Shannon Vetto
Director, Product & Marketing Research - Australasia
- B.S, Accounting, University of Washington, 1990
- Certified Public Accountant, 1996
Shannon Vetto is director of the product development, product management and marketing research for Russell Investments, in the Australasia region. Shannon is responsible for applying discipline to Russell’s product process, thereby ensuring the right products are built for the right markets for the right reasons. She is also a member of Russell’s product review committee, which is accountable for Russell’s global product governance.
Shannon first joined Russell in January 1997 as a manager responsible for the global vendor relationship management, fund accounting oversight and financial statement preparation. In mid-1997, Shannon led the development of the operational infrastructure for Russell’s Australian Funds product in the Sydney office. Then, in mid-1998, Shannon led the development for Russell’s Japanese investment trust business in the Tokyo office.
In 2000, Shannon joined Russell’s fund structure group as a fund structure engineer. In this capacity, she contributed to the development of Russell’s managed portfolios. She played a significant role in developing and presenting the product design in addition to creating and selling the money manager operational infrastructure to potential money managers during the program’s implementation.
Prior to joining Russell, Shannon worked as a client service audit manager for the independent public accounting firm of Price Waterhouse LLP, in the firm’s investment company group in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.
