Board

Find out who’s on the UniSuper board.

The Board

Our Board of Directors is made up of people from different backgrounds with complementary skills and experience. It represents, serves and remains accountable to UniSuper members and participating employers.

The Chairman is Ms Elizabeth Bryan

The Deputy Chair is Mr Ted Murphy

Learn more about:

• Directors’ independence
• Roles and responsibilities

Directors' independence

UniSuper has specific requirements relating to the Board's independence:

• The UniSuper Constitution requires eight directors to be nominated with equal numbers representing employers and members. These directors then appoint three independent directors. All directors bring knowledge and expertise to the Board and together complement and balance the various interests represented.
• All directors of the Trustee Board are non-executive and independent of management.
• Directors must be free from any interest and any business or other relationship which could, or could reasonably be perceived to, materially interfere with their ability to act in the best interests of the Fund.

The directors are elected as follows:

• Two directors are elected by vice chancellors
• Two directors are elected by the Consultative Committee members who represent employers
• One director is elected by the Consultative Committee members who represent academic staff
• One director is elected by the Consultative Committee members who represent general staff
• Two directors are nominated by the national unions who represent a significant number of members of UniSuper, and
• Three further independent directors are appointed on the basis of their knowledge and experience.

Roles and responsibility

The role of the Board is to:

• govern the operations of UniSuper
• ensure the Fund is administered in accordance with the Trust Deed and our governance guidelines, and
• determine the strategic direction of the Fund.

The responsibilities of the Board include:

• Providing guidance and helping to develop and approve UniSuper’s strategic plan
• Reviewing and approving business plans, financial plans and the annual budget
• Overseeing and monitoring:
  • investment policy and performance
  • organisational performance and the achievement of UniSuper’s strategic goals and objectives
  • our compliance with the Fund’s Code of Conduct
  • progress of major capital expenditures and other significant corporate projects
  • UniSuper’s financial performance including approving the annual financial reports and working with our auditors
  • the operation of UniSuper’s systems for compliance and risk management reporting
• Appointing, assessing and, if necessary, removing the CEO
• Ensuring there are effective management processes in place and approving major initiatives, and
• Enhancing and protecting UniSuper’s reputation.