Executive Director, The Conexus Institute
David Bell is the executive director of The Conexus Institute, an independent research institute focused on improving retirement outcomes for Australians. David is an active researcher (industry and academic) in the areas of retirement, superannuation, investment management, and governance. David recently completed his PhD at UNSW. David’s industry career experiences include CIO at Mine Super, founder and director of his own consulting firm (St Davids Rd Advisory), and 12 years at CFSGAM (now First Sentier), mainly leading the fund-of-hedge funds investment team. David led the development of MDUF (the Member’s Default Utility Function), was a co-founder of financial newsletter Cuffelinks (now Firstlinks) and developed and taught the hedge funds elective at Macquarie University’s Applied Finance Centre.