Paul Schroder (born 1966 or 1967[1]) is a former trade union official, and current chief executive of AustralianSuper, Australia's largest superfund by assets under management.
[2][3][4][1] Paul spent 20 years working in the Australian union movement before joining AustralianSuper.
[5] in 2007 he joined AustralianSuper as the fund's general manager of business development.
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.
[7] 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.