Roy Maslen was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Australian Equities in 2012, and has been managing Australian equity portfolios at AB since 2005. Previously, he served as co-CIO and director of Research. Prior to joining the firm in June 2003, Maslen was an associate principal with McKinsey & Company. During his seven years at McKinsey, he worked in Australia, Europe and North America. Before that, Maslen spent four years with Rolls-Royce Aerospace as a manufacturing strategy researcher. He holds an MEng from the University of Cambridge, where he was sponsored by Shell UK as an engineer, as well as a PhD in manufacturing strategy from the University of Cambridge.