The research advisory committee brings together subject matter experts to provide feedback on proposed and existing research projects undertaken by Super Consumers Australia. The committee helps our staff assess the technical feasibility of research projects. They critically evaluate our methodologies and techniques and provide relevant industry, political and legal context for proposed projects.
Any research produced by Super Consumers is attributable to Super Consumers alone. The research output and the use of that research by Super Consumers in its advocacy work should not be considered as endorsed by the Research Advisory Committee, which plays an advisory role only.
Susan Thorp
Susan Thorp is a Professor of Finance and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Sydney Business School, and was previously Professor of Finance and Superannuation at the University of Technology Sydney.
She holds an honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney, and a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales. She is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index, the CEDA Council on Economic Policy and the Research Committee of the OECD/International Network on Financial Education.
Kevin Davis (AM)
Kevin Davis is an Emeritus Professor of Finance at the University of Melbourne. He is a widely published academic and op-ed contributor and his research interests include corporate taxation, superannuation reform and the global financial crisis. He is an expert in financial sector regulation and was a member of the Murray inquiry into the Australian Financial System in 2013.
Kevin has been a member of the Australian Competition Tribunal since 2011 and was Research Director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies at Monash University from 2005 to 2018.
Geoff Warren
Dr Geoff Warren is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University, where he is Fund Convenor of the ANU Student Managed Fund. He is a member of various investment and research advisory boards, including for Atlas Infrastructure, ASIC Consultative Panel, Brandes Institute, Conexus Institute, FMAA, Salvation Army and Super Consumers Australia. Geoff is an active researcher who focuses on investment-related areas with an applied emphasis, including: superannuation, retirement, fund management, portfolio construction, long-term investing, and evaluation and taxation of investments.
Prior to pursuing an academic career, he spent over 20 years in investment markets, including as the Director of Capital Markets Research at Russell Investments; as an analyst, Chief Strategist and Head of Research with investment bank Ord Minnett / JP Morgan Australia; and as an equity portfolio manager at AMP Capital. Geoff has a PhD from the AGSM, and a BComm (Hons) with the University Medal from UNSW.
Paul Gerrans
Paul Gerrans is a Professor of Finance at The University of Western Australia. Paul’s research focuses on consumer financial decision making, particularly within a retirement savings context, and the role of financial literacy in these decisions. His interests include the acquisition of financial literacy by adolescents and the role of cognitive decline in older adults’ financial literacy.
Paul has been a member of federal government retirement savings advisory bodies and a member of ASIC’s MoneySmart Teaching Evaluation Steering Committee. Paul is currently a member of the OECD/INFE Research Committee and the OECD’s PISA Expert Group.
Christine Eckert
Prof. Dr. Christine Eckert is Professor of Digital Marketing at EBS Business School, Germany. Christine’s primary research interest falls into the field of quantitative modelling, with a particular interest in the choices made by market participants, defined broadly. She has researched on this topic across different disciplinary issues: such as the financial decision making of consumers, strategic governance decisions of innovation seeking companies, and corporate and consumer social responsibility. Christine’s work puts a strong emphasis on enhancing consumer welfare with her current research e.g., focusing on the design of digital services that benefit both companies and customers. Christine has published her work in leading business and health journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Management Science, Journal of Management, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Review of Finance and Tobacco Control.
Brendan Coates
Brendan Coates is the Economic Policy Program Director at Grattan Institute, where he leads Grattan’s work on tax and transfer system reform, retirement incomes and superannuation, housing, macroeconomics, and migration.
He is a former macro-financial economist with the World Bank in Indonesia and consulted to the Bank in Latin America. Prior to that, he worked in the Australian Treasury in areas such as tax-transfer system reform and macro-economic forecasting, with a strong focus on the Chinese economy.
Brendan holds a Masters of International Development Economics from the Australian National University and Bachelors of Commerce and Arts from the University of Melbourne. He sits on the Victorian State Council for the Economic Society of Australia.