Our people

Michael joined as Chief Executive Officer in December 2004. Michael has extensive experience in the superannuation industry having worked in a number of senior positions including the role of General Manager and Fund Secretary of one of Australia's larger industry superannuation funds and has also gained experience as Company Secretary of a Corporate Trustee.

He is an active participant in the superannuation industry having served for many years as a Director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and has played significant roles in other industry bodies.

As Chief Executive Officer of the Trustee, Michael reports to the Trustee Board and exercises the day to day management of the Trustee. This includes:

• Monitoring the performance of funds under management,
• Monitoring custody and administration service providers, and
• Managing the executive team of superannuation and communication specialists.

Michael's focus is to ensure that the Trustee receives expert professional advice on which to make its decisions and then to ensure those decisions are implemented.

Thomas Parry is the Independent Director and Chairman of the Board. He is also the Chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; Chairman of the Australian Energy Market Operator; a Director of ASX - Market Supervision; a consultant to Duet Limited, a listed company which invests in energy utility assets; and Director, Sydney Opera House Trust.

He has held a number of important positions in regulation and public policy and has been a consultant to the Commonwealth and NSW State Governments. His former positions include: Foundation Executive Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW; Foundation NSW Natural Resources Commissioner; Director of the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission; Associate Commissioner of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; Director of South East Sydney Area Health Service; and a member of the NSW Council on the Cost and Quality of Government. He has been an adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of New South Wales and Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Wollongong, and has held various positions in the private sector.

Member Representative, State Secretary of the Australian Worker's Union of NSW.

Member Representative, Secretary of Unions NSW

Member Representative, President of NSW Teachers Federation.

Member Representative, Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) (Victorian Branch).

Member Representative, Assistant Secretary of the HSU (NSW), Executive member of Unions NSW, a member of the Union Consultative Committee of the NSW Premier’s Department and a member of the WorkCover NSW Health and Community Services Industry Reference Group.

Member Representative, General Secretary of the Health Services Union East (HSU).

Employer Representative, CEO of Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) Limited.

Employer Representative, Director, NSW Treasury Corporation, consultant in economics and finance. 

Employer Representative, non-executive company director and former investment banker. Currently a director of Sydney Water Corporation, director of Essential Energy and independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Office of State Revenue.

Employer Representative, chartered accountant, professional non-executive director, former partner of an international accounting firm.

Employer Representative, Managing Director and CEO of the Royal Freemasons’ Homes of Victoria Limited.

Employer Representative, Company Director and former Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).