Executive Appointments

Green moves: Lendlease, Qantas, TNFD

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Qantas' ESG lead joins property group while another high-profile sustainability expert swaps property for supermarkets, and the TNFD appoints an EY partner.

Future Group names chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has reshuffled its investment leadership, appointing a new chief investment officer, shifting its incumbent investment lead into a strategist role and moving its sustainability lead to the board.

Green moves: Australian Retirement Trust, Pathzero

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust hires ESG specialist to lead UK office, as climate data platform Pathzero recruits from Aware Super.

Green moves: Mercer, Northern Trust AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Mercer's global chair for responsible investment has stepped down, while Northern Trust Asset Management hired a vice president for stewardship for the financial services and energy sectors.

GRI appoints chair to sustainability standard-setting board

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has appointed Susanne Stormer as the chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the governance body responsible for setting the GRI standards.

Green moves: Commonwealth Bank, Hostplus, Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Two of the big banks have made big appointments, while a long-time Perpetual executive is now on the board of Equality Australia and Hostplus has bolstered its private markets team.

Green moves: a2 Milk Company, ANZ Biochar Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Australia New Zealand Biochar Industry Group has a new chief executive, while the a2 Milk Company made a key appointments to the investment committee of its Farm Sustainability Fund.

Green moves: CalPERS, Future Fund, Impax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Future Fund's director of investment stewardship has retired, as CalPERS welcomes a chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and a former HSBC Asset Management executive joins Impax.

Green moves: Foresight, Tattarang

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The communications director at Tattarang has exited, as new directors join Foresight and Victoria's South East Water.

Green moves: Macquarie AM, RIAA, U Ethical, UNLESS Financial

ELIZABETH FRY, ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The U Ethical chief executive will step down next year, RIAA adds to the board while Macquarie AM hires from Ausbil and more.