Board of Directors

Appointed Chairman and Director on 1 July 2017.

Nancy Fox is currently a Non-executive Director of Perpetual Limited, a member of Perpetual’s Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and People and Remuneration Committee. She is also a Non-executive Director of ING Bank Australia and Lawcover Pty Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

Nancy Fox has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, securitisation and risk management gained in Australia, the US and across Asia. A lawyer by training, she was Managing Director for Ambac Assurance Corporation from 2001 and 2011 and previously Managing Director for ABN Amro Australia from 1997 to 2001.

Appointed Director on 25 August 2014. Virginia Malley is a member of the Company’s Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Virginia Malley is currently a Non-executive Director of Perpetual Superannuation Limited, a member of several Perpetual Compliance Committees and the Sydney Airport Trust Compliance Committee, Deputy Chair of The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, Member of the Clean Energy Regulator and Non-Executive Director of Morphic Ethical Equities Limited.

Virginia Malley has 30 plus years of experience in the investment and banking sectors, including more than 16 years as a company director. Her areas of expertise are financial and environmental markets and governance, superannuation, risk management and regulatory compliance. She previously worked at Macquarie Group from 1987 to 2012 where her roles included Chief Risk Officer and membership of the Clean Technology, Asia/Pacific, Private Equity and Global/Advisory Investment Committees at Macquarie Funds Management Group.

Appointed Director on 26 September 2014. John Edstein is also the Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company.

John Edstein is currently a Director of Macquarie Investment Management Limited (appointed 1 July 2013) and now Chairman of that Board (appointed 16 November 2017) and is a Director of Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd (Trustee of the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust, appointed 4 October 2013). He is also a Senior Legal Consultant for Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers and Special Counsel for Walsh Bay Partners Pty Ltd (a family office for high net worth individuals, families and foundations).

John Edstein has more than 35 years of experience as a legal practitioner. His primary practice areas have been superannuation, life insurance and trusts and the tax aspects of those areas. That experience has included extensive consideration of corporate law, corporate governance and the legal aspects of investment structures. He was formerly a partner in the Tax and Superannuation Group of King & Wood Mallesons (formerly Mallesons Stephen Jaques) from 1990 to 2012 and was National Practice Team Leader of that group from 2006 to 2011. He was a member of the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee from 1988 to 2008 and is now an Emeritus Member and, is a member of the Tax Institute of Australia and is a Chartered Tax Adviser.

Appointed Director on 26 September 2014. Christine Feldmanis is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company.

Christine Feldmanis is currently a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees of Hunter Water Corporation, IMF Bentham Limited and FIIG Securities Limited. She is also a Director of Uniting Financial Services and Bell Asset Management Limited.

Christine Feldmanis has more than 30 years of experience in the financial arena, with both government and private sectors. She has extensive experience in investment management, finance, accounting and risk management, legal and regulatory compliance, governance and business building in both the listed and unlisted financial products markets. She formerly held senior executive and C suite positions with firms including Deloitte, Elders Finance, Bankers Trust, NSW TCorp and Treasury Group Limited.

Appointed Director on 20 November 2017.

David Lane is a Director of Perpetual Investment Management Limited.

David Lane has more than 20 years of experience in asset management, wealth management and investment banking, and a deep understanding of the local and global financial services landscape. Before Perpetual, he spent five years as CEO of Count Financial after initially joining the Commonwealth Bank of Australian in the role of General Manager – Wealth Management Strategic Development. Prior to this he held COO positions at both Neuberger Berman and Liberty View Capital where he was responsible for managing a number of multi-billion-dollar hedge funds. He has also held roles at Aetos Capital, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

Sylvie was appointed Company Secretary on 25 August 2014. Sylvie joined Perpetual in March 2014 as an Assistant Company Secretary. Sylvie earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and has practised as a commercial lawyer. She has over nine years’ experience in company secretariat practice and administration.