Lillicrap, Damian

Damian Lillicrap is the Head of Investment Strategy for QSuper. He invests $38 billion in global portfolios for 550,000 fund members. He arrived in the world of finance after a stint in the real world. He studied chemical engineering then worked as an engineer for 5 years. He fell into finance via a working holiday in London. His roles evolved from photocopying and distributing reports for traders, to generating return and risk analysis before managing portfolios. He has now been in finance for over twenty years, first working for Credit Suisse in London, later the Commonwealth and Macquarie Banks in Sydney, then to the Queensland Investment Corporation before his current role with QSuper. He lives in Brisbane.;