Aware Super’s Deanne Stewart, a leading voice for a sector using its increasing political, social and investment clout, on why she wants to be a force for good, and what it was like meeting King Charles.
Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart says making an impact and making a difference are key motivators for her. Louie Douvis
I arrive for lunch looking more pauper than prince – a key distinction given I’m eating with someone who has actually met the King. On this wild, wet and windy Sydney day, however, Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart will have to settle for one mildly soaked newspaper hack.
We’re meeting at the inner-city brasserie Bopp & Tone which is, thankfully, mostly indoors and dripping with style. Unlike me, who is just dripping. The eatery is probably only half full, but the energised chatter of its patrons is the defining sound bouncing around the dark wood-panelled interior. Notes of light jazz filter through the conversations.
Lucas BairdReporterLucas Baird is a journalist based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney office. Connect with Lucas on Twitter. Email Lucas at lucas.baird@afr.com
