Academic appointed as new AFCA chair
A man who the Government has appointed to a succession of recent roles has now been appointed as the chairman of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) succeeding former Liberal Government minister, Helen Coonan, who is also chair of Crown Resorts.
AFCA announced today that it had appointed the Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, Professor John Pollaers as chairman – a man who is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Industry 4.0 Taskforce and was chair of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce and chair of the Australian Industry Skills Committee.
Coonan’s term as the inaugural chair of AFCA is expiring.
Commenting on appointment, Coonan said Pollaers was an experienced chair and leader who had always created strong, effective relationships between industry, government and consumer bodies in all sectors he had been involved in.
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