Head of Portfolio Resilience,
Australian Retirement Trust

Kathryn Kerner is a strategic leader operating at the high-stakes intersection of investment strategy and quantitative modelling. As the head of portfolio intelligence at Australian Retirement Trust, she leads the evolution of how one of the world’s largest pension funds leverages data and technology to make investment decisions.

With a career defined by ‘building from the ground up’, Kathryn established the data analytics function for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund in 2022. Her global perspective is anchored in her prior leadership roles within the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

Kathryn holds an MS in business analytics from NYU Stern and a Bachelor of Arts in economics with Honours from Princeton.