We need leadership, but whose?BY ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014 9:23AMWhat do you call a leader with no followers? Just someone out taking a walk. Financial services is an odd industry sector in that it almost exclusively involves inanimate things ... Upgrade your subscription to access this article
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski is determined to propel the investment giant's superannuation product into the top 10 funds by assets under management by 2030. It's an audacious goal, even for a fund backed by the world's second largest asset manager. Andrew McKean writes.
Alex, firstly whatever your cleaning your crystal ball with it's obviously a superior product. The crystal clear view you have and how you write with great clarity and insightfulness' is refreshing. Financial companies leadership is akin to federal politics' and associated politician's. In my experience leadership in the financial services sector isn't about your strength of character, your leadership qualities or even your IQ. How easily your able to be moulded by the board to be their patsy and spread their rhetoric in a robotic fashion without questioning truth, discovery or long term detrimental effects, is what ultimately counts. If you can live and work devoid of integrity? There stands a leader in todays financial sector.