Gareth Abley joined MLC in 2002 as an asset consultant before being promoted to the Head of Asset Consulting in September 2007. Abley and his team are responsible for advising a range of institutional clients including insurance companies, endowments, not-for-profits, and corporate superannuation funds with both defined benefit and accumulation components.

Before joining MLC, Abley spent four years in manager research for Skandia Life in the UK where he was also a member of the Global Investment Research Committee. Gareth is a member of the CFA Institute and has a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration from Bath University. His articles are regularly published in industry magazines such as Asset and Money Management.