Cbus appoints Manager of Debt

Cbus, the $34 billion super fund for the construction, building and allied industries, has appointed Linda Cunningham as manager of debt. In this new role, she will oversee the alternative debt sector in the public markets team as Cbus continues to expand its in-house investment capability.

Cunningham joins from IFM Investors where she was executive director, debt investments with responsibility for managing key credit portfolios. Prior to this, she held senior executive roles with AMP, AXA Australia, CBA and Colonial First State.

Cbus has also announced two other key investment strategy appointments, with Anna Weickart joining the public markets team as a senior investment analyst, and Alex Miller joining the private markets team as an infrastructure transaction specialist.

Commenting on the appointments, Kristian Fok, Cbus' executive manager, investment strategy said: "We are so pleased to welcome Linda, Anna and Alex, bringing their depth of experience and talent to the team. We're looking to appoint a significant number of new roles in the next few months as we go through our capability building stage. Continuing to attract people of this calibre this will put us in a great position for future growth."