Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) has appointed Steve Gibbs and Jenny Diggle to its compliance committee.
Gibbs has a long history in the industry, including eight years as chief executive of Australian Reward Investment Alliance during which time funds under management more than doubled in size.
Gibbs has held a number of positions including ASX and ASFA committees and directorships with Boeing Australian and Aerospace Technologies of Australia. He was also the sole Australian representative personally invited by Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary general, to join a select group of individuals in creating what have become the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI).
Diggle has worked in a wide variety of roles across the financial services industry, including compliance roles for AMP Dealer Group Services, ANZ Financial Planning and IOOF Investment Management. She has also spent several years working for ANZ in senior roles including head of advisory risk.
Previously Diggle worked in research and program development and management roles at RMIT, including leading the development, accreditation and marketing of RMIT’s master of financial planning course.
