Paul Schroder

{{Short description|Australian trade union official (born 1966 or 1967)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|54|2021|3|21}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} | salary = $1.14m | office = Chief Executive of AustralianSuper | term_start = 2021 | office2 = Chief Risk Officer at AustralianSuper }} '''Paul Schroder''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|54|2021|3|21|noage=1}}<ref name="smh.grieve.2022.03.21"/>) is a former trade union official, and current chief executive of AustralianSuper, Australia's largest superfund by assets under management.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=Meet the union veteran set to run AustralianSuper |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/meet-the-union-veteran-set-to-run-australiansuper-20210713-p5897w |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=AustralianSuper tells dud funds to stop grumbling |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/dud-superannuation-funds-should-stop-complaining-and-close-down-20221103-p5bvdc |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Koh |first=Natalie |date=17 Aug 2022 |title=Super industry 'too big for Australia', says AustralianSuper CEO Paul Schroder |url=https://www.asianinvestor.net/article/super-industry-too-big-for-australia-says-australiansuper-ceo-paul-schroder/480998}}</ref><ref name="smh.grieve.2022.03.21">{{Cite web |last=Grieve |first=Charlotte |date=2022-03-20 |title='Hindsight is a powerful thing': AustralianSuper CEO on exiting Russia |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/hindsight-is-a-powerful-thing-australiansuper-ceo-on-exiting-russia-20220317-p5a5k1.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>

Paul spent 20 years working in the Australian union movement before joining AustralianSuper. During this time he worked for the Finance Sector Union.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Elmas |first=Matthew |date=2021-07-13 |title=AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk to step down later this year |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/07/13/australiansuper-ian-silk-steps-down/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The New Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>

in 2007 he joined AustralianSuper as the fund's general manager of business development.<ref name=":0" /> He later was promoted to the role of chief risk officer, prior to his appointment as chief executive of the fund in 2021 as the replacement for Ian Silk.<ref name=":2" />

His appointment to the role of AustralianSuper chief executive in 2021 was controversial. Journalists in The Age criticised the fund's decision to appoint him chief executive to replace Ian Silk instead of pursuing an international search process.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Stephen Brook, Samantha |date=2021-08-30 |title=Labor heavyweights arm-wrestle over super prize |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/labor-heavyweights-arm-wrestle-over-super-prize-20210830-p58nak.html |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref> Of the appointment, they said it 'did little to rescue the super sector's reputation as a storehouse for former Labor/union types'.<ref name=":1" />

As of 2023 his annual salary remuneration as the fund's chief executive amounted to $1.14m.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hostplus's Elia tops highest paid CEOs |work=Investment Magazine |url=https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2023/04/2023-salary-survey/}}</ref>

He has publicly advocated for social reforms of the superannuation system to reduce gender inequality, including reforms to reduce the gender gap in super balances, such as assistance for unpaid caregiving work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koob |first=Simone Fox |date=2022-08-02 |title='Absolutely disgusting': AustralianSuper CEO says caregiving gender imbalance must change |url=https://www.smh.com.au/money/super-and-retirement/absolutely-disgusting-australiansuper-ceo-says-caregiving-gender-imbalance-must-change-20220802-p5b6mj.html |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>

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