Ross C. Youngman

With more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry, Ross Youngman is CEO of Ausbil Investment Management, a leading Australian equities specialist with over A$12 billion assets under management. Established in 1997, Ausbil’s core business is the management of Australian and global equities for major pension funds, institutional and individual investors. Ausbil is owned by its employees and New York Life Investment Management, which has more than US$500 billion in assets under management and a number of boutique affiliates including Mackay Shields, Candriam Investors Group and New York Life Real Estate. Prior to this Mr. Youngman was CEO of Five Oceans Management, an international funds management business he founded in 2005. He also held positions at Deutsche Asset Management and Bankers Trust, both in Australia and in New York. Mr. Youngman lived at International House while obtaining an MBA from Columbia Business School. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Tasmania, is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has sat on several Australian Stock Exchange Listed company boards.