Patrick Russel

Mr. Patrick Russel is a Director, Portfolio Manager & Analyst at Northcape Capital Pty Ltd.
He has over 35 years investment experience and is portfolio manager and analyst for the Emerging Markets equity strategy.
He is a Director of Northcape joining in 2008 and is in our Melbourne office.
Mr. Russel was previously employed as an Analyst by MCINTOSH & COMPANY LTD.
Before joining Northcape, he worked at Merrill Lynch for 18 years from 1989 to 2007.
At Merrill Lynch, he was a Managing Director, within the Global Emerging Markets research team, and was head of the Asia Pacific Telecom and Media research team, based in Melbourne.
This involved extensive travel and researching of emerging market companies across North and South Asia, Australasia and the sub-continent.
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he worked for Kleinwort Benson (London) and as an equity analyst and prior to that for the New Zealand Government (Wellington), Department of Trade and Industry, as an Econometrician.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree rom the University of Canterbury (Lincoln College, NZ), and has completed post graduate studies in Developing Country Economics (University of Victoria, NZ) and Investment Analysis (University of Otago, NZ).