Matthew Arnold, CFA, CAIA

Director New Zealand, Russell Investments

Matt is responsible for leading the institutional team at Russell Investments in New Zealand. The team delivers a range of services that assist investors in meeting their goals including asset and implemented consulting, global multi-asset investing and implementation services such as transition management and overlays.

Cameron Bagrie

Managing Director, Cameron Bagrie Economics

Cameron is the Managing Director of Bagrie Economics, a private, boutique and independent research firm. He was formerly chief economist of ANZ for 11.5 years, where he was never shy expressing a view.

Guy Fisher

Senior Consultant, Russell Investments

Guy has been providing investment advice to institutional and retail clients in New Zealand and overseas for more than 25 years. He joined Russell Investments as a Senior Consultant in 2018, focusing on the non-profit and philanthropic sectors.

Maria Flaherty

Senior Client Relationship Manager, Russell Investments

Maria is a Senior Client Relationship Manager sand is responsible for managing all aspects of key client accounts. This includes providing portfolio reviews, portfolio rebalancing, and other service requirements to New Zealand institutional clients. Maria also specialises in providing operational and transactional assistance for client transitions.

Pete Gunning, CFA

Global Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive, Asia-Pacific, Russell Investments

Pete Gunning is the chief executive, Asia-Pacific for Russell Investments where he oversees all business in the AsiaPacific region, including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. He serves on the Russell Investments Executive Committee.

James Harwood

Portfolio Manager, Russell Investments

James is a portfolio manager for Russell Investments responsible for directly managed Global equity funds. He manages in excess of A$6bn across a range of investment strategies with around $700m in global equity Decarbonisation and domestic ESG strategies.

Mary Holm, ONZM

Best-selling author, educator and award winning columnist

Mary Holm (ONZM for services to financial literary education) is the author of seven books, including Rich Enough? A laidback guide for every Kiwi, which was a Number 1 bestseller. Her latest book, A Richer You – how to make the most of your money, is also on the bestseller list.

David Kandziora

Senior Consultant, Russell Investments

David is a Senior Investment Consultant at Russell Investments based in the Auckland office. He is part of the team that delivers a range of services to assist institutional investors in meeting their goals, including investment strategy, governance advice and implementation services through Russell Investments’ Outsourced Chief Investment Officer solution.

Fiona Lintott

Senior Client Relationship Manager, Russell Investments

Fiona is part of the Investor Services team, responsible for managing client relationshios and promoting Russell Investments solutions to investors. From 2009 to 2011, Fiona worked at ANZ Private Bank as Associate Director focusing on the needs of Private Bank’s most highly valued clients.

John Malloy

Co-Head of Emerging and Frontier Markets, RWC Partners

John is the portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets strategy at RWC Partners. He also serves as a member of the investment committee for the RWC Emerging and Frontier Markets strategies.

Ayaz Mohamed

Client Service Analyst, Russell Investments

Ayaz is a Client Service Analyst for the funds team at Russell Investments Auckland. He is responsible for assisting in the completion of client reports and providing analysis.

Kris Nelson

Director, Investment Research, Russell Investments

Kris is a Director of Investment Research on the Global Equities team where she evaluates investment strategies in an effort to identify those which are likely to generate returns in excess of the relevant market indices and peer groups.

Scott O'Ryan

Business Development Manager, Investor Services, Russell Investments

Scott is based in the Auckland office. He is part of the team that is responsible for growing Russell Investments’ profile within the financial advisory and wealth management sector, mainly through distributing the firm’s range of multi-manager and directly managed funds. Prior to joining Russell Investments in 2020, Scott worked at Morningstar, where he held senior roles in the Client Solutions team and was involved in delivering data and research to advisory and institutional clients.

Symon Parish

Chief Investment Officer - Australasia, Russell Investments

Symon Parish is the Australasian chief investment officer and a portfolio manager for Russell Investments, based in Sydney. Symon has primary responsibility for managing a number of Russell Investment’s Australian and Pacific Basin equity funds. He oversees all aspects of fund management, including design strategy, manager selection and fund construction. Symon heads the investment team for the Australasian region, with investment professionals based in Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne. He is a director of Russell Investment Management Ltd.

Erik Ristuben

Chief Investment Strategist, Russell Investments

Erik Ristuben is the global chief investment strategist for Russell Investments. His team’s responsibilities include the creation and management of integrated client investment strategies for the firm’s institutional and retail clients globally, as well as the creation of global economic and market outlooks.

Michelle Russell-Dowe

Head of Securitised Credit, Schroder Investment Management

Michelle Russell-Dowe is the Head of Securitised Credit at Schroders. She is responsible for managing the Securitised Credit Team and the Securitised Credit Portfolio Strategies. She joined Schroders in 2016 and is based in New York.

Lewis A. Sanders

CEO & Co-CIO

Lewis A. Sanders is the founder, CEO and Co-CIO of Sanders Capital, LLC. Mr. Sanders was the former Chairman (2005 - 2008) and CEO (2003 - 2005) of AllianceBernstein L.P. He served as Vice Chairman and CIO from 2000-2003, when Alliance Capital merged with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.

Gabriel Sauma

Director of Research, Emerging Market Equities, Russell Investments

Gabriel Sauma is Director of Research on the Emerging Markets manager research team and is based in London. Gabriel is responsible for the research and evaluation of Emerging Markets investment strategies globally in an effort to identify those which are likely to generate returns in excess of the relevant market indices and peer groups.

Damon Shinnick

Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst
Western Asset Management Company Pty Ltd

Damon Shinnick is a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at Western Asset and has more than 22 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm in 2011, Mr. Shinnick served as Partner in the Asset Management Division at Pension Corporation LLP; Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President of Investment Management at Lehman Brothers, Australia; Portfolio Manager and Analyst with Challenger Financial Services Group and Quantitative Analyst at HSBC Asset Management in Australia.

Adam Smears

Head of Fixed Income Research, Russell Investments

Adam Smears is Head of Fixed Income Research at Russell Investments. Before joining Russell, Adam spent 9 years at Skandia Investment Group where his most recent duties included running the overall investment research group as head of investment research, covering all asset classes.

Mihir Tirodkar, CFA

Senior Analyst, Russell Investments

Mihir is a Senior Analyst in the New Zealand Consulting team and helps with investment strategy for advisory clients. He is also involved in Russell Investment’s foundational research arm.

Kevin Turner, CFA

Head of Investment Strategy & Solutions, US Institutional, Russell Investments

Kevin Turner leads the Investment Strategy & Solutions team for Russell Investments. This team is a consolidation of the asset allocation and liability management functions across the organization, and is focused on enhancing Russell Investments’ multi-asset proposition through a clear understanding of client needs and a consistent process to design investment solutions to achieve desired outcomes.