Martin Fahy lands at Accenture

After seven years as chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Martin Fahy has joined Accenture's strategy and consulting business.

The role will see Fahy return to familiar territory as earlier in his career, he served as Asia Pacific practice leader for the Hackett Group, the global benchmarking and finance transformation strategy firm.

In a LinkedIn post, Fahy said he won't be "abandoning" superannuation or the wider financial services sector entirely and will continue to work in the sector.

"After the challenge of the last few months, I'm really looking forward to re-connecting with everyone and delivering great outcomes for clients," he wrote.

"I have spent the last four weeks settling in, getting out in front of clients, and understanding the depth of global insights and technology capability that Accenture has built.

"The warm welcome from Peter Burns, Louise May, Ian Pollari, Andrew Wilson and everyone across Accenture, but particularly the Next Gen and CFO Finance team has been amazing."

Fahy said leading the team would see him returning to my global business services, finance transformation and operating model roots.

The former ASFA chief executive stepped down from the role in May.

He joined in late 2016 and has led ASFA through a time of major regulatory changes in the superannuation sector, including the PYSP reforms, the Covid-19 early release scheme, the introduction of the Your Future Your Super performance measures, and the legislated move to 12 per cent Superannuation Guarantee.

Before joining ASFA, Fahy was the head of FINSIA, arriving from KPMG, where he was a partner for four years.

Before that, he was director of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants for the Asia Pacific region, where he developed partnerships with Standard Chartered, HSBC, Cadbury Schweppes and Microsoft.