Andrew Bascand - MCom (Hons)

Andrew is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at New Zealand based asset manager Harbour Asset Management. Andrew has responsibility for all Australasian equity portfolios.

Prior to joining Harbour Asset Management, Andrew spent 10 years with AllianceBernstein (NZ) as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager responsible for portfolio construction of all Australasian mandates.

In that role Andrew and his team were consistently recognised by the industry for excellence in funds management. Andrew has more than 27 years' investment management experience in roles with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bank of England, AMP and with Merrill Lynch Global Asset Management (UK) as Managing Director of Global Equity Products. With Merrill Lynch, Andrew managed global equity accounts for pension funds in Japan, Sweden, Spain, Chile, England, the US, Germany and South Africa.