Flanagan joins Energy Super Board

Energy Super has appointed Richard Flanagan as an employer representative director and member of the $6 billion fund's audit, compliance & risk committee.

According to the fund, Flanagan has more than 45 years' experience in the energy industry, having led his own electrical engineering and contracting company since 1987. Before this, he worked as a licensed electrician and was project manager and later Queensland state manager for C.W. Norris & Company.

He also spent 17 years as a trade teacher at the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, was president of the Electrical Contractors Association from 2009 to 2015 and was chair of the Master Electricians Association (MEA) board from 2012 to 2015.

He and fellow new director Clive Skarott replace outgoing directors Geoff Baldwin and Gary Humphrys.