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John Howard, OM, AC
Former Prime Minister of Australia
John Winston Howard, born 26 July 1939, served as Australia’s Prime Minister between March 1996 and November 2007. He is the nation’s second longest serving Prime Minister, was a Member of Parliament for 33 years, and was Treasurer in an earlier government.
Under his leadership Australia enjoyed continued economic growth averaging 3.6% per annum. His government delivered major economic reform in the areas of taxation, workplace relations, privatisation and welfare. $96 billion of government debt was repaid during the time in office of the Howard Government. When it left office in November 2007 the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia had no net debt, and its budget was in surplus. This strong fiscal position was a major reason why Australia suffered relatively few consequences from the global financial crisis.
Under John Howard’s leadership Australia strongly supported the United States and other nations in the fight against terrorism. Australia contributed military forces to operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Australia also led the United Nations sanctioned Interfet force following East Timor’s vote for independence. The Howard government strengthened bilateral ties between Australia and many nations in Asia. During Mr Howard’s time as Prime Minister China became Australia’s largest export destination.
Mr Howard is a Companion of the Order of Australia and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States by President George W Bush. In January 2012 Queen Elizabeth II appointed Mr Howard to the Order of Merit. In 2013, on the recommendation of the Japanese Government, he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
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Geraldine Buckingham
Senior Managing Director
Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock
Geraldine is responsible for helping BlackRock develop and implement long-term goals and respond to the competitive financial services landscape. She previously served as Head of Americas Corporate Strategy. Dr. Buckingham is a member of
the Global Executive Committee and the Global Operating Committee.
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Dr. Buckingham was a partner with McKinsey & Company's financial services practice based in New York. She worked primarily with large global asset managers with additional experience in wealth management and private equity, as well as functional expertise in strategy and organization.
Dr. Buckingham received the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University, where she earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Comparative Social Policy. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees from Monash University.
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Charlie Lanchester
Managing Director
Head of the Australian Fundamental Equity team, BlackRock
Charlie is the portfolio manager for the BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Share Fund.
Mr Lanchester was a long standing member of the Australian Equities team at Perpetual Investments. He was the lead manager of the Perpetual Industrial Share Fund and a portfolio manager for 10 years. As the Deputy Head of Equities he managed a team of analysts with a focus on performance measurement. Prior to Perpetual, Charlie worked as a senior telecoms analyst at Platinum Asset Management. Charlie began his investment career in London in 1992 where he worked at Schroder Investment Management as a UK equity analyst. Charlie is an associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals and has a BA (hons) in Modern History from New College, Oxford. |
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Oscar Pulido
Managing Director
Senior Product Strategist – BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, BlackRock
Mr Pulido is a senior product strategist for the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, responsible for representing the investment team on a global basis to both retail and institutional clients.
Mr. Pulido's service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was the lead product manager for the retail separately managed account business. He began his career with MLIM as an asset manager advisor on the Global Sales desk.
Mr. Pulido earned a BBA degree with a concentration in finance and international business from The George Washington University in 2001 and an MBA degree from New York University's Stern School of Business in 2012. He
is fluent in Spanish.
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Jonathan Howie
Director, Head of iShares Australia
BlackRock
Jonathan Howie, Director and Head of iShares Australia. He is responsible for the management and development of the iShares exchange traded fund (ETF) business in Australia. His responsibilities include supporting iShares distribution efforts in the intermediary and institutional segments, ensuring the efficiency of the ETF capital markets environment and development and execution of business strategy.
Mr. Howie joined BlackRock in June 2011. Prior to joining BlackRock he worked at Macquarie Bank, in the equities structured products business, and more recently on the Delta 1 trading desk in Hong Kong. Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Howie was a founding director of Capital Management Exchange (CMX) where he was responsible for commercializing the firms' innovative risk management and funding solution for non-bank lenders.
Mr. Howie holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
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