guthrie, executive director of the Australian Financial Counselling and Credit Reform Association; Robert Brown, chairman of the ADF Financial Services Consumer Council; and Robert James Thomas, chairman of Gardner Smith (Holdings).
The Financial Literacy Board, chaired by executive director of ipac securities Paul Clitheroe, is a non-statutory body that provides the Government and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with independent strategic guidance on financial literacy.
Other board members include AMP chief executive Craig Dunn; managing director of Russell Superannuation Linda Elkins; The Smith Family chief executive Elaine Henry; deputy chairman of ASIC Peter Kell; chief executive officer of ANZ Banking Group Mike Smith; deputy chair of the National Curriculum Board Tony Mackay; former ANZ Group chief executive John McFarlane; and AustralianSuper’s chief executive Ian Silk.
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Caroline Munro
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