ASFA Budget Briefing – Brisbane

My Bui
Economist, AMP

My joined AMP in 2021 within the AMP Investments team. My’s responsibilities include providing analyses on global and Australian economic data to portfolio managers, AMP clients and the media, producing forecasts for external agencies & internal departments, and contributing to the asset allocation process through the construction of various proprietary economic indicators.

Previously, My worked as a fixed income research analyst at Deutsche Bank in New York City with a focus on securitised mortgages. My is a CFA charterholder. She has a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from UNSW Sydney, and a Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Economics from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, United States.

Kate Farrar
Chief Executive Officer, Brighter Super

Kate Farrar is the Chief Executive Officer of Brighter Super, where she has led the fund’s transformation from a $10 billion Queensland public-sector fund with 75,000 members into a $37 billion success story with nearly 350,000 members.

Since her appointment as CEO in April 2018, Kate has overseen the merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super and the acquisition of Suncorp Super—the first industry fund acquisition of a retail fund. Completed 18 months ahead of schedule, the integration delivered significant cost efficiencies and scale, resulting in administration fee reductions of up to 70% for some members, while expanding services across Queensland.

Under Kate’s leadership, in 2023 Brighter Super was recognised as the second fastest growing industry fund in Australia, acknowledged for its strong operational sustainability and member-first approach. In recognition of these achievements, she was named the Fund Executive of the Year by the Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) in 2024 and awarded Women in Finance – CEO of the Year in the same year.

Kate brings 35 years of leadership experience across finance and energy, including senior roles at Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Suncorp Investment Management, NSW Treasury Corporation, McKinsey & Company, and Ergon Energy.

Beyond her role at Brighter Super, Kate serves as a Non-Executive Director of ASX100-listed Seven Group Holdings and is the President of the Queensland Futures Institute.

She holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and a Master’s Degree in Econometrics and Finance. Through a scholarship from Chief Executive Women, she is also a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme. In 2025, following her FEAL award education grant, Kate completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business program, People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies from Silicon Valley.

Madeleine Morris
Chief Strategy, Corporate Affairs & Experience Officer, ASFA

Madeleine joined the team in January 2025 having previously consulted to ASFA.  Prior to that she enjoyed a long career in Australian and international media, including as the finance presenter of ABC News Breakfast, senior reporter for 7.30, presenter of ABC/RMIT FactCheck and 11 years in London at the BBC as a reporter and presenter on BBC World television and radio.  She has reported from over 20 countries, including the US where she was Washington Reporter for the BBC. She has won numerous journalism awards, including a prestigious UK One World Media Award and is also a published author.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, and post-graduate qualification from the London School of Economics and UTS. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a director of South-East Community Links in Melbourne.