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Dr Adam Walk

Dr Adam Walk

Nominating Organisation: Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) 

Dr Adam Walk was appointed as an alternate director on 28 November 2018, and has been a Director on the Rest Board since 1 January 2020.

Experience

Adam Walk is a financial economist with around 25 years’ experience in investment, governance, and risk management appointments at organisations such as Myer Family Company (now part of Mutual Trust), QIC, QSuper (now part of Australian Retirement Trust), and Bank of Queensland. Adam is a Co-Founder and Director at Drew, Walk & Co., in which capacity he assists family office, foundation, and fiduciary clients in the areas of investment consulting and counsel. 

He also has over 15 years' experience as a company director of for-purpose organisations.His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Journal of Retirement, and he co-authored (with Dr Michael Drew) a monograph entitled ‘Investment Governance for Fiduciaries’, which was published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation in 2019.

Current Directorships

  • Director of Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Limited
  • Director of St John Henry Newman College Limited
  • Director of Power Group of Companies
  • Chair of Campion College Australia
  • Director of The Investment Committee Pty Limited
  • Director of De Colmar Pty Limited
  • Director of Drew, Walk & Co
  • Director of Walk Group of Companies

Current Appointments

  • Chair of the Investment Committee, RSL Queensland
  • Member of the Advisory Board, Hamilton12 Pty Limited
  • Board Member, Archdiocesan Development Fund, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
  • Member, Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, Mary Aikenhead Ministries

Rest Committee Membership

  • Board Investment Committee
  • Chair of the Risk Committee
  • Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Politics (BA)
  • Bachelor of Business, Banking and Finance (BBus)
  • Master of Applied Finance and Investment (MAppFin)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Financial Economics (PhD)
  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)
  • Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA)
  • Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) designee
  • Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designee
  • Qualified Risk Director (QRD)