SYDNEY: Cochlear Limited announced the appointment of Christine McLoughlin to the Cochlear Board.
Ms McLoughlin’s appointment will become effective on 1 November 2020.Ms McLoughlin has served on the boards of a number of ASX50 companies and is a highly respected company director with domestic and international experience in financial and health services and telecommunications.
Cochlear Chairman, Rick Holliday-Smith, welcomed Ms McLoughlin’s appointment. He said, “Christine is an accomplished director and business leader. She has had wide ranging experience covering health, insurance, resources, infrastructure and financial services. She is currently Chairman of the Suncorp Group Limited, Chancellor-elect of the University of Wollongong, and is a non-executive director of nib holdings limited.
“Her board and governance experience, combined with her commercial capabilities including risk assessment, health policy and the interactions between research, education and medical innovation, will be invaluable to Cochlear. We look forward to her joining the Board.”
Ms McLoughlin will be a Non-executive Director and is considered by the Board to be independent. She resides in Sydney, Australia.