Sustainability Advisory Committee

Co-founder of Altius Asset Management

Bill has over 35 years of experience and is highly regarded in fixed interest asset management.

Prior to co-founding Altius in 2011, Bill was with Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was head of Australian fixed income and the chief executive officer. He has also worked as head of fixed income for Schroder Investment Management and Deutsche Asset Management.

In his many investment roles, Bill has built successful fixed income businesses by developing proven investment processes and assembling strong investment teams.

Bill’s career in investment and financial services began in 1984 with the Treasury Corporation of Victoria as a fixed income portfolio manager. He has a long working relationship with both Chris Dickman and Gavin Goodhand, formed over many years.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.

Committee Observer

Matt Moore was most recently with Australian Unity. Prior to Australian Unity Matt held the role of Head of Ethical Investments at Uniting Financial Services

Here he had oversight of over $1.7 billion in assets under management and was responsible for building and managing that organisation’s responsible investment program across multiple asset classes and investment mandates, as well as its corporate sustainability strategy.

In this role, he was responsible for the alignment of the 14 Ethical & ESG Investment Principles to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and establishing an ethical scoring methodology for all asset class exposures. Matthew was also part of the team that issued the first SDG bond in the capital markets by a not-for-profit in Australia and launched the Ethical Diversified Fund (EDF).

Prior to his tenure at Uniting Financial Services, Matthew held senior roles in Australia’s banking and financial services sector. He has been a long-standing member of the Altius Asset Management Sustainability Advisory Committee and is currently chair.

Mathew’s other notable appointments include director of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia and director of the Uniting Church Superannuation Fund.

Owner, Ethinvest

Trevor joined Ethinvest in 1997 having just returned from 6 years in South America working in economic development. Prior to that, he was employed as an economist with one of Australia’s major banks and AP Dow Jones Telerate.

Trevor graduated in Economics at Sydney University and has an MBA from Eastern University in Philadelphia. He was awarded Certified Financial Planner status having completed the Deakin University program in 2003.

Trevor is currently a trustee of the John T Reid Charitable Trusts and the Ross Knowles Foundation and assists a number of charitable trusts and not-for-profit organisations with their investment strategies.

Executive Director, Investments, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Richard has over 23 years of experience in the investment industry, and is currently executive director, investments at Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

He was previously executive director at Westpac, head of global financing operations at Societe Generale and a senior manager at Perpetual Limited.