Mark joined the Australian Retirement Trust Board as a director on 1 July 2023 and is chair of the investment committee and valuations oversight committee.
He brings extensive investment and leadership experience having held senior roles including chief investment officer and chief executive officer at prominent financial institutions both in Australia and internationally. Mark was previously a board member and investment committee chair of HESTA and served as chief executive of the Future Fund.
Mark is chair (Asia) of the advisory committee for the Official Monetary Financial Institutions Forum, non-executive director of Avant Group Holdings and Avant Insurance Limited, and sits on the advisory board of Jamieson Coote Bonds and IP Group Australia. He is also a member of the advisory panel for the David Burgess Foundation – a charity for tertiary students. He is also a trustee for the Merton Hall Foundationand supports the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation as an advisory Governor.
Mark’s previous executive roles include chief executive officer of Treasury Group, executive vice chairman, chief executive officer and global chief investment officer at Credit Suisse Asset Management, global chief investment officer at American Express Asset Management, and chief investment officer at Colonial First State.
