Super boards and labor union links
Australian Super
Manages over $341 billion of retirement savings on behalf of over 3.4 million members.
- Independent chair Don Russell (pictured), former senior adviser to Paul Keating
- Julia Angrisano, Finance Sector Union national secretary
- Michele O'Neil, ACTU president
- Jo-anne Schofield, United Workers Union national president
- Glenn Thompson, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union assistant national secretary
- Misha Zelinsky, former Australian Workers Union assistant national secretary
HESTA
Has deep connections to the health services and community sector and has more than 1.05 million members, managing close to $88 billion in super savings.
- Independent chair Nicola Roxon (pictured), former Labor minister
- Helen Gibbons, executive director at United Workers Union
- Kate Marshall, senior national assistant secretary of the Health Services Union
- Angela van Vorst, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation representative
- Emeline Gaske, Australian Services Union national secretary
- Ben Davison, ACTU
CBUS
Manages more than $94 billion for its 920,000 members.
- Independent chair Wayne Swan (pictured), former Labor treasurer, party national president
- Earl Setches, Plumbing Trades Employees Union national secretary
- Paddy Crumlin, CFMEU president, Maritime Union national secretary
- Jason O'Mara, former ACT president of the CFMEU
- Lucy Weber, CFMEU legal director
- Abha Devasia, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union national legal manager
- Kade Wakefield, Australian Workers Union assistant national secretary
Care Super
A multi-industry fund that has more than 573,000 members and manages more than $53 billion.
- Chair Linda Scott (pictured), former deputy lord mayor and Labor councillor for the City of Sydney Council
- Andrew Dettmer, former Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union national president
- Jessica Munday, secretary Unions Tasmania
- Rebecca Girard, Australian Services Union
- Tom Lynch, Unions Tasmania, ex-Community and Public Sector Union
- Tony Cavanagh, nominated by the Australian Services Union
TWU Super
Focused on workers in the transport sector, manages $7 billion with almost 100,000 members.
- Independent chair Nick Sherry (pictured), former Labor minister
- Richard Olsen, Transport Workers' Union (TWU) NSW state secretary
- Michael Kaine, TWU national secretary
- Tim Dawson, TWU national president and WA state secretary
First Super
Strong links to industries including furniture and joinery, pulp, timber and paper. Has 70,000 members and manages $4.67 billion.
- Co-chair Michael O'Connor (pictured, stood aside), secretary of the CFMEU manufacturing division
- Denise Campbell-Burn, division president of the CFMEU
- Anthony Pavey, CFMEU manufacturing division official
- Scott McDine, former national secretary of the Australian Workers Union
- Casey Thompson, ACTU
REST Industry Super
A retail workers-focused fund with about 2 million members and $86 billion in funds.
- Independent chair James Merlino (pictured), former Labor deputy premier in Victoria
- Adam Walk, nominated by the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA)
- Helen Cooney, SDA national assistant secretary
- Mitchell Worsley, SDA industrial officer
- Catherine Bolger, nominated by the SDA
Hostplus
Has 1.8 million members across a range of industries and manages $115 billion.
- Tim Lyons (pictured), appointed by United Workers Union (UWU), former assistant secretary of ACTU
- Gary Bullock, UWU Queensland state secretary, Labor power broker
- Jess Rudd, solicitor, chief executive of The Parenthood, daughter of former Labor PM Kevin Rudd
- Bev Myers, deputy director UWU