Former RBA director joins Frontier board

Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of John Edwards to the firm's board, as one of two new directors.

Edwards, who was appointed to the Cbus board in 2017, is a former member of the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and head of economic planning and development for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Edwards and fellow new director Deborah Cole replace long-standing directors David Atkin and Angela Emslie as appointed representatives of part-owners Cbus and HESTA, respectively.

Commenting on their appointments, Frontier chair Gabriel Szondy said: "We look forward to bringing in two people of the calibre of Deborah Cole and John Edwards. Both are experienced superannuation fund trustees, with extensive business acumen and practical knowledge of critical areas such as governance, economics and business administration."