Shali joined VFMC in May 2020, initially as Senior Portfolio Manager in the Equities team. She was appointed as VFMC’s ongoing Head of Investment Stewardship in February 2022, having acted in the role since August 2021. As Head of Investment Stewardship, Shali is responsible for leading VFMC’s Investment Stewardship...

Gary joined VFMC in October 2020 as Head of the Portfolio Management Group within VFMC’s Investment Team, responsible for determining portfolio strategy and asset allocation, measuring and calibrating investment risk and implementing VFMC client portfolios. Gary has more than 25 years’ experience in institutional investment, spanning investment strategy formulation,...

Michael joined VFMC in November 2008 and has over 20 years of experience in funds management and investment consulting. Michael joined VFMC as a Portfolio Manager within the equities team initially responsible for investment research, manager selection and portfolio construction across VFMC’s listed equity portfolio.  In 2017 Michael moved...

Talieh was appointed as VFMC’s Head of Investment Stewardship in February 2020. Talieh is responsible for leading VFMC’s approach to investment stewardship, active ownership and ESG integration across VFMC’s investment portfolio. Prior to joining VFMC, Talieh lead the ESG function at UniSuper for over a decade where she developed...

Stephen joined VFMC near the end of 2006 and was appointed Head of Infrastructure in September of 2023.  Prior to this appointment, Stephen was a member of the VFMC Infrastructure Team from 2011 and before this was a member of the VFMC Private Markets and Client Services Teams. Prior...

Peter joined VFMC in May 2009 to oversee the Strategy team. He was previously Chief Australian Economist & Senior Director, Merrill Lynch Australia. In this role Peter was responsible for economic and financial market research and forecasting for the Australian Economy. Prior to this he was Head of Economics...

Russell joined VFMC in May 2017 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) where he is responsible for overseeing the management of more than $72bn on behalf of a number of Victorian public authorities. Russell joined VFMC from Mercer where he was the Global CIO (Mainstream Assets) since 2011 and CIO...