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Former First State Super CEO appointed chair of Bennelong boards  — 1 minute read 19 July 2021 Michael Dwyer AM has been confirmed as chair of the boards of Bennelong Funds Management Group (BFMG) and its subsidiary, Bennelong Funds Management Limited. Michael Dwyer AM, who joined the Bennelong boards as non-executive director in December last year, will take over from Stephen Rix who has served as chair since 2016. Mr Dwyer has over 30 years’ experience...

Dwyer had over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including as chief executive officer of First State Super between 2004 and 2018. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2011 for service to the superannuation industry through leadership and executive roles, and to the community as a director of Australia for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Dwyer held a number of other directorships, including chair of NSW TCorp, director of Iress, an...

Born in Liverpool, England, on June 1, 1949, John joined the Merchant Navy in 1966. Arriving in Fremantle in 1969, he jumped ship and began a new life in Australia. The following year, he joined the New South Wales branch of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union. His father, too, had been a Liverpool docker and John grew up in an atmosphere of working-class militancy and socialism. He became the convener of shop stewards at the Garden Island Dockyards and was president of the NSW branch...