Robert M. P. Luciano

Director

B.Com (Acc/Fin) (UNSW), M.Com (Fin) (UNSW), F.Fin, CFA

Mr. Luciano has over twenty five years’ experience gained as a portfolio manager, equities analyst and accountant. Prior to founding VGI Partners in 2008, Mr. Luciano spent five years as an Executive Director and Investment Manager with Caledonia Investments in Sydney and has also held positions as a Portfolio Manager at Allianz Equity Management and an equities analyst at BNP Paribas (formerly Prudential-Bache Securities Australia).

Mr. Luciano commenced his career as an accountant with BDO Nelson Parkhill in 1993. Mr. Luciano graduated from the University of New South Wales, with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting & Finance and later completed a Masters of Commerce, majoring in Advanced Finance. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Mr. Luciano has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program and has been awarded the CFA Charter.

Mr Luciano is the Executive Chairman of VGI Partners Limited and a Director of VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (VG1).

Douglas H. Tynan

Director

B.Com (Acc) (UQLD), B.Econ (Fin) (UQLD), F.Fin, CFA

Mr Tynan has over fifteen years’ experience as an equities analyst and accountant. Mr Tynan joined VGI Partners in 2008 and served as an Executive Director and Head of Research until June 2020 when he transitioned to a non-executive role.

Mr Tynan graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and a Bachelor of Economics, majoring in Finance. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Mr Tynan has completed the CFA Program and has been awarded the CFA Charter. Mr Tynan has completed the CFA Program and has been awarded the CFA Charter. Mr Tynan is a Non-Executive Director of VGI Partners Limited and a Director of VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (VG1).

Adelaide McDonald

Independent Director

B.Com (Acc/Fin) (UQLD), B.BusMan (Econ) (UQLD), CFA

Ms McDonald has over 10 years’ experience in corporate advisory and equity research. Most recently she was an Associate Director at KPMG in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice with previous roles at Wilson HTM and BDO Kendalls. Ms McDonald graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce, with majors in Accounting and Finance, and a Bachelor of Business Management, majoring in Business Economics. Ms McDonald has completed the CFA Program and has been awarded the CFA Charter.

Ms McDonald is an Independent Director of VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (VG1) and a member of VG1’s Audit and Risk Committee. She is also an Executive Director of MDH Pty Ltd.

William Brown

Independent Director

B.A (Econ) (University of Pennsylvania), MBA (Columbia Business School)

William Brown has over 30 years of investment experience as a principal and advisor. Currently, Mr Brown is the Chief Investment Officer of Terrace Tower Group, a Sydney and New York based real estate and investment company started by John Saunders, one of two co-founders of Westfield Group.

Mr Brown also has served as a Partner and member of the investment committee at AIM13, a multi-family investment office with more than US$1 billion invested in alternative assets. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Hartz Capital, a privately-owned multi-strategy hedge fund associated with the Leonard Stern family office. While at Hartz, Mr Brown had direct oversight of approximately US$1 billion of securities split between externally and internally managed strategies.

Prior to joining Hartz, he was a Managing Director at Berenson & Company and a Director of Credit Suisse First Boston’s Telecom and Media Industry Group, specialising in mergers and acquisitions. He also worked as a Vice President at Lazard Frères and Lehman Brothers, where he focused on the technology, media and telecom sectors. Mr Brown began his investment career in 1989 as an investment banking analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc.