Farmer was appointed to the role of chief investment officer in July 2022, a position that brought together MLC AM and IOOF investment teams under his leadership. In this role, he is focused on the group’s multi-asset strategies and he is responsible for management of the team, overall investment performance, managing risk and delivering superior investment outcomes to investors. He is also a member of the investment management committee. Together with the single asset class strategies the broader Investment team manages ~$97 billion. Prior to this role, Dan led the investment team managing IOOF’s funds from 2017-2022 and before this he managed the Australian equities portfolio for seven years, successfully implementing the boutique program and defensive equities portfolio in this time. Before this, Farmer was senior executive investments at Telstra Super, managing the fund’s $3 billion Australian equity portfolio for seven years. Dan holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from La Trobe University in Melbourne and a Master of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
