Richard McGillivray

Richard McGillivray joined CFA Institute to lead its Asia Pacific Institutional Partnerships team in 2013, working with firms, regulators, and universities across the region, and is now a member of the Education and Product Advocacy team. Richard brings a blend of experience in both investment management and adult professional education to CFA Institute. Prior to joining CFA Institute, he set up and ran the Asia Pacific operations for a UK-headquartered asset management business in Hong Kong.

Richard has delivered finance-related professional development programs to a wide range of financial institutions including Asset Managers, Banks, Pension Funds, Regulators, Universities and Professional Associations across the Asia Pacific region. From 2018 Richard has focused extensively on ESG, and sustainability-related practice, in particular on Climate-related risk and valuation.

Prior to his move to Finance in 2007 Richard worked for 16 years in adult and professional education in Asia Pacific and southern Africa across a range of sectors, including financial services, government, universities, NGOs, law and media.