Zoe McHugh
Head of Portfolio Strategy and Resilience,
Australian Retirement Trust
Zoe joined Australian Retirement Trust in 2021 and is senior portfolio manager, head of portfolio strategy & resilience in the total portfolio management & resilience team.
Her responsibilities include the development of the investment strategy for ART’s investment options, including the design of asset class portfolios to achieve total portfolio outcomes, and for ongoing research focused on ensuring ART’s investment options are resilient to evolving market and strategic risks.
Prior to joining Australian Retirement Trust, Zoe was an investment director in the state investments team at QIC, and a portfolio manager, strategy & liquid alternatives at Aware Super.
Zoe’s professional experience encompasses asset ownership and superannuation, corporate bank global markets, fund of funds, hedge funds and academia.
Zoe has a PhD in economics from the Queensland University of Technology.




