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David Groves
Non-Executive Independent Chairman
Mr Groves has over 25 years’ experience as a company director. He is the Non-executive Independent Chair of Pengana Capital Group Limited (ASX:PCG) & H&G High Conviction Limited (ASX:HCF). He is also a Non-executive Director of MA Redcape Hotel Fund RE Limited as responsible entity of the MA Redcape Hotel Fund. He is a former Director of EQT Holdings Ltd, Tassal Group Ltd and GrainCorp Ltd and a former executive with Macquarie Bank Limited and its antecedent, Hill Samuel Australia.
Mr Groves is a member of the Council of Wollongong University. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Other current directorships: Pengana International Equities Limited (ASX: PIA) and Redcape Hotel Group (ASX: RDC)
Russel Pillemer
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Russel co-founded Pengana in 2003 together with the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull. He has been Pengana’s CEO since inception. Prior to founding Pengana, Russel worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in New York where he specialised in providing advice to funds management businesses. Before moving to New York, he was responsible for leading Goldman Sachs’ Australian Financial Institutions Group. He was previously Chairman of Centric Wealth Group and a Principal of Turnbull Pillemer Capital.
Other current directorships: Pengana International Equities Limited (ASX: PIA)
Kevin Eley
Non-Executive Independent Director
Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in management and investment in a broad range of industries including manufacturing, mining, retail, finance and investment. He has worked for a major international accounting firm, two investment banks and was CEO of HGL Limited.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Other current directorships: Milton Corporation Limited (ASX: MLT); EQT Holdings Ltd (ASX: EQT) and HGL Limited (ASX: HNG)
Jeremy Dunkel
Non-Executive Independent Director
Jeremy is a director of Taurus Capital, a family office investment consultancy specialising in philanthropy. His accounting and finance experience includes working for Chemical Bank, Chase Manhattan and Price Waterhouse. He is a director of Education Heritage Foundation and the Moriah College Foundation, as well as being the Chair of Y2i.
Special responsibilities: Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Brendan O’Dea
Non-Executive Director
Brendan is currently the Chief Investment Officer of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company (ASX: SOL) and was appointed to the role in October 2021 having previously been the Managing Director and CEO of Milton Corporation for 3 years.
Brendan is an experienced global equity markets executive with extensive business management and investing experience having spent 22 years with Citigroup in Sydney, Hong Kong, New York and Tokyo as a Managing Director. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and a Master’s Degree in Business Finance from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Brendan is Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Member of the Institute of Company Directors.