Rick Mercado

Head of Global Equities
Rick Mercado Head of Global Equities

Rick is the Head of Global Equities at Milford. He has close to 25 years’ experience managing global equities portfolios across Australia, Europe and the UK.

Prior to joining Milford, Rick was Head of Internal Global Equities at Rest, where he built the fund’s internal global equities capability from inception, establishing the investment philosophy, process and team, and scaling the portfolio to approximately $1.5 billion. Previously, Rick was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Comgest in Paris, managing €8 billion across global equities strategies, and held senior portfolio management roles in London at USS Investment Management, the UK’s largest pension fund, and F&C Investments.

Rick holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales, and is a CFA charterholder.