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05 September 2025 by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic

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HESTA appoints deputy CEO

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HESTA has elevated Debby Blakey to the deputy chief executive role.

Health and community services industry fund HESTA has appointed Debby Blakey as deputy chief executive.

Blakey previously worked at HESTA as member advice executive manager, a role which will now be filled by Chris Winton, who has joined the $18-billion fund from Equipsuper Financial Planning.
 
HESTA also appointed Teresa Holding as administration and insurance executive manager.

Holding joined from Macquarie Bank, where she was an associate director and operations manager in Brisbane.

She has also worked as enterprise solutions general manager at Statewide Financial Management Services.

 
 

In addition, the fund appointed four new directors to its board.

The new directors are Klaus Zimmermann, representing Aged and Community Services Australia, Lloyd Williams and Rosemary Kelly, representing the Health Services Union, and David Smith, representing the Australian Services Union.

Smith is an alternate director for Tim Lyons, who represents the ACTU.