REST appoints former NAB GM as COO

REST Industry Super has announced the appointment of Andrew Howard as chief operating officer.

Howard previously spent 12 years with the National Australia Bank (NAB) Group where he held a number of general management positions including GM, people and culture with NAB Wealth and GM, group and direct insurance with MLC Insurance. Most recently Howard was GM, distribution and client management with NAB Asset Management.

Prior to joining NAB in 2002, Howard worked with Plum Financial Services as director, integration and manager product and strategy. He also spent four years with Accenture as a management consultant.

Howard, who will start in the new role in April, takes over from Jo Townsend who was recently appointed chief executive officer of Funds SA.