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| Convened By: |
Wayne Burns, The Allen Consulting Group |
| Events: |
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| Topic |
Political Leaders: pleasers or doers? |
| Speaker |
Dr Don Russell |
| Date |
15 August 2008 |
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Breakfast served at 7.45 for 8.00 am am Forum finishing at 9.00 am |
| Location |
Citigroup Board Room, Level 40, 2 Park St, Sydney NSW 2000 |
| Details |
Dr Don Russell is the Global Investment Strategist at BNY Mellon Asset Management Aus-tralia. Don works with institutional investors as a technical expert on specific BNY Mellon products throughout the Asia Pacific region. Don was appointed Independent Chairperson of State Super from 1 January 2008.
Prior to joining Mellon, Don was Executive Director with WestLB Mellon Asset Management (Australia), a global asset management company. Between 1997 and 2000 Don was in New York with Sanford C. Bernstein, a US money management and research company. Between 1985 and 1993 and again in 1996 he was Principal Adviser to the Hon Paul Keating both dur-ing his time as Treasurer and Prime Minister. Between 1993 and 1995 he served as Australia’s Ambassador to the US in Washington. Don also worked for the Commonwealth Treasury join-ing as a cadet and was at various times a consultant to the World Bank, Bankers Trust, West-pac Bank and Counsellor in the Australian delegation to the OECD in Paris.
Don has a PhD from the London School of Economics, a MEc from ANU and a BEc (Hons) from Flinders University. Don also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA). |
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