About IFM

IFM Investment Funds

IFM Board Members

   

Garry Weaven : Chair

BEc, Dip Ed (Latrobe)

Garry Weaven is Chair of Industry Funds Management, a leading investment service provider to the superannuation industry and of Pacific Hydro, a leading renewable energy company in Australia and Latin America, as well as a Director of Members Equity Bank, which is owned by a number of large Australian superannuation funds, and was a foundation board member of Melbourne's Docklands Authority and its successor VicUrban. In addition, Garry was appointed to Australian Securities and Investments Commission's External Advisory Panel in 2009. In 2008 he was appointed to the Federal Government's Superannuation Advisory Committee.

Garry's involvement with the superannuation and funds management industry follows a successful career in the union movement which culminated in being elected Assistant Secretary of the ACTU in 1986.

Garry played a seminal role in the development of the industry superannuation fund movement and in 1994 founded Industry Fund Services, a diversified financial services provider, which was successfully merged with Members Equity Bank in 2007.  

    

Anna Booth : Board Member

BEc (USyd)

Anna Booth is a former director of the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ("SOCOG"), Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Road Motorists Association, former Chair of Industry Funds Investments Limited and member of the Westpac Customer Committee.

Anna played a dominant role in the trade union movement as National Secretary of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia and as Junior Vice President of the ACTU during the 1980s and 1990s.

Anna is a fellow of the Macquarie University Labour-Management Studies Foundation, and chairs the Mothers Day Classic Sydney Organising Committee which stages an annual event to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Anna is a Director of Industry Super Holdings, ME Bank, CoSolve, Ausflag, Slater and Gordon and The Centre for Policy Development. 

Brian Pollock : Board Member

Fellow (API), Senior Associate (ANZIIF)

Brian Pollock has over 35 years experience in superannuation, financial services and property investment.

Brian retired as Executive Director Property and Lending with AXA Asia Pacific Group (formerly National Mutual Group) in July 1998. A former National President, he is one of only seven members to have been awarded National Life Membership of the Property Council of Australia. He was also Chairman of ISPT Pty Ltd for six years from 1998 to 2004.

Brian is Chairman of A E Smith Pty Ltd and the Macquarie Real Estate Equity Fund series of companies.  

Murray Bleach : Board Member 

CPA, MAppFin, BA (Financial Studies)

Murray Bleach has over 30 years experience in the finance industry.  Murray originally worked as a Chartered Accountant for KPMG Peat Marwick in Sydney and Dallas, Texas. His move into financial services came in 1987, when he joined Bankers Trust Australia. 

Murray joined Macquarie Group as part of Macquarie's acquisition of Bankers Trust Australia and moved to the U.S. in 1999 for eight years. During this time he built the infrastructure business from a small team of six to a team of more than 140 executives.  In July 2004, Murray was appointed Head of North America and Director and Co-CEO of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc and President of Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc.  During this period Murray acted as Chairman or Director on over 60 Macquarie-entity boards.  Murray retired from Macquarie in December 2009. 

Murray is Chair of the IFM Board Investment Committee and is a non-executive director of Eraring Energy, currently sitting on its Audit and Risk, Safety and Compensation committees. He is also a non-executive director for internet start-up company, Zanbato ,a web-based listing service and bulletin board for infrastructure and alternative assets.  Murray joined the board of Suicide Prevention Australia in September 2011.

Michael Migro : Board Member

BBus (Curtin)

Michael Migro has had a broad and extensive career in funds management and financial services, both domestically and in the USA for over 35 years.

Michael has had significant leadership responsibilities in various capacities as Head of Business Strategy (BT Funds Manaement), Joint Managing Director (Westpac Financial Services), CEO (Perpetual Funds Management and Principal Global Investors Australia), and most recently in the USA as COO (Principal Global Investors) and President and Chief Operating Officer (Post Advisory Group LLC).