Christopher Hotop Email & Phone Number

I am Co-Portfolio Manager for the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future Fund. I also have stock coverage responsibilities within the consumer, infrastructure and utilities sectors.

Sydney

An analyst in Maple-Brown Abbott's Australian equities team, with responsibility for the retail, building materials, integrated utilities and infrastructure sectors.

In January 2011, my partner and I elected to take a break from our careers, travelling extensively through Asia, Eastern Europe, North Africa and Central and South America.

Sydney

During this period I worked as a Senior Analyst in CP2’s Endeavour Fund, a highly concentrated product with a focus on Australian equities but free to invest internationally and across asset classes. My responsibilities included investment idea generation, detailed industry and company analysis, financial statement analysis, DCF valuation and presentation of research. My primary stock coverage was in financials, retail and building materials.Key Achievements:• Strong outperformance of recommendations, with two key investments delivering returns of 90% and 29% above the ASX200 Accumulation index since fund inception.• Significant outperformance of Endeavour Fund, with total return of 2% from inception relative to the ASX200 Accumulation return of -17%.• Initiated coverage on five companies. • Appointed a permanent voting member of CP2’s five member investment committee, responsible for the management of CP2’s $2.5bn of portfolios across equities and global infrastructure.• Appointed Acting Head of Equities from January to April 2010.

London, United Kingdom

During this period I was seconded to CP2's London office to manage the establishment of a retail infrastructure product. The product, Nexus, was a joint venture with DB London with funds raised from DB’s private bankers in Germany, unlisted assets sourced from either within DB or externally and CP2 playing the role of independent investment manager. My role included designing key feautres of the joint venture and fee structure, assisting in drafting contracts, developing written content for the prospectus and marketing materials, liaising with DB and our respective legal teams and assisting in investment due diligence.Key achievements:• Fund launched successfully raising US$150m.

Sydney, Australia

During this period I worked as an analyst on CP2’s Australian Equities research team. Operating as an independent research house, we generated investment ideas for a range of large institutional clients and, without a broking business, were only rewarded for genuine insight. My responsibilities included investment idea generation, detailed industry and company analysis, financial statement analysis, DCF valuation and presentation of research to institutional clients including 15 of the top 20 funds in Australia and a range of international managers. Over this period my primary stock coverage ranged across non-bank financials, building materials, infrastructure and healthcare.

Bachelor Of Science And Bachelor Of Commerce, (Mathematics, Economics And Finance)

Higher School Certificate