Avant Insurance

24 Business experts appointed to the Board Mr Andrew Boldeman BEc, FIAA, CEO of Avant Mutual Mr Boldeman is the Chief Executive Officer of Avant Mutual, and a Director of Avant Insurance and Doctors' Health Fund. Mr Boldeman is also a Director of the Medical Professionals Liability Association and the Medical Indemnity Insurance Association of Australia. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Group Life division of TAL, Australia's largest life insurer. Other previous positions include TAL's Chief Actuary and leadership roles at management consultancy Tillinghast Towers Perrin. Mr Bruce Foy BCom, LLB, FAICD Mr Foy is a Director of Avant Group Holdings, Avant Insurance and Doctors' Health Fund. Mr Foy was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1989, and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Foy is a professional non-executive Director, being on a number of public and private boards. Special responsibilities: Member of the Risk Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr Peter Beck BSc, FIA, FIAA, FSA, FASFA Mr Beck is a Director of Avant Mutual Group Limited, Avant Group Holdings Limited and Avant Insurance Limited. Mr Beck is an actuary by profession and has over 40 years' experience in banking, insurance, superannuation and investments, working in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South Africa and the UK. He was formerly CEO of Pillar Administration, CEO of CommInsure, and Group General Manager, Strategic Development and Group Appointed Actuary at Colonial. Special responsibilities: Member of the Risk Committee, the Audit Committee and the Group Investment Committee. Mr Peter Polson BCom, MBL, PMD Mr Polson is a Director of Avant Mutual and Avant Group Holdings and is the Chair of Avant Insurance. He has an extensive background in banking, insurance and financial services. He was formerly Managing Director of Colonial First State Investments, and with the Commonwealth Bank Group as Group Executive, responsible for all investment and insurance services. Special responsibilities: Chair of the Group Investment Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. The Hon John Fahey AC The Hon John Fahey is a Director of Avant Mutual Group Limited, Avant Group Holdings Limited and Avant Insurance Limited, and is the Chair of The Doctors' Health Fund Pty Ltd. He was the Premier of NSW for three years, and then Federal Minister for Finance and Administration (1996-2001). Prior to Parliament, he practised as a solicitor. In 2002 he was awarded a Companion in the Order of Australia. He was appointed President of the World Anti-Doping Authority in 2007, a position he held until the end of 2013. In 2014, he was appointed as Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University. He is the current Chair of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. In 2017 John was appointed as the Chair of the Australian Building Code Board. Special responsibilities: Member of the Group Investment Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Mr Terry Williamson BEC, MBA, FCA, FCPA, FCIS, MACS, MIIA, FAICD Mr Williamson is a Director of Avant Group Holdings Limited and Avant Insurance Limited. Mr Williamson is a Director of Stockland Capital Partners Limited and Stockland Direct Retail Trust, and a member of the Building and Estates Committee of the University of Sydney. He was previously a member of the Board of Advice, School of Business, University of Sydney, an External Member of the Audit Committee of the Reserve Bank of Australia, former CFO of Bankers Trust Australia Limited/BT Financial Group Limited and a former partner of Price Waterhouse. Special responsibilities: Chair of the Risk Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr Duncan West ANZIIF (Snr Assoc.), CIP, FCII, BSc (Econ), GAICD Mr West is a Director of Avant Group Holdings and Avant Insurance. He has over 30 years' experience in insurance with a particular focus on risk pricing and underwriting, reinsurance, claims and distribution management in both general insurance and life insurance. He has worked in the UK, India and Australia including as CEO of Vero Insurance and CGU Insurance. Most recently he was Executive General Manager of Retail Wealth for NAB. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute. He was formerly Director and President of the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance. Special responsibilities: Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nominations Committee, the Risk Committee and the Audit Committee.

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