Blair Harrison is the Head of New Zealand Listings at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and heads the ASX New Zealand office, based in Auckland.  He has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets internationally across New Zealand, UK, Japan and Sydney.

Blair Harrison qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 1998 and later as a solicitor in the UK, moving to London in 2000 to work at Allen & Overy LLP in their International Capital Markets department. Blair then worked at Deutsche Bank, London and then for 9 years with J.P. Morgan, holding various roles first in London, Tokyo and then Sydney, Australia. Blair joined ASX in 2013 in the Markets team, heading the Settlement and Collateral team covering fixed income securities settlement (Austraclear), payments and tri-party collateral management, before relocating home to New Zealand in June 2019 to open the ASX, New Zealand office in Auckland.

Blair holds a Commerce degree and a Law degree from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is fluent in Japanese and learning Te Reo Maori. Born in Christchurch, raised in Lower Hutt and now residing in Papamoa Beach, Blair is the proud father of three boys and one girl.