Rollover notes that 2017 is already emerging as a year of change for the superannuation industry – well certainly where job changes are concerned.
Your elderly correspondent was just coming to terms with the exit of Paul Cahill as chief executive of Club Plus superannuation when he heard that Peter Brook had exited as CEO of Pillar Administration following that firm’s acquisition by Mercer.
Then, just as Rollover was starting to relax, he heard that his old mate, Tim Buskens was moving on from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia.
Rollover can remember when Buskens, one of the good guys of the industry, was a senior player within Australian Administration Services (AAS) having gone from strength to strength after the superannuation business was acquired by
Link Market Services and before it was the subject of merger when Link acquired Superpartners.
Buskens was recruited into ASFA under former CEO, Pauline Vamos, and has exited under her successor, Dr Martin Fahey.
There was less surprise over the departure of Brook from Pillar given that Mercer, as an established administrator, already had a full executive team.
In the meantime, the industry tom toms are beating about another superannuation fund CEO who is facing a change of scene.
