Global Investment Institute congratulates Leigh Gavin on his promotion to the Chief Investment Officer role at Cbus.
Cbus is a superannuation fund with A$100 billion in assets under management and 920,000+ members.
Leigh joined Cbus in 2023. Prior to his promotion to the CIO role, he was the Deputy CIO and Head of Portfolio Strategies. He takes over the CIO role from Brett Chatfield who will step away to take up an opportunity outside of industry super after assisting with the transition.
Prior to joining Cbus, Leigh was the Head of Investment Model Design at AustralianSuper after joining the fund’s Total Portfolio Management team in April 2021. Previously, he was the Chief Investment Officer at LUCRF for five years, following more than 14 years at Frontier Advisors as Senior (Principal) Consultant from 2007 until 2016, after joining as an Analyst in 2002. Leigh’s career began at Arthur Anderson as an Associate, where he worked in assurance and business advisory.
Leigh holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of Finsia. He also holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investments, and a Masters of Applied Finance and Investments, both through Finsia.
We wish Leigh all the best in his new role and continued success to the team at Cbus.