Rikki Bannan
Rikki Bannan is an Executive Director at IFM Investors, a global fund manager with over $215bn of funds under management. As a Portfolio Manager in IFM Investors’ Small Caps fund, Rikki is responsible for investment decisions across the consumer discretionary, health care and technology sectors, as well as being actively involved in fund raising and investor engagement for the Small Cap product. Rikki also sits on the Advisory Committee of HEAL Partners, a growth Private Equity fund focused on investments within the Health, Education and Lifestyle sectors.Prior to joining IFM Investors in 2015, Rikki spent six years as a Senior Equities Analyst at Macquarie Bank. Over this time she held roles in the Equity Strategy team and as an Industrials Analyst. Rikki is a Chartered Accountant and commenced her career in KPMG’s Audit & Assurance division. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance & Accounting) from The University of Sydney.
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