Mark Burgess is Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director of HESTA and advisor to global asset owners.He was previously CEO of the Future Fund, Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund. He has worked internationally including as London based Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO of Credit Suisse Asset Management (EMEA) and Global CIO of Equities/Multi Assets. Other global CIO roles for American Express, Colonial First State and Bankers Trust.

He is also currently Chairman of Yarra Capital, Chairman of Advisory Board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, Chairman- Asia for OMFIF - a global think tank focused on central banking and financial markets, board member of a large family office, advisor to IP Group - a leading investor in early stage academic research, Enterprise Professor at University of Melbourne and Chairman of Melbourne Girls Grammar School. He is governor of Cerebral Palsy Foundation and Chairman of DB Foundation - supporting state school students who reach tertiary education.