Ian Silk is an Australian business executive.
Career
Silk worked as a forklift driver briefly, before working as a senior state government public servant.
His first role in the super industry was obtained with the assistance of
Bill Kelty, secretary of the
ACTU
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated trade union, unions and eight t ...
.
He was later appointed chief executive of
AustralianSuper
AustralianSuper is an Australian superannuation fund headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. It is an industry super fund, and so operates through a mutual fund structure.
With over 340 billion of retirement savings under management and more t ...
, a role he held for 15 years.
Under Silk's tenure, AustralianSuper's nominal funds under management grew from $21 billion to $225 billion.
He took the fund from a 'small fry born of compulsory superannuation legislation in the 1990s to a major global player.
Following his retirement from the super industry, Ian was appointed to the boards of Hawthorn Football Club and
Crown Melbourne
Crown Melbourne (also referred to as Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex) is an integrated resort consisting of a casino and hotel located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Melbourne is a subsidiary of C ...
. His appointment to Crown was supported by its new owner,
Blackstone.
Personal life
Silk has children.
His brother Gary Silk was a victim of the
Silk–Miller police murders.
See also
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Industry Super
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Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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