The chairman of industry fund AMIST, Kevin Cottrill has died.
AMIST chief executive, Murray Rutherford confirmed Cottrill’s passing today noting the contribution he had made to the fund over a number of years.
Cottrill had been an employer-nominated director of the fund for more than years and retired as chief executive of the Australian Mean Industry Council in September, this year.
He was formerly Managing Director and Company Secretary of MQF Pty Ltd and MQF (Queensland) Pty Ltd and Secretary of the MQF Pty Ltd Superannuation Fund.
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