MFSS2011 Speakers & Presenters

MFSS2011 Program Speakers and Presenters

  About the Presenter
MFSS2011 Host
Prof Deborah Ralston		 Prof Deborah Ralston, Director, Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) Deborah Ralston is a Professor of Finance at Monash University, and became ACFS Director in 2009.Her academic background is in financial management and economics. Deborah’s research / consulting interests include the impact of financial regulation, the strategy and management of financial institutions and regional economic development.Since 2004, Deborah has been a non-executive director of Mortgage Choice. She was previously a director of Heritage Building Society.
   
Gala Dinner Master of Ceremonies
Maria Wilton		 Maria Wilton, Maria Wilton, CFA, managing director, is responsible for overall management of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia Limited activities in Australia and New Zealand.In that role, she is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the Australian business and has operational and line management responsibility for the distribution team.Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Wilton was with BT Financial Group (formerly Rothschild) for six years as a business development and portfolio manager responsible for the management of balanced funds and BT’s investment relationship with BlackRock.Previously, Ms. Wilton was employed by County Investment Management for five years as a balanced fund and fixed income portfolio manager, and at JP Morgan Investment Management as an economist and portfolio manager.Before joining the investment management industry, Ms. Wilton worked in Canberra in an economic research capacity at the Commonwealth Department of Treasury where she was responsible for foreign exchange market research.

Ms. Wilton is on the Board of Melbourne Water. She is a member of the Board of the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). She is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Program Speakers

  About the Speakers
   
Else F. Bos
Else Bose		 Else F. Bos, Deputy-chairman Executive Committee, Chief Institutional Business PGGM, based in The Netherlands. PGGM acts as asset manager for pension funds, providing a wide range of products and services relating to the development and implementation of investment policy. PGGM Investments manages assets over € 89 billion for its clients.PGGM Investments adds value by focusing on three clear objectives: Generating a high and stable return for our client, investing responsibly; Tight (risk)control of the portfolio and Extra return through innovative investment strategies.After graduating in 1983 from Rotterdam Erasmus University, where she studied Econometrics, Ms Bos joined Algemene Bank Nederland (Later ABN AMRO Bank) where she held different positions at the Directorate General Finance Accounting and Planning and Control.In 1995 she moved to ABN AMRO Netherlands division holding various senior management positions. From 1991 till 2001 she was responsible for Operations, IT and Facility Management as COO of ABN Amro Asset Management. In this capacity she also held the role of program director of the Asset Management BPR Project.

In 2001 she joined NIBC Asset Management as Co Head Investments becoming COO/CFO the following year. Ms Bos started at PGGM Investments in 2003 as Director. In March 2005 she was appointed Chief Executive Officer PGGM Investments and member of the Board of Directors of PGGM.

Per 2010 she holds the position of Deputy Chairman Executive Committee and Chief Institutional Business.

She also has several non executive positions like Board member UN PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment), as well as Member Supervisory Board NWB (Nederlandse Waterschaps Bank) and member of the Supervisory Council of Isala klinieken.
   
Tony Day Tony Day, Managing Director, Scarce Capital (Australia)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 Quantitative Analyst in 1994 and spent the next 12 years working on all aspects of strategic investing, including the role of Chief Strategist from 2001.  In 2007, Tony became Head of Strategy for the Future Fund, Australia’s then newly created sovereign wealth fund with responsibility for the management of the $60 billion in assets supporting governments defined benefit liabilities.  He recently left the Future Fund to establish Scarce Capital, an independent firm with an ambition to closely collaborate with institutional investors who wish to achieve excellence in strategic management and total portfolio design.
   
Jeremy Duffield Jeremy Duffield, Chairman, Australian Centre for Financial Studies and recently retired Chairman, Vanguard Investments AustraliaRetiring in December 2010 after a distinguished 30 year career with The Vanguard Group, including the last 15 as Chairman of Vanguard Investments Australia, Jeremy joins the Board of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies as Chairman.Jeremy brings to the role a strong, well respected and in depth knowledge of the financial services industry.Mr Duffield is currently a director of Plum Financial Services, Ltd and a member of the Australia Financial Centre Task Force.

He previously served on the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA) as deputy chairman, on the Federal Government’s Financial Sector Advisory Council (FSAC), and on the Advisory Board of the Financial Literacy Foundation.

  
   
Jane Diplock AO
 Jane Diplock AO, Chairman of the Executive Committee, IOSCO and Chairman of the Securities Commission, New ZealandJane took office in September 2001 and before her appointment as Chairman, was the National Director, Infrastructure and Strategic Planning, and New South Wales Regional Commissioner with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Jane has also held senior executive positions with Westpac Banking Corporation and was the managing director of the New South Wales Technical and Further Education Commission.Jane is a member of the Steering Committee set up by, among others, HRH The Prince of Wales to establish an International Integrated Reporting Committee. This body will develop a financial reporting model to support the information needs of long-term investors and sustainable investment. She is also a member of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group the Trans-Tasman Leadership Forum.In January 2003 Jane was appointed as an officer of the General Division of the Order of Australia.Jane holds degrees in Arts and Law and a Diploma of Education from Sydney University and a Diploma of International Law, International Economics and International Relations from The Australian National University.

She was a Chevening research fellow at the London School of Economics.
Jonathan Green

 Jonathan Green, Head of Investment Facilities, New South Wales Treasury CorporationJonathan Green has over 20 years experience, within the Financial services industry, having worked in both private and public sectors. Jonathan is the Head of NSW Treasury Corporation’s Investment Facilities team and a member of the TCorp Investment Committee. Jonathan is accountable for investment outcomes, product construction and operational aspects of a series of multi manager investment products, which are available to NSW public sector entities. Current FUM is $11.6 bn. Prior to joining TCorp, Jonathan worked at a large industry superannuation fund, where he was accountable for marketing, member education, communications, as well as public offer and financial planning initiatives.  Jonathan spent 15 years within AMP’s and BNP Paribas’ investment business lines, where he held a number of senior roles encompassing product, operations, fund services, sales and relationship management.
   
Dr Danyelle Guyatt
 Dr Danyelle Guyatt, Global Head of Research, Responsible Investment, Mercer LondonDanyelle Guyatt’s focus is on intellectual capital development, consulting and research for Mercer’s global Responsible Investment business.  Danyelle previously worked at Deutsche Bank in London as a global fixed income strategist and a global balanced fund manager at Deutsche Asset Management, where she was responsible for asset allocation and portfolio management decisions.Danyelle graduated with an MSc in Investment Management with distinction at Cass Business School and completed a PhD in Economic Psychology at the University of Bath, researching the behavioural impediments to long-term responsible investing.  She was awarded the best PhD thesis in Finance and Sustainability for 2006 from the French Social Investment Forum.
   
Stephen Hiscock Stephen Hiscock is the Managing Director of SG Hiscock & CompanyStephen Hiscock is the Managing Director at SG Hiscock & Company, a boutique fund manager with $2 billion in Funds Under Management. He has 24 years experience in investment markets, including Chief Investment Officer of National Asset Management (NAM), he was Head of NAM’s Australian Equities team (for 5 years) and Head of NAM’s Property Team.He holds a Bachelor of Commerce, has a Master of Applied Finance, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
   
Mark Johnson AO
Mark Johnson AO		 Mark Johnson AO is Chairman of AGL Energy and Chairman of the Financial Centre Taskforce, an Australian Government initiative directed towards ensuring efficiency and competitiveness in the financial services sector.After a career of more than forty years in banking and corporate finance, he retired as Chairman of Deputy Chairman of Macquarie Bank in July 2007 and retired as Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Group in February 2010. He is one of the Prime Minister’s three Australian members of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) since 2002, and he was Chairman of ABAC and the APEC Business Summit in Sydney in 2008. He was also Chairman of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2005 to 2008.Mark’s current affiliations include Chairman, US Study Centre Foundation, Sydney University; Chairman, Dragoman Pty Ltd (a strategic consulting group); Member, ASIC External Advisory Panel; Member, Chairman’s Committee, Australian Institute of Company Directors; and Member, Board of Governors, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010. He is a Commander of the Order of the Crown (Tonga) and a Life Governor of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
   
Patrick Liddy Patrick Liddy, Chief Executive, IEG Pty Ltd.
   
Fiona Reynolds Fiona Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Fiona is the Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (“AIST”). AIST is a national not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to promote and protect the interests of Australia’s $450 billion not-for-profit superannuation sector, which currently manages two-thirds of the Australian workforce’s superannuation. AIST’s membership includes the trustee directors and staff of industry, corporate and public-sector funds.Fiona has more than 16years experience in the not-for-profit superannuation sector and has played a role in advocating superannuation policy change on behalf of AIST members to the betterment of all working Australians. Fiona has formerly been a Director of AUSfund, Industry Funds Credit Control, and the National Network of Women in Super.

Fiona is passionate about improving the adequacy of retirement incomes for all Australians, particularly women and the low paid. Fiona is a member of the Government’s Peak Consultative Committee responsible for implementing the Government’s Stronger Super Reform and the Governments’ National Rental Affordability task force.