Richard Hitchens

Richard is a Principal of Alphinity Investment Management, having joined Alphinity in July 2017 as Senior Quantitative Analyst, serving both the Australian and Global Equities teams. He is currently the Head of Quantitative Research overseeing all aspects of our quantitative and data science research efforts to generate more alpha and support client and internal stakeholders.

Prior to Alphinity, Richard spent six years working at Credit Suisse Australia, serving as Director of Quantitative Research from 2014. He qualified as an actuary in 1998 and worked for JB Were, Goldman Sachs and RBS Australia in a range of roles before joining Credit Suisse. Richard was well known to both equities teams having been a service provider to Alphinity for a number of years at these institutions.

Richard completed a Masters Degree in Information and Data Science at UC Berkeley in San Francisco in 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, and qualified as an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.