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Chief executive of one of Australia’s largest investment managers, Kate Galvin is helping spearhead greater gender equity, diversity, and inclusion in the investment management industry. Andrew McKean writes. Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief executive Kate Galvin takes pride in VFMC’s promotion of gender equity and diversity, and for setting a...
Message from CEO Kate Galvin: On behalf of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), I am pleased to present our 2021-2022 Annual Report. This report provides an overview of VFMC’s investment performance for the past financial year, as well as progress against our Evolve24 strategy. Read the 2021-2022 VFMC...
VFMC recently completed its Investment Risk Uplift Project to further elevate portfolio risk capabilities and support global best practice in investment risk management. A key project objective was better understanding, at a whole-of-portfolio level, how much risk was coming from VFMC’s Private Credit asset class, where better risk-adjusted returns...
VFMC welcomes the appointment of new Chief Operating Officer, Lucy Carr, and Chief Finance and Risk Officer, Paul Shanley. Ms Carr has been VFMC’s Chief Risk Officer since December 2019 and has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services across AXA, EY and Vanguard, where she led functions...
VFMC is saddened by the recent passing of financial innovator and respected former VFMC Board Director, Jack Diamond. Mr Diamond served on the VFMC Board for six years between May 2006 and May 2012. His long and varied career across asset consulting and in multiple, impactful roles in the...
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced the appointment of former Chief Executive Officer, Ms Lisa Gray to the Board of VFMC effective 1 January 2022. In her almost six-year tenure as CEO, Ms Gray successfully led VFMC through an exciting period of evolutionary transformation, including overseeing a significant uplift in digital and technology, data and analytics and people and leadership. Ms Gray...
In April 2021, VFMC announced that Chief Executive Officer, Ms Lisa Gray, would be retiring from her executive career on 30 September 2021. After nearly six years at VFMC, Lisa advised it was time to extend her business and leadership contribution to a broad portfolio of directorship and advisory...
“Anchored in Purpose” When Lisa Gray accepted the position of CEO at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, it was the start of an overhaul that saw the organisation through some tough times. Read more..
The Chairman of Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), Mr James MacKenzie, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tom Considine to the Board of VFMC (effective 8 June 2021). “This appointment broadens the public sector policy, financial and risk management expertise of the VFMC Board. In particular,...
VFMC’s Russell Clarke: Russell Clarke believes the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, and that principle has guided him since he became CIO of the Victoria Funds Management Corporation in May 2017. He’s converted a set of investment “sleeves” into a carefully tailored garment. Read...
The Chairman of Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), Mr James MacKenzie, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Andrew Nicolaou to the Board of VFMC (effective 15 September 2020). “This appointment further deepens the risk management and financial governance expertise and experience on the VFMC Board. In particular,...
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is delighted to announce they have selected BNY Mellon Data and Analytics Solutions to underpin our data and IT transformation strategy. Click here to read the full press release.
VFMC CEO Lisa Gray participated in a panel discussion at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Melbourne earlier this month. The discussion was covered in a feature article in Investment Magazine titled ‘Sovereign funds look to defend and diversify.’ Click here to read more.
The Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) at New America seeks to mobilise large pools of capital toward responsible investing, and supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The RAAI focuses on Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) and Government Pension Funds (GPF)—a group of institutional investors that have the scale,...
VFMC announces the re-appointment of Ms Lisa Gray as Chief Executive Officer effective Friday, 1 February 2019. Lisa has successfully led VFMC for the past three years and delivered significant performance back to the Victorian Government during that time. In announcing the re-appointment, the Chairman of VFMC, James MacKenzie,...
