NGS Super appoints CEO

NGS Super – one of Australia’s leading superannuation funds with above $9 billion in funds under management and 100,000 members, has today announced the appointment of Laura Wright as its Chief Executive Officer.

Following the resignation of former CEO, Anthony Rodwell-Ball, Ms. Wright has served as Acting CEO of the Fund over the past seven months.

NGS Super Chairman, Dick Shearman praised Ms. Wright for her exceptional leadership of the Fund and her diligence during a year of change. “The Board was delighted to appoint Laura as the Fund’s CEO. She graciously took the leadership baton as Acting CEO and successfully navigated the Fund through some industry challenges and milestones which has seen the Fund go from strength to strength”.

Ms. Wright is NGS Super’s second female CEO and has a long-standing history serving the Fund for nearly two decades, initially as an inaugural Director, then Chair. For the past 10 years she has worked for the Trustee Office firstly as General Manager, Operations before being appointed Senior Manager, Governance.

“With Laura at the helm, the Fund is in good hands with a leader who’s been at the forefront of the Fund’s evolution. We wish her all the best as she continues to move the Fund forward in terms of improving the quality of its products and services while continuing to deliver healthy returns for members”, Shearman added.