Ian has over 25 years of investment management experience working for companies such as AMP, Deutsche Bank and Colonial First State. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours).

Ian commenced his career at AMP in 1982 as an industrial analyst becoming a portfolio manager of AMP's equity trusts in 1986. He moved into institutional stockbroking in 1987 when he joined Deutsche Bank as a banking and insurance research specialist. During his time at Deutsche, Ian was involved in IPOs and Government privatisations. Ian joined the then fledgling Colonial First State in 1995 as a senior portfolio manager. During his time at Colonial, domestic equity funds under management grew from $250m to over $24 billion. Ian progressed to become Head of Australian Equities before taking a break in 2004.