Dr Michael Easson is the Chairman and Founding Director of EG and sustains EG’s vision and strategic direction, maintaining a strong engagement with its projects. He has extensive experience in infrastructure, funds management and development, and is currently Chair of ACTEW and an independent director of ANZ (2000 Olympic) Stadium. He was a founding director of both Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Macquarie Goodman. His past directorships include ING RE, State Super, NRMA Insurance, State Rail Authority of NSW and Sydney Metro Transport.

Michael was an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management’s Centre for Corporate Change and previously Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and Secretary of the NSW Labor Council.

Andrew Boal is an experienced financial services professional who specialises in providing actuarial and strategic consulting advice to leading companies and superannuation funds.

Prior to joining Rice Warner in April 2019, Andrew spent more than 30 years advising clients on superannuation, life insurance, employee benefits, risk management, investments and talent management. During his career, Andrew has driven research and public policy in various areas, including retirement adequacy, retirement income products and solutions, member disclosure and advice, member engagement and digital solutions, governance and conflict management.

Andrew has been a regular speaker at various industry events including the annual ASFA Conference, the 2012 and 2015 Asia-Pacific Pensions Forum, and the 2010 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions.

Andrew was a member of the Board of Directors of ASFA from November 2015 to April 2019, during which time he was Chair of the Consumer and Industry Outcomes Policy Council and Deputy Chair of the Super System Design Policy Council. He is currently Chair of ASFA’s 2019 Conference Committee, having previously been a committee member from 2009-14.

Michael Clancy joined Qantas Super as Chief Executive Officer on 7 December 2015.

Michael has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry, with particular focus on the superannuation, investment and insurance sectors.

He is the Co-Founder and Director of cloud-based wealth advice service, BigFuture.

For the past two years, Michael has consulted to a range of financial services organisations on business strategy, product strategy, governance and implementation.

Prior to this he spent more than 15 years at NAB in leadership roles, where his key achievements included driving significant innovations such as nabtrade, MLC Wrap, a retirement solutions centre of excellence, and the MLC MasterKey Investment Protection product.

He is currently a member of the Anglicare Sydney Council, where he is the Chair of the Investment Committee and a member of the Governance Committee. He has previously served as an Executive Director or Non-Executive Director on boards such as the Superannuation Trustee Boards at NAB, WealthHub Securities Limited, Plum Financial Services Limited, National Corporate Investment Services Limited, and the CFA Society of Sydney.

Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Technology, Sydney, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the CFA Institute.

Chris Davies joined TelstraSuper in October 2013 as Chief Executive Officer. In his role, Chris is responsible for the strategic direction of the fund and overseeing its operational management to meet the needs of the members. Chris sits on TelstraSuper’s Investment Committee and Claims Assessment Committee, as well as being a Director of TelstraSuper Financial Planning.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws and started his career practicing law in a national law firm, before moving to the financial services sector. Chris’ experience in the financial services industry spans over 30 years with senior roles at BT Financial Group and other leading superannuation groups. Prior to joining TelstraSuper, Chris was the Executive Manager, Member and Employer Solutions at UniSuper for over four years.

David has been the Chief Executive Officer of HOSTPLUS since September 2003 and has extensive business experience in superannuation, finance, marketing, corporate and fund governance, taxation, risk management, external and internal audit, corporate/strategic planning and implementation.

David is also a Director of leading men’s health not-for-profit charity The E.J. Whitten Foundation, the Fund Executives Association Ltd, the Tourism & Transport Forum and the Industry Super Network.

He is a qualified chartered accountant in Australia as well as a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of ASFA, the Financial Services Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Management.

Kelly Power was appointed to the role of General Manager Product for Colonial First State (CFS) at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in March 2018. In this role, Kelly is responsible for managing and driving the development of CFS’s superannuation and investment products (including the FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms) and overseeing the Wrap business. From March to July 2019 Kelly held the role of Joint Executive General Manager (Acting) where she was responsible for Colonial First State's products, marketing, advocacy and operations.

Prior to joining the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Kelly was the Head of Platforms at BT Financial Group. Kelly has also held other executive management roles within BT Financial Group focusing primarily on the management of Platforms.

Kelly holds a Bachelor in Communications (Major in Marketing) from UTS, a Diploma of Management from the Australian Institute of Management, a Diploma of Financial Services from Integratec and has completed the Company Directors Course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Kelly is CFS’s representative on the Financial Services Council’s Superannuation Board Committee and is a regular speaker at superannuation industry conferences.

Deanne Stewart joined First State Super in November 2018 as the Chief Executive Officer.

Deanne has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services in superannuation and insurance sectors in Australia and internationally.

Prior to First State Super she was CEO of MetLife Australia and has previously held senior roles within BT Financial Group, Merrill Lynch Investment management in New York, and McKinsey and Company in London.

Leeanne Turner is the CEO of MTAA Super. She has over 30 years’ experience in the superannuation industry across a broad spectrum of superannuation funds and at various levels.

Leeanne spent many years undertaking administration roles at ComSuper before venturing into Secretariat roles with the then CSS, PSS and Military Super Boards. She spent several years at the Department of Defence working on superannuation policy for the military schemes before joining AvSuper in 2001. In 2004 Leeanne was appointed as the CEO of AvSuper.

In 2007, she seized the opportunity to expand her knowledge of industry funds by accepting the role of Deputy CEO at MTAA Super and in 2011 she was appointed as MTAA Super’s Chief Executive Officer. Leeanne was awarded FEAL’s 2014 Fund Executive of the Year. During her time at MTAA Super, Leeanne oversaw a dramatic turnaround in Fund performance winning MTAA Super, the Best Medium Fund of the Year at the Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards for both 2015 and 2017.