Speaker Biography - Andrew Pease

Investment Strategist - Australasia
Russell Investments

Andrew Pease is an investment strategist for Russell Investments. Andrew chairs the Australian strategic tilting committee and is a member of Russell's global enhanced asset allocation team. Andrew's investment strategy research covers Australia and Asia. He is based in Sydney and joined Russell in early 2006.

Andrew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist, fund manager and central banker. Prior to joining Russell, Andrew worked for the funds management division of Macquarie Bank. He was responsible for the development of new products and investment processes for fixed income funds and contributed to the management of the tactical asset allocation process for the multi-asset class strategies.

Previously, Andrew was the chief economist for JPMorgan in Australia. Andrew was consistently voted in the top-three economists by local institutional fund managers.
Prior to this, Andrew was the Australian head of research at Nomura Securities, Japan's largest investment bank. He directed a team of four analysts covering the outlook for the economy, currencies, fixed interest, commodities and the equity market.

Andrew began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation, working as an economist across the economic research and economic analysis departments.