Welcome to Paul Shanley; our new Chief Operating Officer

Paul has been a senior executive at blue chip financial services and superannuation companies for more than fifteen years.

Published: December 13, 2018

Paul has been a senior executive at blue chip financial services and superannuation companies for more than fifteen years. He was recently the General Manager for performance and reporting at Australian Unity. Prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer at JB Were.

From 2009 to 2014 he was JB Were’s Chief Financial Officer,  Earlier, he was at Aviva Australia as the General Manager of Finance – Operations, then the Group Director of HR.

Paul and his wife Debbie have three children ranging in age from 18 to 24.

His LinkedIn Profile is here

We asked Paul why he wanted to move into this job in this space. This is what he said:
“There are a few things here:

  • Firstly there is the opportunity to be part of a sector that is making a meaningful difference.
  • Secondly, to do this within an organisation that is clearly at the absolute forefront of this positive change in Australia.
  • Thirdly, is the opportunity to work with such a passionate and talented group of people at IIG  and to be an important part of a team that I am sure will look back in a few years time and say: “Wow..we will really did make a massive difference”. I feel privileged to have this opportunity.”

Paul started with us on the 14th of January 2019