Peter Gunning

Global asset manager Russell Investments has announced Peter Gunning will remain as Global Chief Investment Officer, a role he assumed on an interim-basis with the departure of Jeff Hussey in October 2018. 

Gunning, who joined Russell Investments’ Sydney office in 1996, served as Global Chief Investment Officer in the firm’s U.S. headquarters from 2008 to 2013 and as CEO for Asia-Pacific since 2013. He is now based in Seattle, where he oversees all aspects of the 82-year-old firm’s investment division worldwide, including asset management, implementation and research. He also continues to oversee the firm’s Asia-Pacific business. He is a member of Russell Investments’ executive committee and global leadership forum and reports directly to Chairman and CEO Michelle Seitz.