Pengana International Equities Limited (ASX: PIA)

Brett Jollie is a seasoned executive with over 30 years’ experience in the investment industry across Australia, Europe, and Asia. He held a range of senior roles at Aberdeen Asset Management over 23 years, including 14 years as CEO of Aberdeen’s Australian business.

More recently, Brett served as CEO of Hearts & Minds Investments Limited (ASX: HM1), an ASX-listed investment company focused on delivering high-conviction investment ideas while supporting medical research.

Brett has more than a decade of board experience, including as Independent Director and Chair of FundBase Group, Director of the Financial Services Council (FSC), Chair of the FSC Funds Management Board Committee, Executive Director of Aberdeen Asset Management, and Council Member of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce.

He holds a Bachelor of Economics, Graduate Diplomas in Applied Finance & Investment and Financial Planning, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA), and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Geoff Wilson has more than 46 years’ direct experience in investment markets having held a variety of senior investment roles in Australia, the UK and the US. Geoff founded Wilson Asset Management in 1997, which today, comprises of 20 investment professionals who offer a combined investment experience of more than 250 years. Wilson Asset Management manages $6 billion on behalf of more than 130,000 investors as the investment manager for nine listed investment companies (LICs) and two unlisted funds: Wilson Asset Management Leaders Fund and Wilson Asset Management Founders Fund. Geoff is currently Chairman of WAM Capital Limited, WAM Leaders Limited, WAM Global Limited, WAM Microcap Limited, WAM Research Limited, WAM Active Limited, WAM Strategic Value Limited and WAM Income Maximiser Limited. He is the founder and Director of Future Generation Australia Limited and Future Generation Global Limited, and Director of WAM Alternative Assets Limited. In 2014 Geoff created Australia’s first listed philanthropic wealth creation vehicles, Future Generation Australia, and subsequently Future Generation Global in 2015. In 2024 Geoff launched Future Generation Women as the first all-female managed fund in Australia, delivering investment returns and advancing economic equality and opportunities for women and their children in Australia. To date, the Future Generation companies have donated $100 million to Australian not-for-profits. Geoff holds a Bachelor of Science, a Graduate Management Qualification and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In addition to Geoff’s Directorships with the Wilson Asset Management Group and the Future Generation companies, he also holds Directorships with Staude Capital Global Value Fund Limited (since 2014), Hearts and Minds Investments Limited (since 2018), Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation (since 1997) and the Australian Rugby Foundation (2024).

Jesse Hamilton is a Chartered Accountant with more than 18 years’ experience working in advisory and assurance services, specialising in funds management. As the Chief Financial Officer, Jesse oversees all finance and accounting of Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Limited. He is Company Secretary for WAM Alternative Assets Limited and WAM Strategic Value Limited and Joint Company Secretary for WAM Capital Limited, WAM Leaders Limited, WAM Global Limited, WAM Microcap Limited, WAM Research Limited and WAM Active Limited, in addition to Future Generation Investment Company Limited and Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited. Prior to joining Wilson Asset Management, Jesse worked as Chief Financial Officer of an ASX listed company and also worked as an advisor specialising in assurance services, valuations, mergers and acquisitions, financial due diligence and capital raising activities for listed investment companies.

Julian Martin is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Communications Agency CEO.

His executive career spans three continents and leadership roles in global groups, leading creative agencies and as founder of three agencies. He was founding CEO of Mojo New York, the first Australian agency group in the US. He co-founded Chiat/Day/Mojo London and later was an Executive Director at BBH London, one of the premier global creative agencies.

Back in Australia Julian ran The Campaign Palace Melbourne. He also founded Love Sydney as CEO with Siimon Reynolds and successfully sold it to Photon Group (now Enero). For the last decade Julian has run his own agency, BrandCentral Sydney. He has been a leading player in creating and evolving long running campaigns for American Express, Tourism Australia, Tourism Tasmania, Qantas, Lynx, The Australian Financial Review, The Australian Football League, Colonial First State, Challenger Financial Services and Channel Seven.

Julian was Chair of SecondBite, Australia’s largest food rescue organisation from 2020-2023 and on its board from 2018 to 2024. He has a Bachelor of Economics (Finance Major), is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Owner President Program, and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)

Richard achieved a combined law degree (BEc/LLB – Accounting Major) at Sydney University in 1984 after having completed his secondary education at The King’s School where he received the highest ATAR in his academic year.

After university, Richard was the sole graduate corporate finance intake at Citibank, Sydney.
Citibank deployed him in risk management and foreign exchange trading roles. Later, Richard moved to JP Morgan, London and thrived in the challenge of international markets. At JP Morgan he was promoted to vice-president and supervised significant debt security trading, arbitrage and portfolio management operations across a very broad spectrum of credits, from sovereign to ‘junk’. Risk management was an important focus. In 1992, Richard returned to Citibank, Sydney in the role of Head of Fixed Interest Trading.

In 1997, Richard resigned and transitioned to his original vocational calling and entered Australian stockbroking, ultimately as Head of Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets at Tricom where he grew the business from fledging to 4^th on the Australian equity issuance league tables. Here his advisory experience included financial institutions, media, renewable energy, resources, technology and transport et al.

Richard is considered widely experienced and knowledgeable across corporations law, capital markets and governance. In that context, he was invited to conceive and teach the Equity Capital Markets stream at Macquarie University. As an industry-based lecturer, Richard taught in the university’s leading master’s degree program throughout Australia and South-East Asia from 2004 to 2010.

Since 2012, Richard has undertaken executive and non-executive roles in Australian ASX listed companies, including Greatcell Solar Limited and Southern Hemisphere Mining, where he now provides advice in treasury, fund-raising, international transactions and corporate governance.

Richard also enjoys not-for-profit roles. He was chair of the Medical Foundation, Sydney University (6 years) and chair of Ascham School Foundation (8 years). Both foundations grew very significantly in FUM and projects during the periods of his stewardship.