In his new role, Long will be responsible for promoting the Retirement Boost offering across the market, with a particular focus on supporting licensees and financial advisers as they engage with the product.
Long joins MLC Expand after close to 15 years in senior retirement partnership roles across CFS, Challenger Limited, TAL and, most recently, Resolution Life, where he served as national institutional retirement lead.
MLC Expand chief executive Liz McCarthy said the appointment comes amid higher-than-expected adviser engagement with the solution since its release.
“Since we launched MLC Retirement Boost in August we’ve been really pleased with the feedback and demand from advisers,” she said.
McCarthy noted that licensees and advice firms have been proactive in seeking information and looking to recommend the product to clients.
“We knew the solution, coupled with our innovative partnership with TAL and Challenger, would be of interest to advisers but the response to date – only a few months in – has been really exciting, and has meant we’ve had to expand our team to keep up with this demand,” she said.
McCarthy added that Long’s background across retirement income, partnerships and strategic distribution will strengthen the support MLC Expand provides to the advice sector.
“I’m excited to welcome Andrew to the MLC Expand team and think his specialised experience in retirement solutions will be beneficial to our internal teams, as well as the licensees and advisers we work with, as we continue to see demand for MLC Retirement Boost grow,” she said.
MLC, in partnership with TAL and Challenger, launched MLC Retirement Boost on the MLC Expand platform in August 2025. The offering, according to the company, is designed to provide retirees with greater income certainty by operating like a standard superannuation account while leveraging the concessional treatment of innovative lifetime income streams.
MLC Retirement Boost became available to advisers working with superannuation clients on the MLC Expand platform from August 2025.
Long commenced in his new role at MLC Expand on 17 November.
