Jo Masters

Jo Masters is the Chief Economist of Barrenjoey Capital Partners, a proudly Australian financial services firm.

She focuses on analysing trends across the Australian and global economies and financial markets, delivering those insights to investors, and senior members and executives of government and business.

Jo has been a highly regarded part of the economic debate in Australia for over 20 years and she regularly shares her views at major policy, industry and educational forums, as well as in the domestic and international media. She ranked equal first in the Top 20 Investors segment in the 2023 Peter Lee survey and third in the KangaNews Fixed Income survey.

Her career started in banking and financial markets, with 14 years at Macquarie Bank in various roles across economics, strategy and foreign exchange sales, before moving to ANZ. Most recently, Jo was the Chief Economist for EY Oceania.

Jo holds a Master of Economics from the University of Sydney. She is a mentor for the Minerva Foundation and an Executive Member for the Australian Business Economists.