Hamish FitzSimons is a Portfolio Manager for Australian Equities, with research coverage including financials and telecom stocks in Australia. Prior to joining the portfolio-management team in 2012, he served as a research analyst on the Australian team. Before joining AB in 2008, FitzSimons spent five years with Westpac Bank in numerous management roles across operations, products and sales, most recently working as project manager for the BT Investment Management IPO. Before that, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company for three years, and spent three years working on start-up companies and as a lawyer. FitzSimons is admitted as a solicitor and holds a BSc and an LLB from