Dunn, Duffield join IFSA board
The managing director ofAMP Financial Services, Craig Dunn, and the managing director ofVanguard Investments Australia, Jeremy Duffield, have been appointed to the board of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA).
The two will replace the newly appointed chief executive of AMP, Andrew Mohl, and the former chief executive ofBT, Ian Martin, both of whom resigned from the IFSA board in October.
Mohl, who was IFSA’s chairman when he resigned, handed over the reigns to Doug McTaggart, the chief executive of the Queensland Investment Corporation.
Dunn and Duffield will each be one of six new members to join the IFSA board, afterING Australiachief executive John Wylie,Mercer Human Resource Consultingchief executive Simon O'Regan,Deutsche Asset Managementchief executive for the Asia Pacific Region Brian Scullin andAM Corporationchairman David Smith were appointed last month.
The remaining members of the board areMorgan Stanley Investment Management’sJon Buckeridge,Colonial First State Investment’sChris Cuffe,Sagitta Wealth Management’sDaryl Hawkey,Merrill Lynch Asset Managers’Maurice O'Shannassy, theNational Australia Bank’sMichelle Tredenick and Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox.
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