David F. Jones AM

Director

B.Eng. (1st Class Hons) (Melb.), MBA (Harvard)

Mr Jones has over thirty years’ experience in investment markets, the majority as a general partner in private equity firms, and prior to that in general management and management consulting. Mr Jones has been a board member of numerous private and public businesses, including a number in the wealth management sector. Mr Jones was a Managing Director at CHAMP Private Equity (2002-2011); Executive Director and Country Head of UBS Capital (1999-2002) and a Division Director at Macquarie Direct Investment (1994-1999). Mr Jones commenced his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co. in 1987. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Melbourne (First Class Honours) and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Mr Jones was Chair of the National Museum of Australia (2015-2021), and is a non-executive member of the investment committee of EMR Capital Pty Ltd, Chairman of DTS Capital Partners Pty Ltd and an adviser to Aviron Investment Management Pty Ltd. In April 2022, Mr Jones was appointed to the Board of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Mr Jones is a Non-Executive Director of Regal Partners Limited and the Chairman 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 13 years’ experience in corporate advisory and equity research. Ms McDonald is currently an Executive Director of MDH Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s largest integrated beef producers. In addition, Ms McDonald has held roles as a 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.

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.

Prior to joining Hartz, Mr Brown worked at Berenson & Company, Credit Suisse First Boston, Lazard Frères and Lehman Brothers. Mr Brown began his investment career in 1989 as an investment banking analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc.