Commodity Investment World Australia 2011 - Speaker list

Rajesh Behal is Chief investment Officer for Global Agribusiness Food and Beverage at International Finance Corporation. He is responsible for overseeing direct equity investments and debt financing for the sector globally. During his seven years at IFC he has made...

Ryan is a Principal and the Director of Exotic Alternatives in Mercer's Alternatives Boutique, a unit within the Investment Consulting business. In this role he is responsible for generation of intellectual capital and research of esoteric/niche alternative...

Stewart took up the position of Chief Investment Officer for OnePath Australia in February 2010. In this role, Stewart is responsible for designing and implementing OnePath Australia’s future asset management strategy. This focuses on the development and positioning ...

David is Baker Steel's Sydney-based research analyst and works alongside David Baker. A mining engineer by training, he worked in the mining industry for 10 years before relocating to London and becoming involved in capital markets. David's mining industry experience...

Michael has over 20 years' experience in Australia and the United Kingdom in strategic asset allocation. He joined Ibbotson Associates in 2003 to expand the coverage of alternative investments for advisory and implemented consulting clients. Michael is responsible for...

Thomas Coughlin, Chief Executive Officer of Australian Bullion Exchange Limited (ABX) has worked in the Investment, Funds Management and Bullion industries for over 10 years. Thomas Co-Founded ABX with a wealth of experience and expertise in capital markets and...

Tony has been involved with large Australian investors for over 20 years. His first investment role was as an asset consultant with Towers Watson from 1989. After graduating as an actuary in 1993 and winning the Prescott prize for Investment, Tony joined QIC as a...

As Head of Research, James Dick is responsible for the research standing behind QIC's search for risk premia. James began his career following the entrepreneurial path and was a co-founder in a music production company based in Brisbane, Australia. ...

Robert has worked in financial services and investment management for over 17 years and his core area of expertise is in alternative investments and portfolio management. Robert maintains a high profile in the alternative investment industry through his regular...

Graham Harman is the Director of Capital Markets Research at Russell Investments, and also chairs Russell’s Asset Allocation Committee. Graham joined Russell in 2010. Prior to joining Russell, Graham served as Head of Investment Strategy at Citigroup...

Hugh is currently the Chief Investment Officer of ANZ Private & ANZ Trustees in Australia. He has worked at ANZ Trustees in this role since 2000. Prior to that, he spent two years as Head of Australian Equities at ANZ Funds Management in Australia. Hugh is a...

Judith Posnikoff, PhD is a Managing Director and a Founding Partner of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (PAAMCO), a leading provider of hedge fund portfolios to sophisticated global institutional investors. As chair of PAAMCO’s Investment Oversight...

Gillian Robertson is General Manager and Investment Manager of The New Zealand Anglican Church Pension Board which is trustee for three superannuation funds, (including a KiwiSaver scheme) and several charitable trusts. The Pension Board also provides administration...

Suzanne Tavill is responsible for AMP Capital’s illiquid alternative investment platform that is housed with the Multi Asset Group. This encompasses a private equity program, an infrastructure program and an opportunistic/real asset (e.g. agriculture, asset...

Prior to being appointed to the role of Portfolio Manager Alternative Assets, Chris was a member of BT’s Investment Solutions team where he was responsible for overall portfolio construction and monitoring of the BT Multi-manager portfolios, as well as manager research ...

Craig was recently appointed Chief Investment Officer of the Local Government Super. Previously with property group Macarthur Cook, where he was responsible for real estate securities, his professional experience in the funds management industry stretches back to...

Mark Waldron was employed by The Australian National University in April 1990 as a Treasury and Fixed Interest Manager in the Investment Office. Prior to this he worked for the Superannuation Fund Investment Trust and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Over his term ...

He is currently President and CEO of Ibbotson Associates Japan, Inc. – a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan in 1979. He worked as equity portfolio manager for LTCB’s asset management subsidiaries, LTCB-MAS in U.S. and LTCB...