Shane Edwards

MSCI has appointed Shane Edwards as managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand client coverage, effective February 19.

Based in Sydney, Edwards will be responsible for driving the firm’s commercial activities in the Australia and New Zealand markets, managing client relationships and delivering a cohesive, solutions-driven strategy for clients in the two market and across the Asia-Pacific region. He will report to Kazuya Nagasawa, head of APAC client coverage.

Edwards has over two decades of experience in running large global sales and structuring teams in the investment industry. He previously held a variety of leadership roles at UBS, including as managing director and global head of equity derivatives, leading the sales of complex products across all asset classes to a broad client spectrum. Prior to this, he was global head of structured sales, custom index and hybrid trading at the Royal Bank of Scotland, devising innovative solutions for clients globally.

He holds a first-class honours degree in finance from Macquarie University.