Bruce Bell

BCom, F Fin, MSDIA

Group Executive Chairman, Chief Investment Officer

Bruce is a founding principal and shareholder of the Bellwether Group of Companies, and is the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Bellwether Partners Limited. Bruce has 40 years experience in financial services in senior roles in both portfolio management and institutional stockbroking.

The years in portfolio management included ten years with the AMP investment division as an Analyst and then Senior Analyst directing and contributing to company research. The AMP years included 14 months in PNG. Whilst with AMP Bruce was seconded, at the request of the Investment Corporation of Papua New Guinea, to establish the analytical framework and to train analysts and senior executives of that organisation.

Following his return from PNG Bruce was appointed as head of a Senior Analyst team to concentrate upon research on industries. The team acted as a de facto Economic Research unit and its reports were distributed widely through the AMP investment divisions. Several years as Portfolio Manager of Chase-NBA Group Limited (at that time one of Australia’s highest performing managers). Three years with National Mutual (now AXA Australia) with responsibility for all statuary equity funds. Bruce directly managed the equity portfolio for the main Statuary Fund (known as the #1 Fund), plus another major fund (#5). Subsequently the other statuary fund managers reported to him.

Bruce’s career in stockbroking in Australia, London and New York included senior positions at Partnership level with A. C. Goode & Co, ANZ McCaughan, Burdett Buckeridge & Young (BBY) Limited, and HSBC Securities Limited. Prior to co-founding the Bellwether Group of Companies, Bruce held a number of senior roles with HSBC Securities as CEO of Australia and Executive Managing Director, Head of Equities for the USA.