Legalsuper names interim CEO as Symons’ departure looms

Binaya Dahal

Journalist

12 May 2026

Legalsuper has elevated chief financial officer Michael Gogorosis to an interim chief executive role, replacing Luke Symons, who will depart the legal sector fund at the end of next month to head up Equip Super.

The fund’s independent chair Kirsten Mander announced the appointment of Gogorosis on Monday, calling him a highly effective senior executive who will provide continuity and stability throughout the leadership transition period while the fund recruits a permanent chief executive.

“Michael’s commercial and financial acumen and direct input into developments at legalsuper have contributed strongly to our achievements in key performance metrics across membership initiatives and sustained strong financial and investment performance,” Mander said.

“His appointment will provide strong leadership and continuity as the Board continues with the comprehensive search for a permanent CEO.”

The fund has also welcomed Paul Northey as its chief member officer. Upon appointment, Mander praised his extensive experience across superannuation, insurance, wealth management, retail banking and member-based organisations.

“Paul has seven years with Care Super in C-suite roles in addition to senior roles with organisations including RACV, ING Australia and Aviva Australia,” she said.

“This experience combined with the insightful, member-centric and values-based approach he took to our recruitment and interview process made him a most compelling appointment to this important role.”

She further added the team look forward to Michael’s executive leadership and Paul’s member-driven expertise as the fund “continue to develop a strong reputation as a high-performing specialist superannuation fund”.

“Our MySuper Balanced option, where the majority of our members are invested, returned a very strong 12.56% for FY 24/25, placing legalsuper as the highest-ranked fund in the SuperRatings* performance tables for the year,” Mander said.

“This continued the fund’s delivery of strong, long-term, competitive investment returns and our record of outperforming the SuperRatings median over 1, 5 and 10 years.”