Future Super

Future Super

Future Super was launched in 2014 by Simon Sheikh and Adam Verwey, emerging from Australia's activist community rather than traditional financial services. Sheikh previously led GetUp!, the digital advocacy organization, and brought a campaigner's logic to superannuation — framing the member base not as passive savers but as a constituency capable of shifting capital away from extractive industries. The firm acquired Aon's smartMonday superannuation business in 2022, absorbing a corporate master trust to expand its member footprint. In 2023, Future Super also acquired Verve Super, an ethical fund focused on women, further consolidating the values-aligned super segment. The investment strategy centers on exclusion and thematic allocation. The fund's screens rule out fossil fuel extraction, coal-fired electricity, tobacco, and live animal export across its entire portfolio. On the deployment side, Future Super directs member capital into Australian renewable energy infrastructure — confirmed direct holdings include the Chinchilla Solar Farm in Queensland, the Bald Hills Wind Farm in Victoria, and the Lake Bonney Battery in South Australia. The firm also holds green bonds and makes venture capital allocations into early-stage climate technology companies operating in Australia and New Zealand. The fund does not disclose total AUM or deployment figures. The leadership team includes CEO Simon Sheikh and CIO Ed Tomlinson, who oversees the investment portfolio for the broader Future Group. The firm has been a certified B Corporation since 2016 and has earned 'Best for the World' status from B Lab. It is a member of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia and was named an Inclusive Employer for 2025–2026 by the Diversity Council of Australia. Future Super commits one percent of revenue to environmental nonprofits through its 1% for the Planet membership. In 2022, the firm completed its acquisition of Aon's smartMonday superannuation business, converting a traditional corporate master trust to an ethical mandate. Future Super operates as a regulated superannuation trustee, not an asset manager marketing to wholesale investors. Its structural differentiator is the democratic aggregation model: individual members join a screened fund that acts as a permanent capital vehicle for divestment and reinvestment. Unlike a single-family office or foundation, the capital base grows through compulsory employer contributions and member rollovers, creating a self-reinforcing pool of sustainability-directed capital that owns infrastructure directly rather than through third-party fund structures.