FOR LOVE & MONEY- THE PODCAST

Before starting Future Super, Simon led GetUp for six years. Getup is a member based independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy. 

 

In 2014, Simon co-founded Future Super with his business partner Adam Verwey. The company has a rapidly growing member base and is successfully disrupting the Australian superannuation industry, by proving there is demand for high-impact, sustainable investments.  

 

This interview delivers some great insights for those interested in how to navigate their path to purpose. Future Super’s clarity of purpose is second-to-none. They consider themselves more a movement for change than a business. The discussion was wide-ranging but reveals Future Super’s depth of purpose. Here are some of the topics we covered. 

 

• Simon’s view on the role of love and empathy in business

• Why Simon and his business partner Adam Verwey started Future Super 

• Future Super’s theory of change. (It’s simple, but super powerful)

• The financial argument for ethical superannuation investments

• The shared narrative of the type of people who are Future Super members

• Where the large players of the superannuation industry are investing (I suspect you’re going to be shocked at one of these) 

• The move to transparency and what this will mean to the superannuation industry

• Future Super’s investment performance and why ethical investments have lower volatility than non-ethical investments

• How the “employee value proposition” has changed and how purpose and identity are central to competition for people

• The #notbusinessasusual campaign

• Future Super’s unique “for-purpose” ownership model

• The similarities and differences between building a not-for-profit organisation and a purpose-led for-profit business

 

Contact Simon https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsheikh/

Future Super Website https://www.futuresuper.com.au