Plum Super has appointed superannuation lawyer and member of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group, Peggy Haines, to the trustee board for its two funds.
Haines will join the board of PFS Nominees, the trustee of the Plum Superannuation Fund and the Plum Pooled Superannuation Trust.
Haines is a senior superannuation and financial services lawyer and has recently joined Lander & Rogers as a consultant. Prior to this, she held the position of partner at Freehills for several years.
Haines has also held significant positions in the community including former chair of the Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee, and member of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Association.
Haines had also worked as a consultant to the Commonwealth Treasury on the Super System Review.
She joins other recent appointees to the PFS Nominees Board — Geoff Webb, Michael Clancy and John Reid — who were appointed late last year.
Haines has also been appointed to the Boards of MLC Nominees and NULIS (Australia) Nominees.
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