Profile
Dr. Brett P. Cairns is a Chief Executive Officer at Magellan Asset Management Ltd.,and at Magellan High Conviction Trust and a Chief Executive Officer & Director at Magellan Financial Group Ltd. He is on the Board of Directors at Magellan Asset Management Ltd. and Magellan Financial Group Ltd. From 2015 to 2018, he was Executive Chairman of Magellan, having been Non-Executive Chairman of Magellan Financial Group since 2013 and having served on the boards of Magellan Financial Group and Magellan Asset Management since 2007. Dr. Cairns was formerly co-head of the Capital Markets Group within Structured Finance at Babcock & Brown, which he joined in 2002. He was a former Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets for Merrill Lynch in Australia where he worked from 1994 to 2002. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he spent 3 years with Credit Suisse Financial Products, the then derivatives bank of the Credit Suisse group. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), Master of Business Administration and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Sydney.
Former positions of Brett Cairns
Companies | Position | End |
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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED | Chief Executive Officer | 2021-12-05 |
Magellan Asset Management Ltd.
Magellan Asset Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Magellan Asset Management Ltd. (dba MFG Asset Management) is the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Magellan Financial Group Ltd. (ASX: MFG) in Australia. The firm was founded by Hamish Douglass and Chris Mackay in 2006. Headquartered in Sydney, MFG Asset Management offers global equity, infrastructure and global sustainable investment strategies to institutional investors located throughout the world and intermediated investors in Australia and New Zealand. The firm also manages these strategies in segregated, advisory, sub-advisory relationships and via globally focused investment funds for institutional and retail investors internationally. | Chief Executive Officer | 2021-12-05 |
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd.
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. is an Australian company that provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia. Joseph Fayyad has been the CEO of the company since 2017. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2001-12-31 |
MAGELLAN HIGH CONVICTION TRUST | Chief Executive Officer | - |
MAGELLAN GLOBAL TRUST | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Training of Brett Cairns
The University of Sydney | Doctorate Degree |
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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED | Finance |
Private companies | 5 |
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Babcock & Brown Ltd. (Australia)
Babcock & Brown Ltd. (Australia) Investment ManagersFinance Babcock & Brown Ltd. operates as the holding company of the Babcock & Brown Group. It acts as an asset manager and a financial advisor. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Finance |
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd.
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Ltd. is an Australian company that provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia. Joseph Fayyad has been the CEO of the company since 2017. | Finance |
Magellan Asset Management Ltd.
Magellan Asset Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Magellan Asset Management Ltd. (dba MFG Asset Management) is the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Magellan Financial Group Ltd. (ASX: MFG) in Australia. The firm was founded by Hamish Douglass and Chris Mackay in 2006. Headquartered in Sydney, MFG Asset Management offers global equity, infrastructure and global sustainable investment strategies to institutional investors located throughout the world and intermediated investors in Australia and New Zealand. The firm also manages these strategies in segregated, advisory, sub-advisory relationships and via globally focused investment funds for institutional and retail investors internationally. | Finance |
Magellan Global Trust
Magellan Global Trust Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Magellan Global Trust is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in the protection of returns from currency movements. The company was founded on July 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Miscellaneous |
Magellan High Conviction Trust
Magellan High Conviction Trust Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Magellan High Conviction Trust operates as a closed end investment fund. Its investment objective is to achieve risk-adjusted returns over the medium to long term, while reducing the risk of permanent capital loss in accordance with its investment strategy. The Fund also invests in outstanding companies and manage investment risk. The company was founded on July 16, 2019 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Miscellaneous |