Amy Willis

B Actuarial Studies Candidate (ANU)
Senior Analyst – Quantitative Modelling
Amy Willis is a Senior Analyst in Quantitative Modelling at Macroeconomics based in Canberra. She undertakes quantitative financial analysis and CGE modelling for Macroeconomics. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies at the Australian National University, and is a Statistics tutor for the School of Finance and Applied Statistics and an Academic Mentor at John XXIII College. Amy’s research is centred around statistical and econometric modelling.

Laura Ryan

BactS Hons (ANU), Ass. AIAA, MQF (U.Tech Syd), PhD Candidate (ANU)
Manager - Quantitative Analysis
Laura Ryan is the Manager of Quantitative Analysis at Macroeconomics based in Canberra. She is responsible for all econometric analysis of financial markets undertaken by us. She is also an Associate Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Australian National University in the school of Finance and Applied Statistics. Laura’s research focus is on Subset Vector Autoregression and Model Selection techniques. Previously Laura has worked at Commonwealth Bank as a Quantitative Strategist where she was responsible for the quantitative strategy and research for the CBA fixed income, FOREX and Equities clients. More recently, Laura held the role of Quantitative Manager at AMP Capital Investors. In this role she applied quantitative techniques to price and hedge domestic and international derivative transactions and manage existing funds for the Structured Products Group.

Melissa Grinlinton

BA.Ec & B.Com Candidate (Canberra)
Manager – Research & Data Analysis
Melissa Grinlinton is the Manager of Research and Data Analysis at Macroeconomics based in Canberra. She manages client’s requests for financial and economic data sets and produces quarterly updates of our subscription data service MACRO-DATA. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Applied Economics/Bachelor of Commerce degree at University of Canberra, majoring in Banking and Finance. Previously in her career, Melissa has worked as an assistant in Corporate Law and Commercial Litigation.

Stephen Anthony

B Ec Hons (La Trobe), MPP (Georgetown), PhD (La Trobe)
Director of Budget Policy and Forecasting
Stephen Anthony is the Director of Budget Policy and Forecasting at Macroeconomics based in Canberra. He is a highly experienced budget and macroeconomic policy specialist having worked as a senior policy officer at both the Federal Treasury, and Department of Finance in Canberra where he worked as a team leader in fiscal policy and budget analysis. Earlier in his career he worked briefly for the International Monetary Fund, the Heritage Foundation and Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. His research interests include macroeconomic modeling and forecasting and analysis of government budgets and spending programs. Whilst at Macroeconomics he has co-authored several large economic models including BARRIE & i-STAR.