Keynote speakers
Our conference features keynote presentations by academics and experienced fund managers around the world. We have the following four keynote speakers.
- Professor Stephen Brown, Professor of Finance, New York University Stern School of Business and Monash University
- Mr Mathew Kaleel, Portfolio Manager, Diversified Alternatives, Janus Henderson Investors
- Dr Scott Pappas, Senior Portfolio Manager, Cbus Super Fund
- Professor Michael Drew, Professor of Finance, Griffith University
Dr Stephen Brown joined the Monash Business School on 1 January 2016. Appointed on a 0.4 basis, he spends four months each year at the Monash Business School while transitioning to emeritus status as Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Before joining New York University in 1986, Stephen worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories during which he spent time on assignment as District Manager at the AT&T Pension Fund, as well as Yale University where he was Associate Professor of Finance.
Stephen is a member of CFA Society Melbourne and CFA Society New York. He has published widely in a range of high quality journals and is the author of five books, two of which have been translated into Japanese. As well as serving on a number of editorial boards, Professor Brown was a founding editor of the Review of Financial Studies (A*) and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (A*). Stephen has recently been appointed Executive Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal published by CFA Institute. This journal has a significant impact in the investment management community world-wide, due to its practitioner-relevant focus.
Stephen received his Bachelor of Economics from Monash University and his Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in finance from the University of Chicago.
Michael E. Drew is a consulting financial economist specialising in the areas of investment governance, pension plan design, and outcome-oriented investing. Michael is a Director of Drew, Walk & Co., Principal of Commercium Stewards and a Professor of Finance at Griffith University. His research has appeared in leading practitioner journals, including the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, the Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Journal of Retirement. He has been invited to make submissions and testify before numerous committees, including the U.S. Department of Labor and Securities Exchange Commission joint hearing on Target Date Funds.
Concurrently, Michael serves as a specialist member of the QSuper Investment Committee and is a member of the Investment Advisory Board of the Petroleum Fund of Timor-Leste. Michael received his Ph.D. in the field of economics from the University of Queensland, is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Governance Institute of Australia and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a Life Member of FINSIA, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. With his colleague Dr Adam N. Walk, Michael has recently co-authored a new monograph, “Investment Governance for Fiduciaries” that will be released in 2019 by the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Michael is currently reading for a DPhil at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford in the field of asset allocation and large asset owners.
Mr Mathew Kaleel is a Portfolio Manager, Diversified Alternatives at Janus Henderson Investors. He has held this position since 2013 when he joined Janus Henderson as part of the acquisition of H3 Global Advisors. Mathew started at H3 Global Advisors in 1996 and was instrumental in establishing the firm. During this time, he managed mandates and proprietary capital on behalf of multiple domestic and international banks, family offices, fund of funds, and pension fund clients.
Mathew received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a focus on accounting and commercial law from Sydney University. He earned a Bachelor of Building (project management) degree from the University of Technology in Sydney, graduating with honours. He was awarded S&P Emerging Manager of the Year in 2008. He has 23 years of financial industry experience.
Dr Scott Pappas is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Cbus Super fund. Scott joined Cbus in August 2017 and is responsible for absolute return strategies. Before joining Cbus, he worked as an investment strategist at Vanguard where he led research into factor-based investing. Prior to this, Scott was a portfolio manager at QIC where he was responsible for managing currencies and derivatives.
Dr Scott received his Ph.D. in Finance from Griffith University in 2017. His doctoral thesis focused on Risk Premia and Portfolio Construction and he has publications in both areas. Scott is a CFA charterholder.