Suzanne Branton

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics (Honours)
• Graduate Diploma Applied Finance

Background

‘We deliver strong long-term returns with lower risk, and care about making a positive difference to our members’ financial future.’

Suzanne is the Chief Investment Officer at CareSuper. She’s accountable for CareSuper’s investment performance, the execution of the investment strategy and the management of CareSuper’s active and sophisticated investment portfolio.

In her role, Suzanne leads the development and direction of the Investment team and the investment capabilities that serve our members. Her responsibility for the investment function encompasses investment selection and monitoring, operations, ensuring accountability for CareSuper’s investment-related service providers and advisers and stakeholder management.

Suzanne has over 30 years’ experience in financial markets, primarily in superannuation and asset management. A respected leader in the finance industry, Suzanne has extensive experience in portfolio management across diverse asset classes, investment strategy and portfolio design, asset allocation and manager research and selection. Her career has been distinguished by her leadership in guiding investment teams and functions and her track record of successful investment decision-making.

For the past 19 years, Suzanne has managed the investments of profit-to-member super funds at CareSuper and previously Equipsuper. Prior to this, she held senior positions in investment strategy and financial market economics at Goldman Sachs and JBWere.

Suzanne holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance. She is also a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.