Aware Super recruits business development lead

Aware Super has announced Natalie Jarvis will join the fund in September to head up business development.

Jarvis joins the $160 billion super fund for educators and workers from Australian Unity, where she served as general manager, customer and product.

Previously, she held leadership roles as BT's head of corporate super and as MLC's Stronger Super program director.

Aware Super group executive of member growth Steve Travis said the appointment would accelerate the fund's strategies in the intermediated member market.

"We're excited to welcome Natalie to the Aware Super team, and we're certain her extensive leadership experience in financial services will help us drive several of our key strategies forward," said Travis.

"In particular, Natalie will play a key role in helping us to accelerate our drive to sign on more independent financial advisers to our network."

Travis said Jarvis would be a vital relationship partner for many of our key employers, ensuring that the fund continues to enhance these relationships and evolve the fund to meet employers' ever-changing needs.

One of Australia's largest industry super funds, Aware Super counts many of the nation's essential workers among its 1.1 million members, including the largest concentration of educators and healthcare workers of any fund.