Corporate
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Michael Fleming
Non-Executive Group Chairman
Chairman, MSC Trustees- 30 years corporate, wholesale & retail trusteeship
- Previous Group Compliance Manager for Equity Trustees
- MBA
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Laws
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Information Systems
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
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Matthew Fletcher
Group Managing Director- 20 years investment banking & funds management
- MBA (London School of Business & Finance)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance)
- Graduate Diploma Applied Finance & Investment
- Diploma Financial Services (Financial Planning)
- Diploma Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Broking Mgt)
- Senior Fellow of FINSIA
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Shelley Brown
Group Executive Director
Group Chief Risk Officer- Over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry
- Numerous snr. mgt. positions in risk & compliance, finance, wholesale & commercial banking
- Strong governance skills with experience as director, co sec, treasurer & AFSL responsible manager
- Chartered Accountant
- Chartered Secretary
- Diploma of Management & Leadership
- Bachelor of Commerce
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Phil Joseph
Non-Executive Director, MSC Certane- Over 40 years experience in the corporate trustee industry
- Prior experience stablishing & building corporate trust businesses for Perpetual, Guardian, AET & Guardian
- Experience covers a wide range of asset classes, including funds management, debt & securitisation.
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Ruth McClelland
Non-Executive Director
MSC Trustees- 20 years’ experience with Australian and global fund managers and trustees – both ASX-listed and private businesses, with wholesale and retail clients
- Roles included General Counsel, Co Sec, Head of Risk & Compliance, Head of AML, Compliance Committee Chair and Not-for profit board member
- Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Hons)
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Steven O’Connell
Non-Executive Director
MSC Trustees- Over 20 years’ finance industry experience in life insurance, asset management, custodial services, financial planning & superannuation (consulting, administration and trustee services)
- Headed the compliance & risk management functions for several large multi-national asset managers
- Bachelor of Business
- CPA
- Associate of the Australasian Compliance Institute
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Robert Szyszko
Group Chief Financial Officer
Director, MSC Abacus- Over 25 years’ experience in financial services, working in a number of leading fund managers and investment banks
- Previous roles have included leading finance, operations and compliance teams
- Member of CPA Australia
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting & Finance)
- Post Graduate Diploma Applied Finance & Investment
- Fellow of FINSIA
MSC Certane
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Vincent Touchard
Director
Custody & Trustee Services- Over 20 years’ experience in banking, strategy consulting and corporate trust businesses in France, Hong Kong and Australia
- Previous role at Perpetual Corporate Trust as Senior Manager, Trustee and Custody
- Heads the client service team at Certane
- Master’s degree in Banking and Finance, Bordeaux Graduate School of Management, France
- Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, FINSIA
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Jo Cochrane
Senior Manager, Projects- Over 23 years’ experience in the provision of trustee and custody services to corporate clients
- Leads the Product and Services team and is accountable for operations, business improvement and project management
- Previous roles at Guardian Trust and JP Morgan Trust Australia
Business Development
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Harvey Kalman
Strategic Adviser- Over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector providing leadership and strategic advisory across business growth, risk management, funds management, operations and innovation
- Led strategic growth and operations of a fund services business across Australia, UK, US and Europe. Resulting in funds under management exceeding $100b.
- Graduate Diploma Applied Finance & Investment
- Bachelor of Economics and Econometrics
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Benjamin Hollier
Senior Relationship Manager- 15 years’ financial services experience
- Previous roles with Shin Nippon Ernst Young in Tokyo, Allianz and AXA in Paris
- Certified Financial Planner
- Masters of Applied Finance (Wealth Mgt, Corporate Advisory, Investment Management)
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Samuel Mullavey
Relationship Manager- Over 10 years’ experience in the financial services & funds management industry
- Extensive experience in investment operations, relationship management and product across both custodian and investment companies
- Previously roles at NAB, Vanguard Investments and within Venture Capital
- Certificate IV Financial Services
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Michael McDonald
Senior Manager, Business Development- Over 15 years’ institutional sales and relationship management experience in financial services
- Previous roles at Commonwealth Bank, Colonial First State and NAB/MLC
- Manages the business development function at Certane
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Relationship Management
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Rebecca McGrath
Relationship Manager- 18 years’ financial services experience
- Previously Manager, Relationships & Oversight at Equity Trustees
- Extensive background in operations, products & portfolio administration
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
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Pina Spathis
Relationship Manager- Over 32 years’ experience in financial services, including providing corporate trustee, custody and administration services
- Responsible for building and managing client relationships with private equity, venture capital, equity, retirement villages, funeral funds and share plan clients
- Previous roles at Permanent Trustee, Burns Philip and BT.
- Certificate & Diploma of Accounting
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Evan Ezra
Relationship Manager- Over 30 years’ experience in Debt Capital Markets specialising in securitisation and structured finance.
- Responsible for Debt Capital Markets clients with a focus primarily on growing new business and maintaining working relationships with clients and service providers.
- Previous Senior Management roles in Securitisation at Permanent/Trust Co, BNY Mellon and Perpetual Corporate Trusts as well as involvement as a project manager on key enhancements.
- Arts - Economics degree from University of NSW
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Georgina Giavis
Relationship Manager- Over 20 years’ experience in Treasury and Debt Capital Markets
- Previously held senior roles at Westpac and Cucsal Limited
- Bachelor of Education (Mathematics major)
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Kerry Ngai
Relationship Manager- Over 15 years’ experience in financial services
- Responsible for building and maintaining client relationships and the provision of trustee and custody services to funds, trusts and companies
- Previous roles at Link Market Services Limited and Macquarie Bank, specialising in treasury operations and WRAP services
- Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science
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Andre Darmawan
Relationship Manager- Over 14 years’ experience in banking and financial services
- Responsible for building and maintaining client and service provider relationships across Property and Venture Capital.
- Previous roles at Bank of America specialising in investment banking operations and portfolio management.
- Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance
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John Pranata
Account Manager- Over 10 years’ experience in financial services
- Responsible for providing trustee and custody services for superannuation, mortgage, credit, and P2P funds.
- Previous roles at Thomson Reuters / Refinitiv
- Master’s degree in accounting, CPA Extension
- Bachelor of Economics (Finance)
Legal & Compliance
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Lauree Blair
General Counsel
Company Secretary- 20 years’ experience as a financial services lawyer
- Previous legal roles at a listed entity, national law firm and ASIC
- Master of Laws
- Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Economics (Hons)
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment
- Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning)
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Avril Matimba
Legal Counsel- Over 8 years’ experience as a financial services lawyer
- Compliance and corporate governance experience in corporate trustee services firm and multi-family office
- Bachelor of Law
- Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and International Trade)
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Beau de la Garde
Compliance Manager- Over 10 years’ experience in in the financial services & funds management industry
- Roles specialising in compliance, investor relations and AFSL Risk and Compliance Committee member
- Designed and implemented risk frameworks, developed compliance policies
- Overseen investor services teams servicing ultra-high net worth private clients & family offices globally
MSC Abacus
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Sachin Tokhi
General Manager- 20 years experience in payments and fund administration
- Previous roles with Link Market Services, Registry Direct & Computershare
- Masters of Applied Finance
- Bachelor of Business Information Systems
- Certificate in Corporate Governance
- Diploma of Management
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Leonard Fu
Unit Registry Manager- 9 years’ financial services experience
- Past roles in financial advice & fund administration, most recently with Equity Trustees
- Bachelor of Aviation/Business
- Diploma of Financial Planning
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Gins Punnoose
Unit Registry Officer- Nearly 2 years of experience in financial services
- Masters of Financial Planning, Masters of Business Administration and Bachelors in Information Technology
- Previous experience in client service administration within the fund administration space
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Sagara Bopeththalage
Fund Accountant- Over 5 years’ experience in fund accounting and share registry
- Previous roles with Apex fund services and HSBC Global Banking and Markets
- Bachelor of Science (Special) Finance Management
- Associate Member CPA Australia
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Dinishi Silva
Fund Accountant- Over 5 years’ experience in Fund Administration.
- Previous roles at HSBC Global Banking and Markets.
- Diploma in Management Accounting, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK)
- Master of Professional Accounting – Central Queensland University
Finance
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Raksha Chandra
Senior Accountant- 10 years’ experience in accounting and financial management, working in the Big 4 and other various industries
- Bachelor of Business in Accounting
- Registered BAS Agent with the ATO
- Currently completing Chartered Accountants Certification
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Andrew Georgiou
Finance Manager- CPA of 30 years
- Highly experienced principal accounting officer of large number of listed public, unlisted private and funds management companies
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Angelo Francis
Senior Trust Accountant- Over 19 years’ experience in funds management.
- Previous roles have included leading fund Accounting teams and managing outsourced fund administration functions. In my previous role was member of AFSL , Risk and compliance committees.
- Member of CPA Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce
Operations
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Brenda Badza
Senior Operations Manager- 13 years’ experience in financial services including investment operations and fund administration
- Previous roles with Australian Unity, Western Union Business Solutions and Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Executive MBA
- Master of International Relations
- Bachelor of Accounting
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Rose O’Rourke
Operations Manager -
Gemma Torpy
Executive Assistant- 9 years’ experience in administration
- Previous roles at Equity Trustees & others
- Diploma of Practice Management
MSC Group Management Singapore
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Lian Sar Lim
CEO- Over 23 years’ experience in the global financial sector
- Investment experience ranging from foreign exchange, exchange traded futures and options, over-the-counter derivatives, program trading and equities in the major exchanges of the world
- Organised and managed a global trading operation for a sovereign wealth fund in Singapore
- Responsible for global equity trading, office operations and relationship management with business partners, stock exchanges and regulators
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Matthew Tan
Operations Manager- Over 25 years’ experience in the wealth management industry representing top-tier international private banks as investment advisor serving ultra-high-net-worth clients across Asia.
- Previous roles include investment specialist (FX), dealer for structured products and derivatives.
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder Bachelor of Business
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Honey Yee
Director- 30 years’ experience in financial services & accounting
- Fund administration specialist with past roles at BNP Paribas, Basiz Fund Services, State Street
- Prior appointments in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong including Fitch Ratings & PWC
- Bachelor of Business(Banking & Finance)
- CPA
Inclusion & Diversity
We’re committed to Inclusion & Diversity
Society is full of diverse peoples from different cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs, abilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.
All are welcome at MSC and we actively include diversity strategies in our recruitment process to ensure that when our team grows we fill in missing perspectives.
Our diversity makes our company stronger and informs our interactions with our clients better, and a culture of equity and respect is actively encouraged in our offices.
Some of the initiatives we’re working on currently include:
- Engaging suppliers that are a social enterprise or B-corp
- Using recruitment strategies that eliminate bias in the interview process
- Engaging with and supporting causes and charities that support social justice and change
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land
In Australia we also acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land where our offices reside and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and that collective effort is needed to dismantle remaining colonial structures and injustices that continue to occur against our First Nations people.
At MSC Group, we hope to be part of that process of healing and do not actively support or service any who are involved in harm to indigenous communities.
MSC Group Compliance
Financial Requirements
MSC Trustees is required to meet strict financial guidelines as set out in the Australian Corporations Act 2001 and under its AFSL and ACL, including holding minimum net tangible assets and it must produce regular cash flow projections to ensure it has the financial resources to meet its obligations on an ongoing basis.
MSC Advisory is also required to meet strict requirements as set out in the Australian Corporations Act 2001 and under its AFSL and ACL.
Audit
In adherence with Corporations Act requirements, MSC Trustees is subject to independent financial audit.
Both MSC Trustees and MSC Advisory are subject to independent licensing compliance audit on a minimum annual basis.
Compliance Committee
A Compliance Committee has been established to monitor compliance and report to directors of MSC Trustees on a regular basis regarding adherence of the company to the Corporations Act and ASIC requirements.
If any issues or breaches are not addressed by either the management or the Board of the company, the Compliance Committee is obliged to report directly to ASIC. The Compliance Committee is currently comprised of an executive director of MSC Trustees and two independent, external members – with a majority of external members as required by the Australian Corporations Act.
Insurance Requirements
MSC Trustees and MSC Advisory are required under licensing obligations to hold adequate insurance including professional indemnity at all times.