Crescent appoints deputy MD

Miriam Silva
MIRIAM SILVA
Crescent Wealth - Deputy Managing Director
APPOINTMENT
CRESCENT WEALTH
Date: 30 September 2022
Position: Deputy Managing Director
By Elizabeth Fry

Miriam Silva has been appointed deputy managing director of the Crescent group of companies.

Silva has over 20 years' experience managing large and geographically diverse teams in multiple industries, including pharmaceuticals, banking and agribusiness.

She has held several leadership roles, including acting chief executive of TAFE South Australia, chief operating officer for FleetPartners, a leasing and fleet management company and general manager of commercial operations at Elders.

Before that, she held senior roles with the ANZ Banking Group.

Silva is a former chair of InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence, chair of Contemporary Arts Precincts, director of AMES Australia, the South Australia Film Corporation and the Malek Fahd Islamic School.

The incoming deputy managing director said she would take a holistic approach to the role.

"My 'why' is to be of service to others, and I am committed to being of service to everyone within the community. In my experience, for an organisation to be really great, it needs to have a balance between for profit and for the good of the community," she said.

"A key part of my role will involve refreshing the focus of the Group to ensure it continues to build and resonate with our growing community while also providing clarity and differentiation in an increasingly competitive financial services sector."

Crescent Wealth managing director Talal Yassine said Silva's appointment was a significant milestone for the Group as it builds solid capabilities to rapidly build scale, take market share and have a much stronger community impact over the next five years.

"As a well-respected business and community heart leader with a tremendous ability to empathise and articulate a compelling vision that others will follow, Miriam is the perfect person to help the Crescent group of companies achieve its wide-ranging goals," he said.

"She is equally at home discussing balance sheets as she is talking about cultural capital and cross-cultural relations, whether in the boardroom or community hall. I look forward to the enormous contribution she will make."

Crescent Wealth is Australia's first Islamically-compliant super fund,  Crescent Finance is an Islamically-compliant lender, while the Crescent Foundation and Crescent Institute are not-for-profit organisations focused on community and refugee support and networking events.