Mr Griff Williams | CIO
Milltrust International Group

Mr Williams is a New Zealand national and comes from a farming family in the North Island where he continues to have dairy farming interests. At Milltrust Mr Williams is responsible for designing and co-managing the globally diversified agricultural strategy and specific focus on Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to his current role, Mr Williams was Interim CEO at Itaú Asset Management in London, responsible for product strategy and Institutional business development in Europe. Previous to this he was Institutional Solutions Strategist at Pioneer Global Investments in London and prior to that Investment Director for Railpen Investments, one of the UK's largest Pension Funds where he managed the global equities portfolio. Mr Williams has experience also as as Head of Manager Research and an Investment Consultant at Gissings in London and as a portfolio manager and Investment analyst at Westpac Investment Management and Banco Bozano Simonsen in Wellington and Rio de Janeiro respectively.

Mr Williams is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration degree from Victoria University, Wellington. In addition to English, Mr Williams is a fluent Portuguese speaker. He resides with his family in London.