Board of Directors
Brian Scullin
Chairman
Brian Scullin is Non-executive Chairman of BT Investment Management. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Dexus Property Group.
Brian joined BT in 1993 and held a number of senior positions in the Australian funds management business before relocating to Japan in 1997 to take up the position of President of Japan Bankers Trust. Following the Deutsche Bank acquisition of Bankers Trust, Brian was appointed CEO Asia Pacific for Deutsche Asset Management and was a member of the global executive team for asset management.
Brian has held many industry positions including Vice Chairman of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), a part-time member of the Federal Government's Financial Reporting Council (FRC), a panel member for Financial Industry Complaints Service (FICS) and an inaugural Executive Director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
Brian has a degree in Economics from the Australian National University.
Emilio Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer
Emilio Gonzalez joins BT Investment Management as Chief Executive Officer in January 2010.
Prior to BTIM, Emilio was the Group Executive of Global Equities at Perpetual Limited. Prior to this, Emilio was Head of Australian & Global Equities at Perpetual where he was also in charge of national wholesale distribution.
Previously Emilio was Chief Investment Officer at Perpetual for six years. During this time, Perpetual’s funds under management grew from $13 billion to a peak of $30 billion and the team grew to 60 people.
Prior to joining Perpetual, Emilio worked as the chief dealer at Nikko Securities (Australia) Limited and as a retail client advisor at Norths Stockbroking Limited.Emilio served on the Board of the CFA Institute for seven years and was the first Australian to chair the CFA Institute in the 2008 financial year.
Emilio holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) degree from the University of Wollongong and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Carolyn Hewson
Non-Executive Director (Westpac Nominee)
Carolyn Hewson is a non-executive Director of AGLE and Westpac. She has also served as a director on the boards of CSR, AMP, South Australia Water and the Economic Development Board of South Australia.
Carolyn has had extensive experience in the financial sector. Carolyn joined Schroders Australia investment bank in 1981 and worked as an investment banker for 14 years. She became an Executive Director of Schroders in 1989. At Schroders she worked in Capital Markets, Treasury and Investment Management and was Director – Financial Markets specialising in risk management and Director – Investment Management.
Carolyn graduated in Economics (with honours) from the University of Adelaide and subsequently completed a Masters of Arts in Economics at Cambridge University.
Brad Cooper
Non-Executive Director (Westpac Nominee)
Brad was appointed Chief Executive Officer of BT Financial Group on 1 February 2010.
Brad initially joined Westpac in April 2007 as Chief Executive, Westpac New Zealand Limited and after successfully leading a change program in that market moved to the role of Group Chief Transformation Officer leading The Westpac Group’s St.George merger implementation.
Prior to joining Westpac, Brad was Chairman of GE Capital Bank and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance UK & Ireland. He drove GE's UK Six Sigma program and was certified as a Quality Leader (Black Belt) in December 2002. He was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance UK in January 2003 and appointed Chairman of GE Capital Bank in April 2004.
James Evans
Non-Executive Director
James Evans joined the BTIM Board of Directors in June 2010. He also serves as non-executive director of Equigroup group of companies, Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited, Westpac Funds Management Limited, Hastings Funds Management Limited, Australian Infrastructure Funds Limited, and Macquarie Generation.
James has extensive experience as a senior executive in the finance industry. James has held a number of senior positions at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, including the role of Chief Risk Officer, Wealth Management from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that he held senior finance positions at Lend Lease and served as an executive director on various fund management businesses. He has also held senior roles at GEC Australia and Grace Bros.
James Evans is the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee.









