Our Investment
Committee

Mitch Bristow

Mitch Bristow

Chair, Head of Investment Services

Amanda Wolt

Amanda Wolt

General Manager - Product and Operations

Damon O'Brien

Damon O'Brien

Investment Director

Lydia Luo

Lydia Luo

Senior Investment Analyst

Ben Brinkerhoff

Ben Brinkerhoff

Head of Advice

Professor Ben Marshall

Professor Ben Marshall

Independent Academic Consultant

Simon Binney

Simon Binney

Product Manager

About group insurance

Working in the financial services industry for over 15 years, Mitchell manages a team of six overseeing Consilium’s investment strategies across partner services, Synergy and KiwiWRAP. 

He is responsible for driving innovation in pursuit of outstanding client outcomes and enhancing Consilium’s existing strong relationships with our valued investment clients. 

Mitchell is an integral part of the Consilium investment committee, with responsibilities in the areas of investment analysis, performance monitoring, supplementary fund due diligence, asset allocation and research.

Mitchell specialises in creating informative and educational graphics from complex datasets to help the advisers we work with understand, and explain, the fundamental concepts we use in our portfolio construction. Mitchell is passionate about Socially Responsible Investing and has been involved in several projects to bring innovative solutions to New Zealand investors with an interest in this field.

Prior to working at Consilium, Mitchell worked in Hong Kong as the Director of Quantitative and Risk Management for a funds management business. In this role Mitchell honed his skills in numerical analysis for a wide range of investment strategies.

Mitchell is as a CFA® charterholder and is bound by the CFA Institute’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Science (Statistics) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management Science) from the University of Canterbury.