Nicholas Mant, the former chief investment risk and sustainability officer at the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, has joined the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation in the newly created role of chief risk officer.
Having started last month, Mr Mant has a “clear mandate to take risk”, according to an internal profile, and will work with the board and investment team to refine the organisation’s risk appetite and “foster a risk-taking culture”.
His appointment comes after an audit found “gaps in due diligence, investment risk assessment and concessionally” at the Corporation, raising questions about the NRFC’s approach to assessing investments.
Prior to joining the NRFC and NAIF, Mr Mant led risk and investment teams at multilateral development banks, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He has also worked at ANZ.
Wrapping up more than eight years at the Sally O’Donnell has announced her departure from her role as director, Age Assurance Taskforce, Online Safety Branch.
Ms O’Donnell has farewelled public service after 18 years, announcing in a LinkedIn post that she is seeking new opportunities in the private sector to “continue shaping public policy from a different angle”.
After farewelling the Australian Information Industry Association last week, Simon Bush has stepped into the newly created role of senior director, government affairs and public policy for the Asia Pacific region at ServiceNow.
In a post on LinkedIn this week, Mr Bush said his “first hand experience” guided his decision to join the IT service management-focused software company, as it moves towards agentic AI.
Quantum startup Diraq has promoted Stefanie Tardo to the role of chief operating officer. In a LinkedIn post, Diraq founder and chief executive paid homage to Ms Tardo as a “driving force behind our momentum”.
Space exploration company Fleet Space has announced the appointment of Kendall Cole-Rae to its Experts-in-Residence program. As the former head of exploration technical knowledge at Rio Tinto, Mr Kendall brings decades of resources experience.
“Fleet Space isn’t just opening new frontiers for mining innovation; through our partnerships, we are fundamentally changing how to deliver results at a speed and scale that was previously out of reach,” Mr Kendall said.
Datacom has signalled its local ambitions by appointing Paul Wilson as director of market growth Australia, and former Western Australia Department of Justice chief information officer Jim Pollard as associate director for public sector growth.
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