Advisory Council

Mr Rob J. Campbell CNZM

Mr Campbell is an experienced global investor, company Director and advisor based in New Zealand. Mr Campbell established and for many years ran one of New Zealand’s first and largest family offices. He is currently Chair of Summerset Group Holdings Ltd (NZ) and Tourism Holdings Ltd (NZ), Chair of WEL Energy, Chair of Sky City Entertainment and a Director of Precinct Properties Ltd (NZ). Mr Campbell is also a Director of private companies in which he has a direct investment interest in the property, finance, fund management, and private equity industries in New Zealand and offshore.

Mr Danny Goldberg OAM

Mr Goldberg is Executive Chairman and Principal of Dakota Corporation which is a global investor in hedge funds, private equity and real estate. Prior to this he co-founded Brentwood Corporation which owned and developed retail, commercial and residential projects in Australia and the United Kingdom. He was previously a Director of Byvest Management Buyout Group, a Manager at Pappas, Carter, Evans and Koop and an Executive in the corporate advisory division of Hill Samuel Australia. Mr Goldberg has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.

The Hon. Ambassador Joe Hockey (Ret.)

The Honourable Joe Hockey is a co-founder of Bondi Partners, a Washington, DC-based advisory firm established in 2020. After starting out as a banking and finance lawyer, Mr Hockey has had a long and distinguished career in public service which culminated in a four-year term as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America where he had responsibility for Australia’s relationship with the US during the final year of President Obama’s tenure and the first three years of President Trump’s term. This followed 20 years in Australian politics, which included serving as Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government. In addition to his role on the Advisory Council, Mr Hockey is a Special Adviser to VGI Partners.

Mr Walter M. Lewin

Mr Lewin is Chairman of OneVentures, a leading Australian based venture and growth capital firm. Prior to this, Mr Lewin was a founding shareholder and Chair of the Advisory Board of OneVue and was a founding shareholder and Executive Director of Reverse Corp. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Ord Minnett, a Principal of Elysium Capital Partners in London, and a Managing Director (Equities) for Merrill Lynch in London after holding several positions in SBC (now UBS) in London and SBC Dominguez Barry (now UBS) in Sydney. Mr Lewin received a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Queensland.

Ms Jane Parcell

Ms Parcell is a legal, compliance and regulatory risk specialist. Ms Parcell works as a financial services consultant. Ms Parcell has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and regulation, having worked as special counsel in the Institutional Banking and Markets division of Commonwealth Bank, an Executive Director at Deutsche Bank and at the Australian Securities Exchange. Ms Parcell was previously Chairperson of the Chi-X Australia Review Committee. Ms Parcell has also worked at two leading law firms. Ms Parcell holds a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Auckland.

Mr Gary Weatherley

Mr Weatherley is the CEO of The Portland House Group, a private investment firm based in Melbourne with offices in New York and London. He joined Portland House in 1991 to manage their property portfolio. Mr Weatherley has held various leadership positions in Portland House mainly in technology and operations and as a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Weatherley developed FMO, Portland House’s online accounting and administration system that is also licenced to a number of similar hedge funds in Australia and Asia. Mr Weatherley has over 25 years’ experience in financial markets operations, systems and processes and strong relationships with a number of the industry’s key service providers.