The Panel

Jean Kittson is a public speaker, actor, comedian and scriptwriter for stage, television, theatre, radio.

She is the author of You’re still hot to me, the joys of menopause and her latest book We need to talk about mum and dad – a practical guide to parenting our parents.

She is the Patron of Palliative Care Nurses Australia, and an Ambassador for the Macular Disease Foundation, the Australian Gynaecological Foundation, the Raise Foundation (youth mentoring) and Taldumande Youth Services. [Read more]

Senator the Hon Jane Hume was appointed to the Australian Federal Ministry in 2019, with responsibility for Superannuation, Financial Services and Fintech.

Upon being elected as a Liberal Senator for Victoria in 2016, Senator Hume was appointed Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Economics. She previously held various senior positions in the financial services industry, working for the National Australia Bank, Rothschild Australia, Deutsche Bank and, immediately prior to her election, as a Senior Policy Adviser at Australian Super. [Read more]

Andrew Boal is an experienced financial services professional who specialises in providing actuarial and strategic consulting advice to leading companies and superannuation funds.

Prior to joining Rice Warner in April 2019, Andrew spent more than 30 years advising clients on superannuation, life insurance, employee benefits, risk management, investments and talent management.

During his career, Andrew has driven research and public policy in various areas of interest, including retirement adequacy, retirement income products and solutions, [Read more]

Amara Haqqani is Director of Insights and Strategy at Milliman Australia. She has been with Milliman since 2019.

Amara is responsible for the data, research and insights function. This function generates research and thought leadership in the areas of retirement and related topics such as pensions management, financial services systems and policy issues, financial advice and investments.

Amara is a retirement income and pensions specialist, having worked most recently in policy, [Read more]

Deanne Stewart joined Aware Super (the new name for First State Super) as Chief Executive Officer in 2018. Deanne has led Aware Super’s drive to be a ‘force for good’ through its responsible ownership philosophy and focus on providing its members with strong investment returns and helpful guidance and advice for their future.

In the past two years Aware Super has grown to become one of the largest industry funds in Australia. In that time, [Read more]

Peter Harris AO is an economist with extensive experience in Australian policy, public service and business. Most recently, Peter was Chairman of the Productivity Commission and instrumental in the research and recommendations in reports such as “The Housing Decisions of Older Australians” (2015), “Competition in the Australian Financial System” (2018) and “Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness” (2018).

Prior to that, Peter served as Senior Private Secretary to then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, [Read more]