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Andrew is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of funds management industry experience.  He is the founding partner of Daruka Capital Partners and is responsible for setting strategy and directing distribution staff.  Andrew has had extensive experience as a distribution executive and most recently he was the Head of Distribution for Bennelong Funds Management. Andrew guided the Institutional and Retail business from a standing start in 2008 to a $8billion multi boutique powerhouse in 2017. Prior to this Andrew held senior roles at Ausbil Dexia, IOOF (Perennial) and Aberdeen Asset Management.

Andrew is a qualified Chartered Accountant as well as holding a Bachelor of Business.

Noel is an experienced funds management distribution executive with more than 30 years of Investment Sales and Marketing experience in the retail space.

Noel introduced Fidelity Investments to the Australian financial advice community from 1985-1991, then spent 6 years with GT Management (which became LGT then Invesco), and his last retail sales position was with Deutsche Asset Management from 1999 to 2008. Since then he has run his own consulting business focusing on the financial services community.

He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team.

Lee has 18 years of finance and funds management experience. He has successfully led various capital raising assignments for both large-scale institutional fund managers as well as newer funds management boutiques across various jurisdictions including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and North America.

He has worked with well-known investment managers such as L1 Capital, where he was responsible for capital raising into L1’s Long Short Fund from $67m to soft close at $800m. Lee was also responsible for capital raising into Marsico Capital, RWC Partners, Jamieson Coote Bonds, L1 UK Property Fund and WCM Investment Management.

Lee holds a Grad Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments and is a Cisco and Microsoft certified engineer. He is also a keen Marital Artist and is currently a Blue belt in Brazilian Ju jitsu.

Nicky is a Certified Practising Accountant with over 10 years of experience in the funds management and finance industries. She is the CFO for Daruka Capital Partners and is responsible for all financial reporting, accounts, HR and payroll. Nicky previously worked for Bankers Trust Funds Management in Sydney and has overseas experience working for both Lloyds Bank and Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management in London. Nicky was also Finance Manager for Key Equipment Finance, an equipment leasing company.

Nicky is a qualified Certified Practising Accountant as well as holding a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance).

Ryan is a co-founder of Briarwood Partners. He has 15 years of Asset Management experience. Since 2010 Ryan has directly raised in excess of $1.6bn of AUM and has extensive experience across traditional and alternative assets. He has a wide array of relationships across Endowments, Institutions, Single & Multi Family Offices, Private Banks and Wealth Managers.

He spent the previous 4.5 years with Bennelong Funds Management Group, who are a $8.2bn Australian headquartered multi-boutique Asset Manager, owned by a SFO. In December 2016 Ryan set up their London based subsidiary BennBridge. He led the Business Development function as Head of Business Development and was also heavily involved in sourcing new investment boutiques. At the time of Ryan’s departure, BennBridge had four investment boutique partnerships, 20+ employees in London and $1bn+ of AUM.

Previously he was the Head of Institutional Sales at Bennelong Funds Management. Based in Melbourne, he was in charge of Institutional relationships globally and won the businesses first non-Australian mandate from a Hong Kong based institution.

Cameron is an affiliate of Daruka Capital Partners. As an Australian distribution specialist, he provides advice on fund manager strategy and leads the sales effort for a number of managers.

Cameron has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. Cameron has specialized in active investments for the majority of his career having led investment sales at Colonial First State, Australian Unity and most recently leading AMG across it’s affiliated investment boutiques in the wholesale markets.

With a passion for bringing great solutions to the Australian market, Cameron has also led product development, marketing and service teams to successfully engage and support client needs.

Cameron has a Bachelor of Economics from La Trobe University.