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First Super chief to join rival fund
Financial Standard
|January 27, 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role.
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Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April.
He has served as chief executive of First Super for about 13 years, having joined in 2013 from business advisory Evans&Peck.
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