Naomi Edwards joins TAL board

Naomi Edwards
NAOMI EDWARDS
TAL Insurance - Director
APPOINTMENT
TAL INSURANCE
Date: 8 December 2022
Position: Director
By Elizabeth Fry

The life insurer has appointed the former chair of Spirit Super to the board as an independent director.

Edwards has worked with fund managers and superannuation funds for more than 35 years.

As Chair of Spirit Super until November 2022, she led significant transformation and merger activity during massive regulatory and industry change.

Edwards oversaw the fund's transformation from $1.5 billion funds under management 12 years ago to $25 billion today.

Edwards has worked extensively in the ethical investments sector and was a director of Australian Ethical Super and chair of Australian Ethical Investment.

An actuary by training, she was a partner of Deloitte, advising banks and life insurers on M&A, and she is the 2023 President of the Australian Actuaries' Institute.

TAL chair Mark Joiner welcomed Edwards to the board Naomi as TAL executes the next phase of its corporate strategy.

"I have followed TAL's journey and admired its culture and corporate values and am delighted to be joining the board. I look forward to working with the board and the executive team led by CEO Brett Clark," Edwards said

Edwards is currently the chair of Accurium and is a non-executive director for Yarra Investment Management, Propel Funeral Partners and the Tasmanian Development Board.

She has also served on the boards of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Ethical Super, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Hunter Hall and Nikko AM.