Lillicrap departs as ART recasts investment team

Mike Taylor

Managing Editor/Publisher, Financial Newswire

31 March 2023

The Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has confirmed the exit of QSuper portfolio’s head of strategy, Damien Lillicrap effective from today (Friday, 31 March).

The confirmation came at the same time as ART announced a range of changes to its investment team completing much of the process following the merger of QSuper and Sunsuper.

The changes as announced by ART are:

• Appointment of a Head of Investment Strategy for the multiple strategies stewarded for ART members – Super Savings and QSuper options – in order to optimise coordination and opportunities from ART’s scale. Andrew Fisher will take on the role of Head of Investment Strategy, which became effective from Monday 27 March, encompassing both the Super Savings and QSuper portfolios.
• A Head of Investment Resilience and Planning role is being added to the leadership team, which will focus on ongoing resilience testing of our portfolios and capabilities. This role will be advertised internally and externally next week.

The new Investment leadership structure includes:

• Deputy Chief Investment Officer – Charles Woodhouse
• Head of Investment Strategy – Andrew Fisher
• Head of Capital Markets – Herbert Chang
• Head of Sustainable Investment – Nicole Bradford
• Head of Global Real Assets – Michael Weaver
• Head of Private Corporate Assets – Elizabeth Kumaru
• Head of Public Markets – Greg Barnes
• Head of Investment Resilience and Planning – to be advertised