Richard Hitchens

Richard joined Alphinity in 2017 as Senior Quantitative Analyst, serving both the Australian and Global Equities teams. Richard was well known to both equities teams, having been a service provider to Alphinity for a number of years prior to joining.

Richard qualified as an actuary in 1998 and worked for JB Were, Goldman Sachs and RBS Australia in a range of roles before joining Credit Suisse Australia. He spent six years there, becoming Director of Quantitative Research in 2014.

Richard has a Masters in Information and Data Science degree from UC Berkeley in San Francisco. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne, has qualified as an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.