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the private capital group (TPCG) Board
This Board, which is independent of Hastings (as the manager of The Infrastructure Fund), is required to evaluate and approve or reject all investment proposals by Hastings, and ensures that the highest standard of due diligence and corporate governance is maintained. The current membership of the board is listed below:
Bob Lette, Chairman
Bob Lette has a longstanding involvement in the financial services and superannuation sectors. He is Chairman of BUSS (Queensland) Pooled Superannuation Trust (BUSS(Q)), Queensland's specialist building and construction superannuation scheme, and has been a Board member since 1985. He is a Fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, a member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and an associate member of the American Bar Association.
Bob is a director of a number of companies, including Queensland Airports Limited, Trinity Funds Management Ltd, the publicly listed construction and development company Watpac Ltd, as well as the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed Trinity Limited and Viking Industries Ltd. He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia, and a Partner at Brisbane law firm, Mullins Lawyers, where he is responsible for the firm's property division. He is also Chairman of the Queensland Harness Racing Board.
Jon Addison, Director
Jon Addison is the Fund Manager of the Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund (MIESF). Jon joined MIESF in June of 1999 and is responsible for the overall management of the Fund.
Jon has over 29 years' experience in the investment management industry, including wide experience in superannuation.
Prior to his appointment to MIESF, Jon was a director and Asset Consultant within the Corporate Finance section of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and in this role was responsible for establishing an investment consulting practice with clients, including superannuation funds, insurance funds and fund managers. Prior to that, Jon was Manager Investment Consultant at Sedgwick Noble Lowndes.
Terry Burke, Director
Terry Burke is the Secretary and a Board member of the Queensland Independent Education and Care Superannuation Trust (QIEC Super). He is also a director of the Queensland Teachers Union Health and Union Shopper Inc.
Terry is the General Secretary of the Queensland Independent Education Union and has an extensive background in organisational development and administration.
David Hartley, Director
David Hartley has over 25 years' practical experience in Australian and international investment markets, where he has been successful in both managing money and also in investment consulting. Immediately prior to joining Sunsuper, he was the Director of Investment Consulting at Russell Investment Group and prior to that he was the Chief Investment Officer at Mercer. David is also a member of AICD.
Stephen Lam, Director
Stephen Lam joined the Suncorp Metway Group in 2005 and is currently the General Manager of Suncorp Investment Management. Stephen has over 20 years' investment and management experience. Prior to joining Suncorp Investment Management as Chief Investment Officer, his previous roles included director, St George Investments; Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Advance Funds Management; and director, Rothschild Asset Management in Australia and Hong Kong.
Stephen holds a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland, a PhD from Monash University and a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning), and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
John Magee, Director
John Magee was employed in the electricity industry for 33 years. Since 1987, he has been employed with the Australian Services Union as an Electricity Industry and Superannuation Officer. He has been a director of the Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Fund since 1995, and is Chairman of the Medical Committee of that fund. John is also Chairman of the South-East Queensland Regional Electricity Council.
Neil Harvey, Secretary
Neil Harvey is the Managing Director of Independent Fund Administrators & Advisers Pty Ltd (IFAA), a Queensland company established to provide management and administration services to superannuation funds. Neil has almost 27 years' senior management experience in providing services to superannuation funds in Australia and overseas. During the 10 years immediately prior to establishing IFAA, Neil was a senior executive of Jacques Martin Industry Funds Administration, an administrator of multi-employer superannuation funds in Australia. Neil has also been the secretary for, and a director of, several trustee companies for superannuation funds in the mining industry.
Charmaine Twomey, Assistant Secretary
Charmaine Twomey joined IFAA in 2001. As Manager, Trustee Services, Charmaine has worked on TPCG, providing secretariat support. Charmaine has over 10 years' superannuation management and investment experience. Prior to joining IFAA, her previous role was as a Consultant at Mercer.
Charmaine holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland, a Post-graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and a Post-graduate Diploma in Financial Planning, both from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Charmaine is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
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