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Rest names inaugural general counsel
Duncan Whiteside has been named Rest’s general counsel, effective December 2024.
Reporting to the fund’s chief strategy and corporate affairs officer, Tyrone O’ Neill, Whiteside will be responsible for leading the fund’s team of expert legal advisers.
Commenting on the appointment, O’Neill said: “I’m pleased to welcome Duncan to Rest in the newly created position of general counsel where he will play a key advisory role to the board and senior management, while leading Rest’s team of legal experts as we continue our mission to make super simple for our 2 million members.
“Duncan has deep expertise in financial services and corporate law, particularly through his experience of the legal and regulatory environment for the life insurance sector.”
Whiteside makes the move from MetLife, where he has served as general counsel and head of legal in Australia for over three-and-a-half years.
Prior to this, he spent almost five years at TAL, most recently as head of market development.
He has also worked for law firms Blake Dawson (now Ashurst Australia) in Australia and Norton Rose Fulbright in the UK.
Earlier this month, Rest also welcomed two general managers to help deliver on critical aspects of its overall strategy.
Kareene Koh joined as general manager, strategy, where she is tasked with leading Rest’s strategic planning and alignment across the fund. She also reports to chief strategy and corporate affairs officer O’Neill.
Meanwhile, Florence La Carbona joined the super fund as general manager for data and insights.
She is responsible for strengthening Rest’s data management practices and enhancing both foundational and advanced data capabilities within the fund, reporting to chief technology and data officer Jeremy Hubbard.
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Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
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