Our executive officers

Amy brings more than 25 years’ experience spanning people and culture, legal and general management capabilities to Rest’s Executive team.

As Rest’s Chief People Officer, Amy is responsible for embedding an inclusive, employee-centred culture that empowers our people to deliver their best for our members. This includes leadership of Rest’s talent, culture, learning and development, reward and remuneration and people services functions.

Amy and her team design and deliver Rest’s People Strategy, helping our teams thrive and love their work through initiatives that enhance the employee experience, support diversity and inclusion, and foster development and growth.

Prior to joining Rest in May 2021 as General Manager of People and Culture, Amy spent time in a number of senior roles at AMP and Resolution Life. 

Amy holds a Bachelor of Law (First Class Hons) and Bachelor of Economics (majoring in Social Sciences) and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW in August 1999.

Andrew is responsible for Rest’s member experience across all channels, including the fund’s approach to education and advice, member engagement and employer connections. This includes leadership of Rest’s brand, marketing and member communications, employer servicing, business development, product and digital functions.

Andrew joined Rest in 2021 as General Manager of Brand and Marketing with an expanded remit for Member Experience in 2023. He has extensive experience in financial services with a focus on member experience, brand and communications in superannuation, insurance, advice and banking.

Before working at Rest, he held senior roles at AMP and AXA/ipac after running his own consultancy business for seven years. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Economics (with majors in Accounting and Economics) from The University of Sydney.

Brendan joined Rest in April 2019 and is responsible for the design and delivery of best-practice operations, including leading the optimisation of Rest’s end-to-end service model. He leads the management of Rest’s operations, dispute resolution, technical, insurance and administration services, including management of our service partnerships, to ensure the fund delivers an outstanding end to end experience to members and employers.

Brendan has extensive experience in the financial services and wealth management industry. He previously served as Head of Product and Operations in NAB Wealth’s Corporate and Institutional Wealth division and has held superannuation operations roles at Colonial First State and other providers.

He has also held consulting and advisory roles, including with technology consultancy firm Wipro. He was a trustee Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Officers’ Superannuation Fund from 2007 to 2008, and was a Director on the board of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees from 2020 to 2023.

He is a fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia, and holds a Master of Business, Management and Operations from the University of Technology Sydney, a Master of Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Economics and Finance from Western Sydney University.

Gemma was appointed as Chief Risk Officer in November 2018 and leads the Enterprise Risk function which includes investment risk, operational risk, business continuity, financial crime, compliance and conduct.

Gemma has over 25 years’ experience in risk management and governance across multiple industries including government, engineering and financial services. She is known for her ability to drive organisational change and achieve business objectives in complex and dynamic environments.

Prior to joining Rest, Gemma held senior positions at MLC Life Insurance, MLC Wealth, Parsons Brinkerhoff and Federal Treasury. 

She is a Director on the Board of the Fund Executives Association Limited.

Gemma holds a Master of Arts from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Economics, Social Science (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Jeremy is responsible for charting and executing Rest’s technology, delivery and data insights strategy. His remit includes leading Rest’s functional areas of data, insights and analytics, digital architecture, software engineering, information security and strategic delivery.

Jeremy has more than two decades of experience in innovation and technology roles across corporate, SME and consulting organisations. He joined the digital UBank in 2008 and was part of the bank’s executive team from 2015 to 2019. Before joining Rest he was UBank’s General Manager, Digital & Innovation. Jeremy was previously Head of IT for fintech start-up Once Australia, and worked in consultancy roles for Capgemini, Morse and Oracle Corporation. He has been the Director of two small consultancies between 2007 and 2018.

Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Information Technology from the University of Queensland and is currently undertaking a Masters in Organisational Leadership at Melbourne Business School.

John joined Rest as CFO in January 2024 and is responsible for Rest’s overarching financial management. He leads the team responsible for financial strategy and reporting, actuarial and insurance pricing, taxation, portfolio governance, unlisted asset valuations, forecasting and investment operations to ensure the entire fund can focus on delivering the best-possible retirement outcomes of our members.

John is an experienced financial services executive and qualified actuary and has worked across banking, insurance and superannuation for more than 20 years. He joins Rest following 15 years at Ernst & Young and worked closely with Rest as a consultant over the five years prior to joining the Fund. He has also worked in an actuarial capacity in both Ireland and in Australia.

John is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Actuaries.

Johns holds a Bachelor of Science in Financial & Actuarial Maths from Dublin City University and the Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA) qualification.

Kiran Singh joined Rest in 2021 and is interim co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Listed Assets.

Kiran has over 23 years of experience in investment management across Global and Australian financial markets having previously managed assets for pension funds including, CALPERS, VFMC and GIC. Prior to joining Rest, Kiran held various senior roles at the Cbus Superannuation Fund, including Head of Equities, and Head of Equities Strategy, Asset Allocation during his 6 years with the organisation. 

Kiran was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Nomura Asset Management (Singapore) and Invesco, and held senior roles at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). He was founding partner of Nuvest Capital, a global multi asset manager funded by the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC).

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (1st Class Hons) from Monash University. Kiran is a CFA charterholder.

Simon joined Rest in 2014 and is interim co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Markets. In his role he oversees the Infrastructure, Property, Private Equity and Alternatives asset classes.

Simon has more than 20 years of banking and finance experience in the Melbourne, Sydney and New York offices of NAB. Prior to NAB, Simon worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in an advisory and restructuring capacity.

Simon completed an undergraduate degree in Arts and Commerce at the University of Melbourne which included studies of Middle Eastern and Chinese politics. Simon is a CFA charterholder.

Simon has been a Director on Rest’s various investment companies since 2020 and 2023. He was previously a Director of Campus Living Funds Management in 2019, and of St Mary’s House of Welcome from 2014 to 2022.