Who’s on the move? September

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Prime Super announces new board appointment

Prime Super has appointed Allison Harker to its board.

Harker has been nominated as a director by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) for her extensive experience in primary industry, government and financial services. She previously held roles in financial services in Australia, UK and Asia, and prior to returning to Australia, she was a director at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America based in Hong Kong. She is currently a partner in her family’s mixed farming business in Yass, NSW, a board chair and director.

“I am delighted to join the board of Prime Super and look forward to helping build the retirement savings of thousands of Australians,” said Harker.

Prime Super chair, Nigel Alexander, believes Harker will make a valuable contribution to the board.

MTAA Super and Tasplan appoint CIO

Ahead of their merger next year, MTAA Super and Tasplan have appointed Dr Ross Barry as chief investment officer.

With over 25 years’ experience, Dr Barry is a pioneer in institutional investing in Australia and is well known in the super industry as a specialist in private market investing and a leading proponent of active asset ownership. He was most recently the senior investment leader for First State Super.

Dr Barry will join MTAA Super on 28 September 2020.

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Daniel Mulino MP

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services

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Born in Brindisi, Italy, Daniel was a young child when he moved with his family to Australia. He grew up in Canberra and completed his first degrees – arts and law – at the ANU. He then completed a Master of Economics (University of Sydney) and a PhD in economics from Yale.

He lectured at Monash University, was an economic adviser in the Gillard government and was a Victorian MP from 2014 to 2018. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Victoria, Daniel helped deliver major infrastructure projects and developed innovative financing structures for community projects.

In 2018 he was preselected for the new federal seat of Fraser and became its first MP at the 2019 election, re-elected in 2022 and 2025. From 2022 to 2025, Daniel was chair of the House of Representatives’ Standing Economics Committee in which he chaired inquiries; economic dynamism, competition and business formation and insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims.

In 2025, he became the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services.

In August 2022, Daniel published ‘Safety Net: The Future of Welfare in Australia’, which aims to explore the ways in which an insurance approach can improve the effectiveness of government service delivery.