John Phipps

John Phipps started his career in the actuarial department at Government Life in 1980, and has over 30 years of experience in the investment management business including as an owner, managing director, portfolio manager and analyst.

From 2005 to 2014, Mr Phipps was the deputy head of equities at AMP Capital New Zealand. He left to set up Forte Funds Management and has been an active member of the NZ Corporate Governance Forum which was established by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to represent Investment Managers in NZ. He led a subcommittee looking at the effectiveness of different approaches to governance of companies in the NZ market.