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