Ross co-founded Five Oceans and has over 25 years' international experience in the finance industry covering stockbroking, financial planning and asset management. Ross spent 12 years with Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank in both Sydney and New York and was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Asset Management in Australia.

Prior positions included Head of Deutsche Asset Management's US mutual fund business and Head of BT Funds Management's US asset management business. Ross has an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Tasmania.

Ross is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a board member of International House - New York, and sits on the executive committee of the Investor Group on Climate Change, Australia/New Zealand.