Dr Susan Gosling

Board Director

Susie began her career as an economist in academia and then as an Economic Adviser with the National Economic Development Office in the UK. She went on to hold senior positions in the Australian investment management industry. Susie was most recently Head of Investments at MLC, and has also served as Chief Investment Officer, Head of Risk Management and Head of Capital Markers Research.

Susie has been a researcher, analyst and portfolio manager for over 35 years. She developed and implemented a scenarios-based investment approach which, by rejecting the simplifying assumptions of modern portfolio theory, achieves a more complete understanding of risk. This philosophy and approach received academic endorsement in the Journal of Portfolio Management. Using this approach, Susie designed and managed award-winning market relative and real return portfolios.

In the not-for-profit sector, Susie has been a Board Director of Taldumande Youth Services since 2009 where she is Deputy Chair and Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee.

Susie is also a Non-Executive Director of Mercer Investments (Australia) Limited and Chair of their People & Culture Committee. And she is Chair of Scarcity Partners Investment Committee, and a member of the MLC Private Equity Committee.

Susie holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Arts, and a PhD in Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management, and has completed the directors course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Her PhD from London University explored the macro-dynamic stability of economic models and the micro-foundations of macroeconomics.