AustralianSuper has promoted Shaun Manuell to chief investment officer to succeed Mark Delaney, who is retiring after 25 years with Australia’s largest superannuation fund.
The super fund announced the appointment in a statement on May 29.
Delaney is staying until June 30 and Manuell will officially take over on July 1.
Manuell joined AustralianSuper in 2013. He started as a senior portfolio manager and has been head of the domestic equities team since 2020.
The statement says the fund’s equity assets grew from A$1 billion (US$715 million) to A$100 billion under his watch.
According to Paul Schroder, the fund’s chief executive officer, Manuell has “proven himself as an outstanding investor at scale over the long term and a great leader”.
AustralianSuper had over A$410 billion of assets under management as of end-December 2025.
