Donald Hellyer

CEO, BigFuture Pty Ltd

Sydney

Donald is the CEO of BigFuture Pty Ltd, a FinTech company specialising in building wealth management web and mobile applications for ordinary people.

Donald has unique experience across three major financial disciplines of funds management, banking and corporate treasury. Most recently Donald worked for Westpac in Asia establishing its Financial Institution Group, developing contacts with Asian asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and banks. Previously Donald worked for 10 years National Australia Bank as Global Head of Funds and Insurance.

Earlier in his career, Donald worked for Pareto Partners (now Insight Pareto) servicing Australian and Japanese funds for currency overlay and bond products.

Donald also worked for 12 years for Mobil Corporation (now ExxonMobil) in various corporate treasury roles in New York, London, Paris, Brussels and Washington DC. In his last role he was responsible for the investments of Mobil Corporations global pension plans and was Trustee for Mobil UK’s pension fund. He also specialised on project financing, foreign exchange management, transactional banking and tax effective financing.

Donald has a Bachelor in Commerce and Administration from Victoria University New Zealand and is a CFA charter holder.