David Gallagher

David R. Gallagher is the executive director of research at Rainmaker Group. His research and commercial interests span the investment management industry, capital markets, institutional investors, financial data analytics, and, more recently, retirement funding solutions. Dr Gallagher's professional career commenced with the actuarial and asset consulting firm now known as Willis Towers Watson. Graduating with a PhD in Financial Economics from The University of Sydney, he embarked on an industry-focused academic career that included professorial roles at UNSW Sydney, The University of Texas, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, and Bond University. He is a former CEO of the Centre of Excellence in International Finance and Regulation and research director at Capital Markets CRC Limited. He is widely published in both scholarly and practitioner journals, and has consulted for industry and government. He co-incubated the successful start-up firm Plato Investment Management and has developed new fund offerings for other large institutions. Connect with David Gallagher on LinkedIn.