Super Trustee information

Melinda Howes

Group Executive, Superannuation and Investments

BEc, FIAA, GAICD

Melinda was appointed Group Executive Superannuation and Investments in January 2024, joining from KPMG where she led the Actuarial and Data Analytics team. She leads AMP’s Investment business and the Superannuation (Master Trust) business which serves personal and corporate super members.

Experience

Melinda has deep expertise in superannuation with more than 30 years in the industry. She also has experience in wealth management, life insurance, general insurance and not for profit organisations, including as CEO of the Actuaries Institute and Policy Director at ASFA.

Having spent eleven years at BT Financial Group in the 1990-2000’s, Melinda was Managing Director, Superannuation for seven years from 2014 where she led the transformation and simplification of BT’s complex heritage superannuation business to a modern digital enterprise, migrating $31bn and 560,000 members from multiple products to the go-forward offer.

Melinda is an actuary and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. She has executive and non-executive director experience and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has been an active member of ASFA and the FSC over many years, including serving on ASFA’s board and the FSC superannuation board committee.

Anna Shelley

Chief Investment Officer, Executive Director

Anna has an extensive background in investment management, investment advice, business strategy and product strategy and development. Anna spent the first 14 years of her career at JANA Investment Advisers as a Principal Consultant, Head of Australasian Equities research and Deputy Head of Consulting. She then worked at MLC Investment Management as Head of Product, responsible for $62bn of retail and institutional products, before moving to Perpetual Investments where she was General Manager, Product and Strategy across Perpetual’s $33Bn FUM. After relocating to Melbourne, Anna became Chief Investment Officer of Catholic Super, a $10Bn industry fund which then merged with Equipsuper in October 2019 to form a $30Bn fund. As CIO of the combined funds, she had responsibility for all aspects of investment management, and was responsible for the new investment design which has more than halved Catholic Super’s investment fees.

Anna is currently Chief Investment Officer of AMP Wealth Management, with circa $105Bn FUM across Super, Retirement and Goals-Based Products.

Edwina Maloney

Group Executive, Platforms

LLB, GradDip Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA)

Edwina was appointed Group Executive Platforms in July 2023. The Platforms business provides superannuation, retirement and investment solutions toadvisers and their clients.

Experience

Edwina is a seasoned executive, board director, consultant, and transformational leader having held senior executive roles across wealth management; superannuation and funds management businesses. In June 2021, Edwina was appointed Director, Platforms at AMP, with end-to-end accountability for AMP’s Wealth Superannuation Fund, Wrap Platforms and SuperConcepts SMSF business (which was sold on30 June 2023).

Previously, Edwina led AMP Capital’s Global Product function, responsible for its Managed Investment Schemes, offshore domiciled funds and separate accounts. Before AMP, Edwina held various senior leadership roles at Perpetual Investments responsible for strategy; business development; product innovation and management functions. She was also a management consultant with Accenture specialising in wealth management and began her career as a lawyer with DLA Piper (then Phillips Fox).

Edwina holds a Bachelor of Laws (QUT) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA). She is a Director of ASFA.