Funds SA is pleased to announce the appointment of Con Michalakis to the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) role. Funds SA Chief Executive Officer, John Piteo commented: “I am delighted that Con is joining the Funds SA Team as we strive to deliver strong investment outcomes for our clients. Con is a highly experienced CIO, with a proven track reco...

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  Funds SA is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Guy Debelle as a Director for a 3-year term effective 11 July 2024. Dr Debelle brings tremendous depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA Board, having spent 25 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia, the last 7 year as the Deputy Governor. His curre...

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Funds SA are pleased to welcome Simon Boyley into the role of Head of Technology. Simon has spent the past seven years at LGT Wealth Management in London and was most recently the Head of Technology. During his time with the organisation, he led a critical role in facilitating the growth of the organisation from £7 billion to £29 billion in As...

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Funds SA is delighted to welcome Kana Thorpe into the newly created role of Assistant Portfolio Manager within the Responsible Investment Team. Kana has recently returned to Adelaide after spending the second half of 2023 studying a Master of Science (Public Policy and Management) in Pittsburgh, USA. Commenting on the appointment, Funds SA CE...

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We are pleased to share our inaugural Funds SA Climate Report detailing the development of our Climate Risk Response Plan, Phase 1. Released in 2022, the Climate Risk Response Plan outlines the initial actions the organisation will take to achieve our goal of managing the long-term financial risks and opportunities of climate change, and the tra...

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  Funds SA is pleased to announce the appointment of Adj Assoc Professor Elizabeth Dabars as a Board Director effective 10 August 2023. Adj Assoc Professor Dabars was appointed to the Board for a three-year term upon the nomination of the South Australian Government Superannuation Federation. She has broad leadership experience within th...

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The Chairman of Funds SA, Mr Paul Laband, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr John Piteo as the organisation’s next Chief Executive Officer as the successor to Ms Jo Townsend. The appointment follows an extensive search process. John is currently serving as Funds SA’s Chief Operating Officer and was the unanimous choice of the Board...

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Funds SA are pleased to welcome Dom Chiuchiolo into the Senior Investment Analyst role within the Debt and Liquid Alternatives Team. Dom joins from the funds management division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Sandhurst Trustees, where he’d worked for the past eight years. Commenting on the appointment, Funds SA CEO John Piteo said “Dom’s...

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Funds SA has released its Climate Risk Response Plan outlining the initial actions the organisation will take to meet our goal of managing the long-term financial risks and opportunities of climat...

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Funds SA has announced that our Chief Executive Officer, Jo Townsend, has informed the Corporation of her intention to step down later in the year. 20230131 Media Release - Funds SA CEO to step down...

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