Maurice began his career at the Australian Commonwealth Treasury in 1981, later becoming Chief Economist at Potter Partners. He joined Mercury Asset Management in London, where he founded the Emerging Markets division and led Asian operations before returning to Australia as CEO and CIO. The firm was eventually acquired by Merrill Lynch and then BlackRock.
He is Executive Chairman and Founder of Sagecool, an online education company.
For the past 15 years he has been writing a five volume, 3,500 page treatise on economics and finance, covering history, theory, and the practical workings of the global financial system.