Retail industry fund REST has appointed legal veteran John Edstein to its board.
The super fund announced this week that Edstein would be joining the REST board as an employer-nominated director.
Edstein was a partner for more than 20 years at national law firms Mallesons Stephen Jaques and subsequently King & Wood Mallesons where he practised extensively in superannuation and trust law. He is also a former member (and now emeritus member) of the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee.
The fund has hired a former ART executive as its new head of group strategy.
The sovereign wealth fund has revealed six internal hires to support the execution of key strategies.
The fund has announced the departure of a second senior executive in as many months, with its chief member officer to finish up mid-December.
The $89 billion fund has announced a new leadership role within its private markets team.