Mark Skocic is a portfolio manager for the Australian Equity and Asian ex-Japan Equity portfolios. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2005 and has 14 years of investment-related experience. Prior to his current role, Mark worked with Morgan Stanley Equity Research where he was the Australian Equity Strategist, responsible for constructing model portfolios. He began his career in research in 1997 where he was the Food & Retail analyst and in 2000 covered Small Companies before becoming an Equity Strategist. In 1999, 2000 and 2004, Mark achieved a Top 2 rating in Retail, Small Caps and Equity Strategy (Greenwich Survey). He received a Bachelor of Business and an M.B.A. from RMIT University. Mark is a qualified Chartered Accountant.