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.
