Alan Schoenheimer
Chief Executive, Asia Pacific
- B. Eng. Chem. (first class honours), University of Queensland, 1974
- M.B.A., Australian Graduate School of Management, 1987
Alan Schoenheimer manages Russell operations in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. He is responsible for developing the strategic direction of Russell businesses in the Australasian region. Alan is involved in the ongoing development of client and business partner relationships and in enhancing the delivery of Russell capabilities to these clients and business partners. He also serves on Russell's corporate Operating Committee and is a director of Russell Investment Management, the legal entity that manages Russell's multi-manager funds in Australia.
Prior to February 2000, Alan was the relationship manager for the strategic alliance between Russell and ANZ Funds Management. In this role, he led the team that supports the sales efforts of the Gateway and Ascent Investment Programs through multiple channels of the ANZ bank (both in Australia and New Zealand), including retail, business and private banks.
Alan joined Russell's Sydney office as a senior consultant in early 1991. Since that time, he has been responsible for serving a number of Russell's Australian, New Zealand and Asian clients in the areas of strategy formulation and manager structuring, with an emphasis on offshore investments and currency hedging issues.
Prior to joining Russell, between 1986 and early 1991, Alan was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, based in Sydney. During this period he participated in a number of studies for major Australian corporations, particularly those in the natural resource and manufacturing industries.
Before gaining his M.B.A., Alan practiced chemical engineering in a number of locations, including oil refineries in Australia and South Africa, and process design offices in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.
