Sean Rogister Senior Vice President, Fixed Income and Tactical Asset Allocation  Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (Canada)

Sean Rogister is responsible for the fund’s fixed income and tactical asset allocation portfolios, representing $38 billion in net assets. Mr. Rogister joined Teachers' as a portfolio manager in 1998 and was first promoted to the executive team in 2000. He became Senior Vice-President for the fixed income group in 2004 and assumed his current position in 2007, with additional responsibility for foreign exchange, equity derivatives and trading, and tactical asset allocation. His prior experience includes fixed income arbitrage trading with the Canadian arm of an international investment bank, management of a leading fixed income exchange-traded derivatives business for a Canadian investment dealer and risk management consulting for a Canadian insurance broker. Mr. Rogister holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the University of Toronto, and is an accredited graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Quote: "Recent changes in fixed income markets will have a far-reaching impact. This will be an excellent opportunity to pull in views on the impacts from strong bond managers from around the world."

Sanjeev Handa Managing Director of Global Public Investments (Fixed Income) TIAA-CREF (USA)

Sanjeev Handa is Managing Director and Head of Global Public Markets at TIAA-CREF where he has worked since 1988.  In this role, Mr. Handa overesees the public fixed income investment area of TIAA-CREF and its associated businesses.  Assets under Mr. Handa's purview total in excess of $140 billion and include the public fixed income assets of TIAA's General Account, TIAA-CREF's fixed income mutual funds and fixed income variable annuities.  Prior to assuming his current position in 2006, Mr. Handa managed TIAA's asset-backed and CDO portfolios for eight years.   He also has experience as a corporate bond and emerging market analyst during his career at TIAA-CREF.  Mr. Handa earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 1988.  In addition, he was awarded undergraduate degrees in 1984 from New York University and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Robin Miller Executive Director - Debt Investments Industry Funds Management

Robin’s career started in the mining industry in 1975, moving into finance in 1986 when he joined National Australia Bank (“NAB”) group as an analyst.  Within NAB he had many roles in credit analysis and lending (both corporate and project finance) as well as in credit control and risk management.  In 1998 he moved across to one of NAB’s funds management businesses, National Asset Management (“NAM”), specifically to take credit risk skills into their fixed interest team.  In three years, he recruited and trained up a small team of two analysts and built up a portfolio of $A750 million in pure credit risk assets, many of which were direct investments in syndicated senior-secured bank loans.  Subsequent to their acquisition of MLC, NAB decided to close NAM in 2001 and Robin took his team, the pure credit risk portfolios and the investor relationships, to AMP Capital Investors. In 2005 Robin joined Members Equity Bank and the subsequent integration into IFM in mid-2007 saw Robin assume leadership of the Debt Investments team and manage its transfer to IFM.

Susan Buckley General Manager Fixed Income Queensland Investment Corporatio

Susan joined QIC in November 2001 as General Manager, Global Fixed Interest and brings twenty one years experience in the financial markets industry.  Susan is responsible for the Global Fixed Interest Division which manages $AUD 35bn for QIC clients across a range of fixed interest products.  Susan is a member of the Alpha Committee as well as QIC’s executive management team, sharing responsibility for the strategic direction of QIC.  Prior to joining QIC, Susan held positions as the Head of Strategy for NRMA Asset Management, Senior Vice President at Bankers Trust Funds Management and Manager, Fixed Interest at Suncorp Investment Management.  She also worked as an economist for National Australia Bank and was Director, Foreign Exchange Services with Syntec Economic Services.  Susan holds a Bachelor of Economics (University of Qld), a Graduate Diploma in Economics (University of Melbourne) and is currently undertaking MBA studies.  Susan is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Quote: “With global inflation and economic risk rising, there are ways of constructing portfolios with greater protection against these key risks.  At QIC this is one of our areas of focus for clients in 2008 and we look forward to contributing to this timely conference.”

Rob Jewell Global Head of Macro and Credit Queensland Investment Corporation

Robert has been with QIC since April 2002. Robert is responsible for all internal active management (macro interest rate, global credit and sector allocation) across Global Fixed Interest portfolios.  This requires management of the research and risk management process conducted by the QIC/GFI global macro and credit teams.  Rob is a member of the QIC Investment Strategy Committee. Robert has fifteen years’ experience in the financial markets.  Previously he worked for BT Funds Management, Atlas Capital (London) and Suncorp Investment Management.  Robert possesses a Bachelor of Economics (Uni of Qld), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments (Securities Institute of Australia) and is a CFA Charterholder.  Quote:"Fixed Interest is an increasingly viable and important component of investors' alpha. At QIC we are focused on making a meaningful contribution to meeting our clients' overall investment objectives."

Ross Bernays CEO Health Industry Plan

Ross Bernays, Chief Executive Officer, Health Industry Plan (HIP), although looks can be deceiving, has over 30 years experience in the superannuation industry. Firstly, with an extended career in NSW Public Sector superannuation before moving to REST Superannuation (Australia’s largest superannuation fund by members) as Customer Service and Marketing Manager. For the past 5 years he has led HIP, a renowned leader in innovative investment structures and member deliverables. At HIP, with 30,000 members and $450m in FUM, he has wrestled with the challenge delivery of differentiation and superior member results in comparison to the larger industry fund and retial options. HIP has met these challenges, from an investment point of view by the engagement of a range alternative investments and a more stringent categorisation of these investments.  Pivotal was the more appropriate placement of these investments within the Funds growth and defensive asset classes.  This has been done to remove a good deal of the direct correlation with Australian and international equity markets and to produce a sharper edge to the Fund’s Investment performance.

Tobias Buecheler CIO Allianz Australia Insurance

Tobias Buecheler is the Chief Investment Officer of Allianz Australia Insurance since August 2006. Prior to his current role, he was responsible for the global risk management of the asset management and banking divisions of Allianz Group. Mr. Buecheler joined the Allianz Group in 2000, previously having been associated with the equity research team of JP Morgan Asset Management. He holds a masters degree from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) in economics and finance.

Jon Addison CIO Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund

Jon has had over 30 years working in the finance sector, both as an investment consultant and as a hands-on investment manager having managed cash and fixed interest portfolios, domestic shares and direct property portfolios. Jon has recently stepped down as CEO of the Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund but remains as their investment advisor/CIO on a part time basis.  Jon is also on the Board’s of a number of companies including a private equity fund management firm, and a listed investment company. Prior to taking up his role at MIESF Jon was an investment consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and also Sedgwick Noble Lowndes.  He was also General Manager, Investments, of the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria prior to its absorption into VFMC Quote: "Fixed interest  has long been seen as the poor relation amongst investment managers but the challenge is just as severe and the money markets are often more attuned to the real world.  We must hear a variety of views on its proper management"

Geoff Warren Head of Capital Markets Research Russell Investment Consulting

Geoff Warren is a senior research associate for Russell Investment Group and Head of Capital Market Research for Russell Australia, operating out of the Sydney office. He is responsible for fostering strategic research and analysis across all asset classes, either directly or through assisting other associates in their research efforts. He also provides support in strategic investment advice to clients in the Australian institutional business. Prior to joining Russell in February 2007, Geoff lectured in finance at the Australian Graduate School of Management, where gained his doctorate in asset pricing during 2005. His academic research interests have included both theoretical and empirical asset pricing, funds management, and valuation techniques. Geoff also has wide financial market experience, gained from an investment career spanning 18 years. He held a variety of roles within the research department of Australian investment bank Ord Minnett, which was ultimately absorbed by JP Morgan. These roles included company analyst, economist, strategist (rating No.1 in institutional polls for 7 years), plus a stint as director of research. In addition, Geoff spent 3 years in the mid-1990s as an equity portfolio manager with AMP Investments. Quote: "I am glad for the opportunity to present our research in fixed income investment, which is a dynamic and evolving area within the capital markets."

Bill Whitford Managing Director Treasury Corporation of Victoria

Mr Whitford joined TCV in September 2002 as Executive Manager and was appointed Managing Director on 28 July 2003. He has had considerable experience in financial markets including treasury and financial market roles with Banque National de Paris and State Bank of South Australia and the financing of public infrastructure with the South Australian Government.  Mr Whitford is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and represents TCV as Deputy Chairman of the Market Governance Committee of the Australian Financial Markets Association. Quote: "In a financial market environment of increasing illiquidity the role of the State Governments Borrowing Authorities as providers of risk free debt, gains significance."

Andrew Korbel Head of Fixed Income & Currency  Intech Investment Consultants

“With the global economy uncertainty and financial markets volatility at the highest levels in many years, fixed interest is suddenly interesting again. This conference will provide an excellent forum to discuss the latest thoughts and approaches in the fixed interest sector.” “Rising cyclical and secular pressures on inflation mean it is worth re-evaluating the case for inflation-linked bonds in both fixed income and diversified multi-sector portfolios.”

Ben Stuart Executive Manager, Group Funding CBA

John has led CBA’s debt funding team since 1992, having been a member of the team since its inception.  He has the dubious historic honour of having worked on the Bank’s first ever bond issue in 1984! Since that first issue John has seen CBA’s annual bond issuance grow from around $400m to over $20bn. Through the advent of the structured medium term note market the number of bond issues the Bank undertakes has also grown impressively with around 1000 transactions completed in 2007. John holds a Masters degree in banking management.  He is a career “CBA-er” and is based in Sydney. Quote: "The credit markets have changed dramatically.  This will be a great forum to hear current views from a range of practitioners."

Stephen Knight Chief Executive NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp)

Stephen is Chief Executive of NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), the central borrowing authority for NSW, which is the largest of the Australian State economies.  TCorp has a balance sheet of around A$40billion and an annual funding program of around A$7billion.  TCorp also manages debt and asset portfolios on behalf of over 130 client authorities. Debt portfolios managed for clients total over A$19billion, with TCorp managing a further  A$17billion of investment portfolios on behalf of client authorities.  Stephen joined TCorp in 1996 with 16 years experience in financial markets in the banking and investment banking sectors.  From 1992 to 1996 he was Head of Treasury and Capital Markets at Union Bank of Switzerland (Australia), where he was responsible for all financial markets activities for UBS in Australia, including funding, balance sheet management, foreign exchange, interest rate trading, swaps & derivatives, bullion and commodities.  Prior to this Stephen held senior Treasury roles for ANZ Banking Group and Australian Bank Ltd. Stephen has previously been Chairman of the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and the Australian Banker’s Association Treasury Committee, has lectured for the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) and other tertiary institutions, was a director of Austraclear Ltd (the central depository and clearing organisation for the Australian Financial Markets) between 1987 and 1990, and was a director of UBS Australia Ltd between 1992 and 1996.  He is currently a Director of AFMA Ltd. Quote:"Given the turmoil in global credit markets, this conference provides an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues that are important to a fixed income investor"

Jeff Bresnahan Managing Director SuperRatings

With over 25 years superannuation industry experience Jeff founded SuperRatings in late 2002. Since then, he has led the introduction of several industry firsts including: The introduction of fund ratings to the superannuation industry in 2002 Australia’s first and now leading Fund Level Performance Survey in 2003 Australia’s most comprehensive and leading Fund Benchmarking Service in 2003 Australia’s first complete web-based superannuation research hub in late 2005 SuperRatings clients now include superannuation funds from all sectors, government agencies, the Financial Planning Industry and suppliers to the industry such as fund administrators and asset consultants. Jeff is continually quoted by the major print, television and radio media and regularly presents at major conferences and strategy meetings. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  SuperRatings has quickly become recognised as the leading independent research house within the multi-employer superannuation industry. Quote: “With the significant market changes occurring over the past six months, there should be some interesting and active debate.”

Saul Esklake Chief Economist ANZ

Saul Eslake has been Chief Economist of the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)  since August 1995.  He is a member of ANZ’s Group Asset and Liability Committee, which oversees the management of the Bank’s balance sheet, and is also Chairman of ANZCover, the Bank’s internal fraud, crime and professional indemnity insurer. Saul began his career as an economist in the Commonwealth Public Service, including two years at the Treasury in Canberra. Prior to joining ANZ, he was Chief Economist (International) at National Mutual Funds Management (now part of the Axa Insurance group) and, before that, Chief Economist of the stockbroking firm McIntosh Securities (now part of the Merrill Lynch group) from 1986 to 1991. Saul has a first class honours degree in Economics from the University of Tasmania, and in 2003 he completed the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in New York. Saul is currently a member of three Federal Government advisory panels – the Tourism Forecasting Committee, the Trade Policy Advisory Council, and the Foreign Affairs Council – and of the Premier of Victoria’s Business Advisory Network. As an expatriate Tasmanian Saul also maintains links with his home State, as a Board Member of the University of Tasmania Foundation, and Chairman of the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board.

John Edwards Chief Economist HSBC

John Edwards is the Chief Economist for Australia and New Zealand for the global financial group, HSBC. In this position he advises the group and its clients on the economic outlook, the direction of exchange rates and interest rates, and on a range of economic policy issues. From 1991 to 1994 John was principal economic adviser to Treasurer and then Prime Minister, Paul Keating. Earlier in his career he was a political and economic journalist in Sydney and Canberra, and worked as a reporter for ten years in Washington. Immediately before joining Mr. Keating, he was the Sydney Morning Herald’s correspondent in Washington, DC. As Chief Economist of HSBC Australia and New Zealand his articles on economic issues have appeared in The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the Financial Times and other publications, and he is frequently quoted on these issues in the local and international news media and interviewed on television and radio. He has given evidence on economic issues before parliamentary committees, and presented briefings for state and federal officials and ministers. He is also a frequent guest speaker at business forums. During 200/2001 John was a visiting scholar at the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library at the University of Technology, Perth. In 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997 he was a visiting scholar in the economic history department at the ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences. He has published five books, including a narrative history of the MX missile program Superweapon, (Norton 1982) a best selling biography of the former Prime Minister Keating – the inside story (Viking 1996), and - most recently – Curtin’s Gift: Re-interpreting Australia’s greatest Prime Minister (Allen and Unwin 2005)

Shane Oliver Chief Economist AMP Capital Investors

Shane Oliver plays a key role in determining AMP Capital Investor’s investment strategy. As head of the Investment Strategy and Economics team he is responsible for AMP Capital Investor's diversified investment funds (with roughly $A19bn in assets). Shane is also responsible for providing economic forecasts and analysis of key variables and issues affecting, or likely to affect, all asset markets. In his capacity as AMP Capital Investor's Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist he is a regular media commentator on major economic and investment market issues. He has extensive experience analysing the outlook for various asset classes including equities, property and fixed interest.  Shane was appointed Chief Economist in December 1994 and Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist in January 2001. He has also completed a Doctorate investigating speculative behaviour within investment markets and the validity of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. Shane is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Macquarie University.   During 200/2001 John was a visiting scholar at the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library at the University of Technology, Perth. In 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997 he was a visiting scholar in the economic history department at the ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences. He has published five books, including a narrative history of the MX missile program Superweapon, (Norton 1982) a best selling biography of the former Prime Minister Keating – the inside story (Viking 1996), and - most recently – Curtin’s Gift: Re-interpreting Australia’s greatest Prime Minister (Allen and Unwin 2005)

Chris Caton Chief Economist BT Financial Group

Chris Caton is the Chief Economist for BT Financial Group.  He was Chief Economist at Bankers Trust from 1991 until July 1999.  From 1994 to 1997, he was also Chairman of the Indicative Planning Council, which advised the Government on matters relating to the housing industry. Previously he worked in the Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and for an economic consulting firm in the United States. Chris was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Pennsylvania.

Thom Bentley Director - Institutional Marketing Muzinich & Co Ltd

Thom is based in London and is responsible for building relationships and developing business with institutional investors in the UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. Prior to joining Muzinich & Company he spent three years in New Zealand, working for Macquarie Bank and as Christchurch Branch Manager of a private client stockbroking firm now owned by ABN Amro. Thom joined the investment industry a few months before the 1987 stock market crash and has been fascinated with the markets ever since. He has focused on fixed income sales and marketing since 1994, and gained experience at Morley Fund Management, AEGON Asset Management and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, three of Europe’s largest asset managers. Thom will discuss the opportunities offered by the higher yield credit markets, focusing on bonds and bank loans and outlining how these can provide both enhanced risk-adjusted returns and excellent diversification.

Michael Blythe Chief Economist Commonwealth Bank

Michael joined the Commonwealth Bank in late 1995.  He is the Chief Economist and head of Economics.  In this role he is responsible for monitoring, analysing, and forecasting trends in the Australian economy and financial markets.  In addition, he prepares a wide range of research material on matters of current interest.  In his capacity as the CBA’s Chief Economist, he is a regular conference presenter and media commentator on major economic developments and themes. After graduating in economics from the University of Sydney in 1982, he spent a total of 13 years in various roles within the Economic Group of the Reserve Bank of Australia.  This included a stint at the International Monetary Fund in 1988.  He was the RBA's Senior Economist from 1991-95.  Key features of these roles involved the provision of economic analysis and policy advice.

William Whitford Managing Director Treasury Corporation of Victoria

Richard Jackson General Manager, Financial Markets Queensland Treasury Corporation

Richard Jackson joined Queensland Treasury Corporation in May 2002 as Head of Financial Markets. Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) is Queensland’s corporate treasury provider and has dual responsibility for the State’s debt funding and financial risk management. Credit Rating: AAA. Current debt portfolio: AUD 35 billion. Richard’s previous positions have included Director of Treasury for Jardine Fleming Bank in Hong Kong, Director of Financial Risk Management for Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore and Executive Director and Treasurer at Security Pacific Australia Limited. Quote: “We see this forum as a further opportunity to enhance market transparency  which is critically important to QTC.”

Maurice O'Connell Director Fitch Ratings

Maurice O’Connell has had nearly 20 years banking experience in the UK, US and Australia, almost entirely within the corporate banking sector. He has worked with Bank of Boston, Lloyds NZA, St George Bank. Prior to joining Fitch Maurice was Head of Syndication, West LB, Sydney. At Fitch, Maurice is Director, Corporates responsible for the Australian industrial sector. Quote:“I am fascinated at the repricing of risk we are seeing today. It is perhaps also timely to focus on how that underlying risk is being assessed.”

Sallyanne Cook Consultant Morningstar Research

Sallyanne is responsible for driving investment consulting activities for Morningstar , which include the provision of advice on asset allocation, manager selection, investment menus, and model portfolios. Sallyanne has over 16 years' experience in the financial services industry. Most recently a senior investment analyst with InvestorWeb Research, she was previously a senior fixed interest portfolio manager at ING Investment Management, where she managed domestic and global bond portfolios, and was a member of the firm's asset allocation committee. Before that, she worked as a treasury manager, managing interest rate and currency exposures for companies including Optus, Burns Philp, and Energy Australia. Sallyanne has a master's degree in applied finance from Macquarie University, and a bachelor's degree in business from the Ku-ring-gai College of Advanced Education. She is also a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

 

Kathy Cave Senior Associate Russel Investment Corporation

Kathy Cave is a portfolio manager with Russell Investment Group. Based in Russell’s Sydney office, Kathy is the portfolio manager of the Australian and New Zealand fixed income and cash funds and New Zealand share fund. Her broader Australasian portfolio management responsibilities include working with the London-based global fixed income team on Russell’s international bond fund $A hedged. She also has responsibility for all the diversified funds and management of the currency hedged on international shares funds. Kathy joined Russell in 2005. Prior to Russell, Kathy worked with Challenger Financial Service Group in the role of senior manager research and alliances where she was part of a team that managed several multi-manager and multi-sector funds. Previously she worked as an investment consultant in Towers Perrin’s Sydney office.  She was responsible for providing investment advice to several large institutional clients with respect to investment policy and strategy, asset allocation, asset class structures and manager selection.

Professor Gavin Brown Vice-Chancellor and Principal The University of Sydney

Gavin Brown became Professor of Pure Mathematics at UNSW in 1976. Winner of the Australian Mathematical Society Medal, former Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science and member of the Australian Research Council, he has honorary degrees from St Andrews (1997) and Dundee (2004). Former Dean of Science at UNSW, Vice-Chancellor at Adelaide, he became Vice-Chancellor at Sydney in 1996. During his tenure the University has increased research income by a factor of more than eight, has pursued an energetic building program and has invested in the broad student experience with outstanding International and Australian success in sport and debating. Foundation Chair of the Go8 universities and past President of the AC21 international consortium, he is Chair of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors, Professor Brown serves in several capacities to promote the business/higher education interface. In January 2006 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. Professor Brown continues active mathematical research and in March 2007 he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Craig James Chief Economist CommSec

My current role is Chief Equities Economist, Commonwealth Securities, interpreting ‘big picture’ economic and financial trends for customers, clients and staff. As well as providing presentations to staff and clients and commentaries on financial and economic trends, I appear regularly in the electronic and print media. In 2002, I undertook a ‘sea change’, interpreting economic and financial trends for the Australian Financial Review. Prior to this I held Chief Economist posts at both Colonial and Commonwealth Securities. I have worked in banking, finance and journalism for 28 years. I hold both Bachelor and Master degrees in Commerce (Economics).  Both degrees were undertaken at University of NSW.

Jim Franks Director, Investment Consulting Russell Investment Group

Jim Franks recently joined Russell’s investment  consulting team in Australia from Canada, where he was director of consulting for Russell Investments’ Canadian team over the past 10 years. His current advisory clients include ACT Treasury and Funds SA. Jim joined Russell as a consultant in 1994, complementing this with fixed income manager research and manager structures. He has since expanded his range of activities to include all aspects of investment decision-making, in more recent years with an emphasis on broad governance and organizational issues as well as investment policy and strategy. At Russell Canada, Jim worked closely with many senior boards and fiduciaries of public sector funds, educational bodies and corporate funds. In addition, he was a speaker at many industry conferences and client events. He also served on the investment advisory committee of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Prior to joining Russell Jim had 25 years experience as an asset manager in North America and the U.K., with a focus on fixed income strategy and management.

Scott Cornfoot Director, Business Management, Active Management Division QIC

My current role is Chief Equities Economist, Commonwealth Securities, interpreting ‘big picture’ economic and financial trends for customers, clients and staff. As well as providing presentations to staff and clients and commentaries on financial and economic trends, I appear regularly in the electronic and print media. In 2002, I undertook a ‘sea change’, interpreting economic and financial trends for the Australian Financial Review. Prior to this I held Chief Economist posts at both Colonial and Commonwealth Securities. I have worked in banking, finance and journalism for 28 years. I hold both Bachelor and Master degrees in Commerce (Economics).  Both degrees were undertaken at University of NSW.

Nick Bishop Portfolio Manager & Credit Analyst Aberdeen Asset Management

Nick Bishop joined Aberdeen in 2007, following Aberdeen’s acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management (Australia) Limited.  He spent two years at Canada Life Insurance Co as a financial services consultant before joining Deutsche in 1998. Nick was a member of the UK macro team, helping to formulate and implement interest rate strategy before becoming a fund manager and credit analyst within the credit team. Nick Bishop graduated from the University of Sheffield with a First Class Honours degree in Law and Criminology.

Sean Carmody Head of Fixed Income, Australia Barclays Global Investors

Sean Carmody was appointed to the role of Head of Fixed Income for BGI Australia in January 2007. In this role, he is responsible for all fixed income strategies offered by BGI in Australia as well as overseeing portfolio management, trading, ongoing research and systems development for enhancing these strategies. Prior to joining BGI, Sean was Head of Credit Portfolio Management at Westpac. The Credit Portfolio Management unit was responsible for managing Westpac Institutional Bank's portfolio of corporate credit, including corporate loans and guarantees and the associated credit derivative hedging activity. The team also managed a portfolio of structured credit investments. Prior to taking on the Credit Portfolio Management role, Sean was Head of Trading Risk Management and was responsible for overseeing Westpac's trading activity across its Financial Markets and Treasury businesses. This oversight encompassed a wide range of financial markets instruments, including bonds, interest rate swaps and options, futures, foreign exchange and currency options, equity derivatives and electricity swaps and options. Prior to joining Westpac, Sean was one of the principals with the specialist Risk Management consulting firm Categorical Solutions. Categorical Solutions provided risk management advice and solutions to a range of banks and broking firms in the Australian market. Sean began his career in the financial markets as a quantitative analyst with Bain & Company, which soon adopted the name of its parent, Deutsche Bank. Initially focusing on fixed income analysis, particularly mortgage-backed securities, Sean quickly broadened his experience and became Head of Quantitative Analysis for Deutsche Bank Australia's Global Markets division. Sean holds a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) majoring in Pure Mathematics from the University of Sydney.

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