MOVES

Kate Mills

New chief for the Financial Executives Institute

Former BRW editor and senior editor at the Australian Financial Review, Kate Mills, has joined the Financial Executives Institute of Australia (FEI) as it's new chief executive officer.

Sean Hughes

UniSuper appoints legal, risk & compliance executive

Sean Hughes has confirmed his appointment as executive manager - legal, risk & compliance for UniSuper. Hughes was the inaugural CEO of New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority from 2010, and previously held senior executive roles at ASIC, NAB and ANZ.

Julie May leaves OneVue for editorial role

Julie May has departed her marketing and communications role at OneVue to take up the position of editor at financialobserver. May was previously a senior journalist at Morningstar and before that a journalist and editor at Westpac.

Josh Mathews

OneVue appoints new Media & Communications Manager

Josh Mathews has taken up the role of media and communications manager at wholesale superannuation solutions provider OneVue. Mathews was previously a reporter for PRIME7 News and takes over from Julie May who has departed OneVue for an editorial role at financialobserver.

Mason Willoughby-Thomas

Australian Ethical appoints Portfolio Manager

Mason Willoughby-Thomas has moved into the role of portfolio manager of the Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust at Australian Ethical. Willoughby-Thomas spent three years at ING Investment Management as a senior equity analyst before joining Australian Ethical in 2012.

Damian Roche

ASX appoints Damien Roche as director

The ASX has appointed senior JPMorgan banker Damian Roche to the position of non-executive independent director.

Vision Super appoints independent director

Vision Super has appointed former NAB executive Joanne Dawson as the fund's first independent director. Dawson joined the Vision Super board in July 2014 and also holds directorships at Templeton Global Growth Fund Limited and Catholic Church Insurance Limited.

Cowper moves into director role at Principle

Principle Advisory Services (Principle) associate director, James Cowper, who has been with the firm for several years, has been promoted to director.

John Brakey

Brakey joins Principle

John Brakey, former MLC head of private equity, has joined Principle Advisory Services (Principle). His appointment coincides with the departure of Principle founder, Les Fallick, whose most recent role with the firm was as non-executive chair.

Bill Graus

Energy Super creates GM Investments role

William Graus, former senior investment officer of ESSSuper, has joined Energy Super in the newly-created role of general manager, investments.