Cath Bowtell

Cath is the Chief Executive of Industry Funds Services (IFS). She assumed that role in April 2016, having previously served on the Board of IFS while working as a senior adviser to Industry Super Australia.

Cath has worked in senior roles in both the superannuation industry and union movement. She was the Chief Executive of the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST Super) from 2010 until 2013, when the fund merged with AustralianSuper. Prior to this Cath was a Senior Industrial Officer at the ACTU and Assistant State Secretary for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).

Cath is also a Director of the various companies and partnerships that own and operate Ausgrid, and is a member of the Victorian Public Sector Commission Advisory Committee.

Cath has held a number of directorships and committee positions throughout her career including Director of AustralianSuper, Director of AGEST Super and Hon President of the Australian Labor Party’s Victorian Branch.

Cath is the Deputy Chair of the Royal Women’s Hospital Board and the Committee Chair of the Finance & Information Technology Committee. She is a Director on the Board Quality & Safety Committee.