Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
I am a Senior Investment Executive with a 30-year track record of managing institutional and wealth portfolios exceeding $40 billion. My career is defined by a unique intersection of high-level strategic leadership—having served as Head of Investments, Head of Global Equities, and Head of Fixed Interest—and deep technical expertise in quantitative portfolio construction. I specialize in utilizing Python-driven factor analysis and advanced risk frameworks like Northfield, Axioma and MSCI Barra to deliver consistent alpha, including +3.3% p.a. in Global Equities over the last decade. Whether leading award-winning teams at Vanguard or architecting bespoke quantamental solutions for UHNW and institutional clients through Optimal Alpha, my focus remains on bridging the gap between sophisticated data science and investment success.
As Chief Investment Officer, I lead the investment strategy, asset allocation, and portfolio construction for Nambawan Super, ensuring the long-term growth and protection of our members' retirement savings. My focus centers on delivering robust risk-adjusted investment returns through disciplined financial analysis, quantitative techniques, strong institutional governance, and the integration of advanced portfolio management frameworks.
• Develop, implement and manage successful listed equity and multi-asset class investment strategies. This includes implementing alternative stock alpha factor analysis, quantitative investment analysis, risk management, portfolio construction and downside risk analysis solutions, focusing on institutional and ultra-high net worth clients. • Strong skills clearly presenting complex portfolio and market risk and ex-post analysis to investment teams, relevant management stakeholders, clients and prospects. This includes implementing an alternative downside risk analysis process that provides more client insight into sources of market risk and successfully presenting results to investment teams, relevant management stakeholders and clients. • Bespoke strategy development skills; all strategies continue to deliver strong Sharpe ratios of over 1.2 and information ratios over 0.8 since inception. Currently managing three separately managed accounts in long only form and six model portfolios, including a long-short global equity strategy. • The listed equity strategies continue to deliver outperformance; As of 30 June 2026, the Global Equity Strategy has delivered outperformance of +3.1% pa over 11 years vs MSCI World ex-Australia; Asian Small Cap Strategy +5.2% pa over 11 years vs MSCI AC Asia Small Cap; Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy +6.8% pa over 9.5 years vs FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50; Australian Equity Strategy +1.7% pa vs ASX 300 over 6.5 years; Australian Small Cap Equity Strategy +11.1% pa over 2.5 years, all in AUD terms. • The Global Equity Long-Short Strategy aims to implement portfolio exhibiting consistent characteristics to long the highest and short lowest quintile groups factor characteristics, has delivered strong performance, returning absolute return of 8.3% pa in USD terms over the last 5 years. • Engagements include PlanPrompt, Linara Wealth, Activam Group, Noviscient Investment Management and Emit Capital Asset Management.
Emit Capital is a global equities investment manager focused on the companies enabling the convergence of two of the most powerful forces shaping the world economy today: the energy transition and the rise of AI-driven infrastructure. I lead the stock analysis, portfolio construction, and investment risk management activities. We invest in large-cap leaders that are building the backbone of this transformation — from advanced semiconductors and data centre platforms to nuclear power, grid modernisation, and electrification. This is the capital base on which the AI super-cycle and the clean power revolution depend. Emit Capital builds global portfolios across North America, Europe/UK, and Asia-Pac/Japan, alongside a dedicated AI-Tech strategy. Our edge lies in connecting capital markets expertise with a deep understanding of energy and infrastructure dynamics — backing the companies that will define the next decade of growth
Responsible for daily portfolio construction, implementation and factor insight across the Quantitative Equity team’s bespoke Global and Australian factor-based and sustainable investing-focused strategies