Tore Hayward Head of Strategy New Zealand Super Fund
Before joining the Fund in January 2006, Tore Hayward was chief investment officer for AMP Capital Investors. He previously headed the foreign reserves management team at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Before that he led the wholesale investment management operations at ANZ Asset Management. Tore has a BSc from the University of Otago and a BA (Hons) from Victoria University.

Sam Stubbs Chief Executive Tower Investments New Zealand
Sam Stubbs joined as Chief Executive Officer of TOWER Investments in February 2008. He has 18 years experience in finance and asset management, previously as CEO of Hanover Group in NZ and with Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong.

Leo Kripner Head of Investment Strategy AMP Capital Investors

Leo has overall responsibility for the investment strategy and asset allocation of AMP Capital’s diversified funds. Leo also contributes to strategy and decision-making in the NZ Fixed team, where he worked as strategist until being appointed to his current role. Prior to joining AMP Capital Investors, Leo worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for six years, most recently as a senior portfolio manager in the Foreign Reserves section. He has worked as a fixed interest analyst/portfolio manager at AXA Funds Management New Zealand (now Alliance Capital Management), and started his career as an economic forecaster at the New Zealand Treasury.

Robert Walton Chief Executive Office Clarement University Consortium

Bob Walton got his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, and spent a decade teaching at the Graduate School for Information Management at the University of Texas at Austin.  In 1990, Bob became President and CEO of CLSI, Inc., a higher education related software firm in Cambridge, MA, concluding in the successful sale of the company on the Toronto stock exchange.  In 1992, Bob moved to California where he took over as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Operating Officer for Innovative Interfaces, Inc., an international library & information management software firm, expanding its base of operations to 33 countries during the 90’s. Bob moved from Innovative in 1998 to Ohio where he took the position of Vice President for Finance and Business at The College of Wooster.  After 8 years as CFO at Wooster, Walton recently assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Claremont University Consortium.  Claremont University Consortium (CUC) is the central coordinating and support organization for a highly regarded cluster of seven independent colleges known as The Claremont Colleges located in Southern California and includes Pomona College, founded in 1887; Claremont Graduate University, 1925; Scripps College, 1926: Claremont McKenna College, 1946; Harvey Mudd College, 1955; Pitzer College, 1963; and the Keck Graduate Institute for Applied Life Sciences, 1997.  The Claremont Colleges have endowments valued at $2B under management.  Bob also serves on the boards of the Seaman Corporation, an industrial fabrics manufacturer and as Chairman of iPost Corporation, an internet-focused high technology company based in San Francisco, CA.

Patrick Nolan Senior Economist NZIER
Dr Patrick Nolan joined NZIER in January 2007 and has interests in tax, economic development, and social policy.  Patrick has worked as a senior analyst for both the New Zealand Treasury and the Ministry of Economic Development and has served as an economic development advisor to a senior Cabinet Minister.

Richard Palmer Investment Director New Zealand Venture Investment Fund

Richard joined NZVIF in 2006 as Investment Director - Seed Co-Investment Fund and is responsible for the NZ$40 million Seed Co-Investment Fund that invests into early stage businesses.  He is also a member of NZVIF Investment Committees.  He has 18 years experience in private equity, strategy and M&A roles both in New Zealand and offshore.  Prior to his current role he worked for Tower Limited, where he was involved in the listing of Australian Wealth Management on the ASX, at AMP in senior strategy and corporate finance roles and was a founding principal at Orange Ventures, the US$225 million corporate venturing arm of Orange SA.  During his career he has worked on many significant M&A and private equity transactions having completed in excess of 30 deals in his career.  Richard is co founder of a privately owned NZ company Triplejump that provides life insurance advisory service throughout New Zealand.  In addition to his professional career Richard has developed significant governance experience both reporting to Boards and serving on them directly.  He is currently a Non Executive Director of the Mentum Group, Triplejump Limited and Mobile Mentor Limited.

Paul Duffy Chief Executive, DNZ Property Group

Paul was appointed as the Chief Executive of the Dominion Group in March 2001. Paul has had 30 years experience in the property industry, both within New Zealand and internationally. He was previously general manager of Fletcher Property Limited and, prior to that, joint managing director with an offshore government property investment agency (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), responsible for the formation of a large real estate portfolio in the United States and Europe.  Paul is President of the Property Council of New Zealand and Chairman of Keystone, the NZ Property Education Trust. The Dominion Funds Group manages one of New Zealand's largest diversified investment portfolios worth over $1 billion. Dominion Funds has a solid history of top quartile performance through astute acquisitions and active management of portfolio assets. Most recently the Group established Diversified NZ Property Fund, a NZ commercial property investment portfolio designed specifically for Australian Institutional Investors. Please visit www.dnzproperty.com

Nicholas Bagnall Investment Manager Accident Compensation Corporation

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Phillip Houghton-Brown Chief Investment Officer ING New Zealand

As well as head of the investment management team at ING, Philip is responsible for asset allocation, currency management and ING's multi-manager approach for international equities. Philip joined ING in 1996, with a background of 9 years’ experience in the investment industry. From 1991 to 1995, Philip worked at AMP Asset Management in London, where he was a fund manager in the firm’s international equities department. In this role, he shared responsibility for tactical asset allocation, programme trading and derivatives. Philip also spent four years with FPG Research, from 1987 to 1991, where he was responsible for investment manager research. Philip is a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute in the UK. He has completed the UK Securities and Investment Institute, IMRO and NZ Society of Investment Analysts examinations.

Anythony Limbrick Chairman New Zealand Absolute Return Association

Anthony Limbrick is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Pure Capital, a quantitative investment manager providing bespoke portfolio solutions for wholesale market participants with pervasive beta or gap risk issues. Pure Capital also has a range of Japan-only returns-based products. Mr Limbrick has 18 years experience in the financial markets working for a variety of global financial organizations including Deutsche Bank (formerly Bain & Co.) and HSBC in Sydney, Calyon (formerly Credit Lyonnais) in Tokyo, and Bank of New Zealand in Wellington. Mr Limbrick is a Director and member of the Investment Committee of 36 South Investment Managers Limited, a hedge fund management company that specializes in “tail risk” long volatility funds. He is also Chairman of the New Zealand Absolute Return Association (NZARA), the New Zealand organization representing the alternative investment management industry in New Zealand. Mr Limbrick has a Master of Applied Finance degree from Sydney’s Macquarie University.

Peter Verhaart Chief Investment Officer Arcus Investments, New Zealand

Peter Verhaart is responsible for overall investment activities of Arcus. He chairs the NZ Investment Strategy Committee and also sits on the AXA Australia Investment Management Committee and the ipac Australia Investment Management Committee. Peter has recently moved to Arcus having spent eight years with Mercer Investment Consulting where he was most recently Head of Investment Consulting and a member of the senior leadership team. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in pure mathematics, a Post Graduate Diploma in financial mathematics and a Diploma of Financial Planning. He is a founding member of the New Zealand chapter of the CFA Society.

Donal Curtin Managing Director Economics New Zealand

Donal Curtin is Managing Director of Auckland based consultancy Economics New Zealand Ltd, and one of New Zealand’s best known business economists. Before setting up his own firm, which specialises in tactical asset allocation and portfolio design, Donal was chief economist for a major bank and also ran its national private banking and investment advisory service. He chairs the investment committee of Vestar, a national financial planning group. Donal is a member of the Commerce Commission, chair of boutique fund manager Mint Asset Management, and chair of the Public Trust. He is the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee’s adviser on monetary policy, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Economic Statistics. He was ‘Print Columnist of the Year’ in the Westpac Business and Financial Journalism Awards in 2006 for his monthly column in Unlimited, the national business magazine.

Ainsley McLaren Head of Investment Managment ASB Group Investments, New Zealand

Ainsley has worked in financial markets since completing her Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics at the University of Auckland.  Her experience includes roles in share broking, bond trading, fixed interest portfolio management, client advising, money markets and foreign exchange.   Since May 2005, Ainsley has been Head of Investment Management for ASB Group Investments, where she is responsible for all investment management decisions, investment performance of portfolios, management of a team of investment professionals and key input to investment strategy decisions.   Between 1993 and 2005, Ainsley held a number of client-facing roles in the ASB treasury dealing room, culminating in her appointment as Head of Sales and Service for ASB Treasury & Financial Markets.   ASB Group Investments has funds under management of approximately $5.5 billion.

Mark Brighouse Managing Director Brook Asset Management
Mark Brighouse has 20 years experience in portfolio management roles covering areas including global bond portfolios, asset allocation and currency management. At Brook he is responsible for setting the firms business strategy and overseeing product development, client servicing and operations. Mark holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (hons) degree and is a CFA charterholder.

Heathcliff Neels Principal Mercer, New Zealand

Heathcliff is Mercer Investment Consulting’s lead specialist for capital markets modeling in the in the Australasian region and asset liability modeling in Asia Pacific. He is a Principal in the Auckland office, and consults to superannuation funds and foundation clients. Heathcliff provides advice to clients, with a focus on setting investment strategy, gained through his actuarial experience in both the life insurance and superannuation industries. He has a deep understanding of liability valuations and their interaction with asset valuations. Heathcliff is also involved in setting capital market assumptions and researching bond managers in New Zealand.

David Brown Managing Director TIAA_CREF, USA

David Brown is Head of Global Private Fixed-Income Investments for the TIAA-CREF organization and Teachers Advisors, Inc. Mr. Brown is responsible for overseeing all private fixed-income investments totaling more than $40 billion. Most recently, he served as the Head of Commercial Mortgages and Private Real Estate Funds for TIAA. Mr. Brown holds a B.S. in economics from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Gillian Robertson GM Investments New Zealand Anglican Church Pension Board
Gillian Robertson is General Manager and Investment Manager of the New Zealand Anglican Church pension Board which is trustee for two superannuation funds and several charitable trusts. The pension board also provides administrative services to other Christian organisations for insurance, taxation and investment management.

Anthony Serhan Head of Adviser & Research Morningstar Research

Anthony is Head of Consulting with Morningstar, a leading global provider of investment research, offering and extensive line of print, software, and web-based products and services. Anthony is responsible for developing Morningstar's consulting business in Australia, including advice on the creation and monitoring of multi-manager portfolios. Anthony has over 15 years' financial services experience in both institutional and retail capacities, gaining a strong understanding of investment markets and products. Before joining Morningstar in 2003, Anthony was an Associate Director at ASSIRT. Prior to that, he headed the Investment Consulting practice at AMP Consulting, where he also sat on the AMP Financial Services Investment Committee.

Mark Blytheway Found & CEO SIRIS, Australia

Mark Bytheway is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Investment Research Institute (SIRIS), a specialist investment research group providing sustainability and governance research and analytical services.  Mark holds qualifications in law, economics and accounting, and post-graduate qualifications in environmental science.  He has more than 15 years’ capital markets experience, including work with an international credit ratings agency, and eight years in funds management, two of which as Director of Research, Asia Pacific, for an international investment management group.  Mark also spent three years consulting in the areas of environmental risk analysis, environmental liability evaluation and resource valuation, was a founding member of the UNEP Australasian SRI Advisory Committee and is a Trustee of the OXFAM CAA Ethical Investment Trust.

John Nuttall Chairman NZ Steel Pension Fund
Professional Engineer with over 43 years experience in the steel industry. Held senior Engineering and General Management roles in the UK and New Zealand. Chairman of the New Zealand Steel Pension Fund since 1999 New Zealand Trustee of the Year in 2000. Holds several Directorships