Hazel Bateman is a Professor in the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies at UNSW Sydney and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). Her current research investigates the role of choice and information architecture, financial advice and financial literacy on superannuation decisions. She also works on design of and demand for retirement products including annuities, aged care insurance and reverse mortgages.

Hazel works closely with the financial services industry, super funds and policy makers in Australia and internationally and has consulted to international organisations including the World Bank and the OECD. She is a member of the Consultative Committee of UniSuper, the Netspar Scientific Committee, the Expert Reference Group of the Mercer Global Pension index, and the China Ageing Finance Forum. In 2019 she was appointed inaugural President of the International Pensions Research Association (IPRA).

Aleks is editor-in-chief at Conexus Financial and the company’s representative on The Conexus Institute Advisory Board. An award-winning journalist and author, he was previously Wealth Editor at The Australian Financial Review, leading the newspaper’s coverage of the superannuation, investment management and financial advice industries.

Aleks has more than 15 years’ experience as a news reporter, commentator and editor, specialising in the business and regulation of financial services. Aleks has also worked as a Congressional Intern in the US House of Representatives and a strategic communications adviser to institutional investors and fintech start-ups. He holds a Master of Media Practice and Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences) from the University of Sydney and has completed coursework in political campaign management from the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia. His first book, USA G’DAY: An Aussie take on the American Dream in a Blockbuster Election Cycle, was published in 2017.

Dr Pamela Hanrahan is a lawyer, legal academic and author who specialises in corporate law, corporate governance, financial services regulation, data governance and business ethics.

She is Professor of Commercial Law and Regulation at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School, a Senior Fellow of the Melbourne Law School, a member of the Centre for Law Markets and Regulation at UNSW, an associate of the Centre for Corporate Law at the University of Melbourne and founding director of the Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network at UNSW Sydney. She is also a member of the Society of Investment Law (USA), a Fellow of FINSIA and a solicitor member of the Law Society of New South Wales.

Pamela is a member of the Executive Board of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, a member of the National Corporate Governance Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a non-executive director of Landcom.

In 2010-11 she was the Queensland Regional Commissioner of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and in 2013-15 served as the Registrar of Community Housing for New South Wales. In 2016-17 Pamela was an appointed member of the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce and in 2018 she was an adviser to the Hayne Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.

Xavier O'Halloran is the founding Director of Super Consumers Australia. The organisation was first funded in 2018 with the purpose of keeping industry and regulators accountable to consumer needs in super. Xavier works as a consumer advocate on behalf of low and middle income people on consumer finance issues, focusing on superannuation and group life insurance. Previously, he worked at the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) as a Policy Officer working on telecommunications, consumer protection and competition policy.

He led the team responding to the Financial Services Royal Commission at CHOICE, Australia’s leading consumer advocacy group. He has represented consumers on several advisory bodies, including the:
· Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Consumer Advisory Panel
· Insurance in Superannuation Working Group
· Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Consumer Consultative Committee
· Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Consumer Advisory Forum

Xavier has also developed an online ‘chat bot’ to help younger people engage with their super.

Deb is an experienced Company Director in banking, mortgage broking, superannuation, funds management, fintech, financial advice and education industries.

Current appointments include the Future Fund Board of Governors, and the RBA’s Payments System Board. Non-executive director roles are held with the SMSF Association, SuperEd, an innovative digital advice company, and Chair of the Household Capital Advisory Board.

Deb’s expertise in public policy, innovation and retirement issues has been reflected in appointments to the Federal Government's Retirement Income Review Panel, to the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement Framework Advisory Committee, and as inaugural Chair of ASIC's Digital Finance Advisory Board.

In an executive capacity Deb has had a number of senior roles in Australian universities, most recently as Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and Professor of Finance at Monash University. Previous appointments included Pro Vice-Chancellor of Business, Law and Information Sciences at the University of Canberra, and Dean of Business at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Deb’s academic engagement continues in an honorary capacity as a Professorial Fellow with the Monash University Business School, where she sits on the Advisory Board of the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index.

Deb has a Doctor of Philosophy in finance (financial regulation) and Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Economics. She is a Fellow of the AICD and the CPA.

Dr Geoff Warren is a Research Director at The Conexus Institute, an Associate Professor at the Australian National University, and a member of various investment and research advisory boards, including for Atlas Infrastructure, ASIC Consultative Panel, Brandes Center, Conexus Institute, Salvation Army and Super Consumers Australia.

Geoff is an active researcher who focuses on investment-related areas with an applied emphasis, including: superannuation, retirement, fund management, portfolio construction, long-term investing, and evaluation and taxation of investments.

Prior to pursuing an academic career, he spent over 20 years in investment markets, with groups including Russell Investments, Ord Minnett / JP Morgan Australia, and AMP Capital.

Geoff has a PhD from the AGSM, and a BComm (Hons) with the University Medal from UNSW.