Superannuation governance veteran joins Equity Trustees boards

Yasmine Raso

Senior Journalist

2 April 2025

Seasoned superannuation and governance executive, Jocelyn Furlan, has joined the superannuation trustee boards of Equity Trustees, Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited (ETSL) and HTFS Nominees Pty Ltd (HTFS).

Furlan brings an extensive history of industry experience and expertise to the role, having previously been Chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and held appointments on boards and committees including Aware Super, Vanguard Investments, Financial Counselling Australia, the Customer Owned Banking Association, Perpetual Superannuation Limited and Russell.

Furlan’s appointment, effective from 1 April, comes as Equity Trustee’s superannuation trustee arm oversees $80 billion in funds invested for close to 800,000 Australians, bolstered by the firm’s recent appointment as trustee of Perpetual’s superannuation suite with $6 billion in funds under management (FUM).

“Jocelyn brings significant superannuation industry experience as a practitioner, regulator and director. She has a deep understanding of relevant regulation, member experience and risk management, and will be a great addition to our highly experienced Boards” Mick O’Brien, Managing Director of Equity Trustees, said.

“Given the digital transformation which has been taking place across our whole enterprise, including the superannuation part of the business, Jocelyn’s insights from her experience throughout other digital transformation programs will be invaluable to the work of the Boards.

“On behalf of the Board and our team of leading superannuation trustee specialists, I welcome Jocelyn to Equity Trustees.”

Furlan has also joined the judging panel for this year’s Women in Wealth Awards 2025, hosted by Financial Newswire in association with the Emerge Foundation.