AustralianSuper’s performance speaks for itself, says Howes

After seven years, prominent unionist Paul Howes is stepping down from the board of AustralianSuper ahead of his departure as national secretary of the Australian Workers Union on July 1.

Mathew DunckleyDeputy Editor, The Age

Jun 24, 2014 – 4.51am

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After seven years, prominent unionist Paul Howes is stepping down from the board of AustralianSuper ahead of his departure as national secretary of the Australian Workers Union on July 1.

Mr Howes was a deputy chair of AustralianSuper, which has more than 300,000 members, because of his post at the AWU. The equal representation arrangement common with industry funds reserves board seats for trade union leaders as well as employer associations.

Mathew Dunckley is deputy editor and investigations editor at The Age. He was previously digital editor at the Age, national business editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and Melbourne bureau chief for the Australian Financial Review.