Australian is new CEO of Guardians of NZ Superannuation
Most recently Townsend led Funds SA – an AU$40 billion institutional investor of public sector funds.
She will take up her new role overseeing the $70b NZ Super Fund in April 2024. Paula Steed will continue as acting CEO until then.
Townsend was CEO of Funds SA between 2015 and 2023. Before 2015, she held various roles at REST Industry Super, one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, including as general manager of investments and acting chief operating officer. Earlier in her career she held investment roles at NGS Super, Retirement Benefits Fund, Value Capital Management and Rothschild Australia Asset Management.
Guardians chair John Williamson says Townsend is a highly-experienced CEO with a 30-year career in the Australian investment sector. He says while at Funds SA she oversaw a significant growth in the organisation’s capabilities.
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