Michael Bell

Mr. Michael Bell is a Chief Investment Officer & Analyst at Solaris Investment Management Ltd.
He was appointed as Chief Investment Officer in May 2018, while maintaining his position as Analyst as well as being the Core, High Alpha and After-tax Product Specialist.
Previously, he was the Head of Dealing.
Prior to establishing Solaris, he was a member of the 9 person Suncorp investment team (1997 to 2007) responsible for managing equity investments in excess of $5.5bn.
While at Suncorp, he was a Portfolio Analyst where he was responsible for quantitative analysis and product specialist for the High Alpha and After Tax portfolios.
He additionally was an integral part of the dealing team at Suncorp, spending the first years of his career working in investment operations at Suncorp settling trades and performing project work.
He has a Bachelor of Business – Accountancy from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance through the Securities Institute of Australia