Perpetual appoints Company Secretary

Perpetual has confirmed the appointment of Eleanor Padman as company secretary, effective 31 July 2017.

In this role, Padman is head of Perpetual's legal, compliance and company secretariat teams.

Prior to joining Perpetual, Padman was general counsel and company secretary of Pinnacle Investment Management and general counsel and head of risk and compliance of its predecessor, Wilson HTM Investment Group Limited.

Padman is a lawyer with over 20 years' commercial experience gained in house and in private practice, both in the UK and Australia. She has also served on a number of boards in the public, private and not-for-profit arenas.

At Perpetual, Padman replaced Joanne Hawkins, who left in February 2017 to take on a similar role with BT Investment Management.