Asset allocation trends according to leading asset consultants and global experts; Top performing super funds and a deconstruction of their portfolios

Chris has been in the industry for 26 years. He joined Tower Perrin in 1984 and was a founding member of that firm's asset consulting business.

In 1990 he moved to Frank Russell Company as its Director of Consulting in Australia. The last couple of years at Russell were spent in London. In 1997 Chris returned to Australia to join the MLC Investment Management team and was its Chief Investment Officer from 1998 until 2010. In this capacity he led a substantial investment team charged with managing the $60 billion in MLC's manager of manager's products. Chris was intimately involved in all aspects of this, including asset allocation, investment manager selection and monitoring, capital markets research, performance analysis and reporting.

In March 2010 Chris established a new advisory firm to assist institutional investors in the development, implementation and management of their investment programmes. Services include:

• Investment research and strategy.
• Advice on investment governance, including coaching or reviewing internal investment teams.
• Participation in clients' investment review and approval processes.
• Advice on product development.

Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and holds a First Class Honours degree in Finance from University of NSW.