Link adds to board as focus turns to RSS division

13 December 2023
| By Laura Dew |
image
image
expand image

Link Group has appointed Gail Pemberton as an independent non-executive director, effective from 8 January.

Pemberton is a bank and wealth management specialist and was formerly chief executive and managing director of BNP Paribas’ business in Australia and New Zealand.

She was also previously group chief information officer and financial services group chief operating officer at Macquarie Bank. As well as roles in Australia, she was chief operating officer of BNP Paribas in London. 

In the wealth management space, she also spent a decade as chair of OneVue, which became part of Iress three years ago. 

Pemberton was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2018 for services to the financial and banking industry.

Link Group chair Michael Carapiet said: “I am delighted to welcome Gail and I believe she will make a great contribution to the board. Gail’s knowledge of Australia’s technology and financial services sector will enhance our board greatly.”

She will fill a spot left by the departure of Sally Pitkin, Peeyush Gupta, and Glen Boreham who left at the end of November.

The firm said it will be focusing its Retirement and Superannuation Solutions (RSS) business and its corporate markets one. The firm divested its Funds Solutions business and its Banking and Credit Management business as well as the demerger and in specie distribution of PEXA earlier this year. 

Earlier this year, the firm appointed Mark Lennon as an independent non-executive director. Lennon has served on a variety of super fund boards including First State Super and Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS). 
 

Read more about:

AUTHOR

Recommended for you

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest developments in Super Review! Anytime, Anywhere!

Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

11 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

11 months 1 week ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

11 months 1 week ago

Jim Chalmers has defended changes to the Future Fund’s mandate, referring to himself as a “big supporter” of the sovereign wealth fund, amid fierce opposition from the Co...

16 hours ago

Demand from institutional investors was the main driver of growth in Australia’s responsible investment (RI) market in 2023, as the industry continued to gain momentum....

17 hours ago

In a new review of the country’s largest fund, a research house says it’s well placed to deliver attractive returns despite challenges....

18 hours ago