The Milford Team
Milford is managed by a top-level team of people with significant investment industry expertise. The executive team and investment committee members are the key individuals involved in constructing the Milford investment portfolios.
The Milford Investment Committee comprises Brian Gaynor, Alan Moore, Anthony Quirk and Graeme Thomas. The Chairman of Milford is Richard Somerville.
Brian Gaynor Executive Director
Brian is one of New Zealand’s most experienced and well known investment analysts. His distinguished career includes roles as a Partner and Head of Research at stockbrokers Jarden & Co, a member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange, Chairman of the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts and Chairman of the Asian Securities Analysts Council.
More recently Brian has worked as an independent investment analyst and business media columnist. He is a Director of The New Zealand Investment Trust plc (listed on the NZ and UK stock exchanges) and was a Board member of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation.
Disclosure Statement - Brian Gaynor
Alan Moore Executive Director
Alan Moore is one of New Zealand’s most experienced investment managers with an impressive career in financial services stretching over 35 years. Prior to joining Milford in 2004 he was an investment manager at Guardian Trust Funds Management where he managed portfolios on behalf of long-standing private clients and trusts for six years.
Alan started in New Zealand as the very first investment manager for the Accident Compensation Corporation. He then joined Westpac as investment manager before becoming Managing Director of its investment management business in New Zealand. In 1988 he became Managing Director of Barclays Investment Services (which later became BZW Investment Management). Alan is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in London and is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand. Alan was a founding member of the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts.
Disclosure Statement - Alan Moore
Anthony Quirk Executive Director
Anthony has over 22 year’s experience in the investment industry. From 2000 to 2007 he was Managing Director at Tyndall Investment Management. Tyndall had $3.6 billion under management at the time of his departure and was INFINZ Fund Manager of the Year in both 2005 and 2006.
He was appointed General Manager of ANZ Funds Management in 1993 and helped grow the funds under management from $400m to over $2billion at the time he left in early 2000.
Anthony is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand and has previously been Chairman of the Asset Management Advisory Board of the New Zealand Exchange, member of the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Society of Accountants and Deputy Chairman of the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts.
Disclosure Statement - Anthony Quirk
Graeme Thomas Executive Director
Graeme joined Milford in early 2004 from a position as Head of Advisory Services at ANZ Private Bank in New Zealand. He has 23 year’s experience in investment management including the role as Chief Investment Officer at Southpac Investment Management. In the 15 years Graeme was at Southpac funds under management expanded to $3 billion with assets sourced from pension and superannuation schemes, trusts and private clients.
He was also General Manager of Financial Services at the National Bank of New Zealand, responsible for private banking and managed funds distribution and has been a principal investment consultant at William M Mercer.
Graeme has a BA (Mathematics) from the University of Canterbury, is a Certified Financial Planner and a past Chairman of the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts.
Disclosure Statement - Graeme Thomas
Richard Somerville Chairman
Richard is a Chartered Accountant with
a 25 year career in Investment Banking,
specialising in mergers and acquisitions.
He was previously a Director of
Southpac Corporation Limited, Chief
Executive of Lloyds Corporate Finance
Limited in Sydney and most recently
the Chief Executive of the Australian
business of SG Hambros.
Richard is Deputy Chairman of PPCS
Limited and is a Director of a number of
private companies, predominately in the
rural sector.