Vicsuper Announces New Board Member

VICSUPER ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBER

July 2016

MEDIA RELEASE

VicSuper has today announced the recent appointment of Merran Kelsall to their Board of Directors. Ms Kelsall will also take up the position of Chair of the VicSuper Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee from June 2016.

Kelsall is a very experienced director and has served on numerous boards in the private and public sectors. She has considerable expertise in finance, audit, risk and compliance having chaired numerous audit committees, including oversight of risk management and compliance.

Her current appointments include: Director of RACV Limited, Chairman of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and Australian Health Service Alliance, Member International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and Deputy Chair at Melbourne Water Corporation, Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee for EPA Victoria, and also independent Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee for Victorian Public Sector Commission.

Kelsall replaces Stan Odachowski who served on the VicSuper Board for 5 years.

Bruce Hartnett, Chairman of VicSuper said “We are thrilled to welcome Merran to the board; she brings with her a wealth of experience having served on numerous boards in both the private and public sectors. I’d also like to thank Stan for his time on the VicSuper board and wish him well for his future endeavours. ”

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For further information or to organise an interview, please contact:

VicSuper
Alexis Harrison
Marketing Operations Manager
0428 633 639
03 9667 9762

About VicSuper

VicSuper is a $15 billion strong profit to member superannuation fund with over 240,000 members, over 20,500 participating employers and over 11,000 pension members. (Figures as at 31/05/15). The underlying assets of the Fund have doubled over the past 5 years.

Open to all Australians, membership is strongest in Victoria where the Fund began nearly 20 years ago. The Fund’s strategic plan is designed to grow and build long term resilience into the Fund to deliver long term value for its members.