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Curagaia is a unique innovations lab driving systems change at the industry level with a focus on natural capital

London, England, United Kingdom

• Co-managed 30 Global and European equity portfolios (AUM US$ 80B) - mutual fund, ETF, SMA & CCF• Traded US$ 50-200M a day of European equities & index derivatives with broker algorithms and DMA.• Launched 14 commercially viable products – 11 ETFs and 3 mutual funds – with US$ 200 million of seed that have grown to US$ 77 billion at Jan 2022.• Established a subgroup that researched and executed index change trades and elected corporate actions on ~1,000 Europe ex UK companies.• Created a flexible framework for adjusting ETF creation baskets for corporate actions (e.g. rights, splits, stock divs, cash divs).• Rated the best trainer for investment decision making – corporate action election, derivative use and portfolio optimisation.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Reduced asset owner costs for emerging market companies by proposing issue change from cost DRs to a cheaper local stocks based on research of DR sponsor costs and market liquidity.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Co-managed 20 global equity portfolios with currency hedging (AUM AU$ 30B) - mutual fund & SMA.• Created a centralised portfolio management (CPM) process for a multi-manager Australian Equity fund that reduced turnover by ~30% with active risk of less than 0.5% to the aggregate manager benchmark.• Designed a low emission global equity benchmark (MSCI World with 50% less scope 1+2 GHG intensity and industry neutrality) for a client mandate.• Created the analytical framework for the real time currency hedging and trading tool.• Developed an automated futures cashflow equitization tool.• Developed an automated equity risk analytics tool with historical database.

Sydney, Australia

• Trained clients to use risk models and optimisation software - active/passive, asset consultant, brokers.• Significantly improved clients investment risk acument via training on how to use software tools and the theory behind risk models.• Customised investment risk reports to best suit client’s decision framework and active portfolio construction methods using asset scores. • Managed a diverse client base including active, passive, asset consultant, quant research and broker CRB.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sar

• Managed a team that distributed, filed and archived 130,000 contractual documents and 10,000 A0 size design and construction drawings.• Significantly improved commercial department productivity by designing a networked database to index all project contractual documents.CLK Airport Terminal (6.1 m sqft) Constr. Project – Mech. & Elec. Services Contract (US$1.9 B).

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sar

• Managed the project plan and implemented the quality assurance system (ISO 9000).

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Improved National Mutual agents ability to sell Annuites and Unit Trusts investment by developing software to project after-tax returns for clients.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering (Honours)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Member of Beta Gamma Sigma Society (Top 20% of MBA Graduates)

Education record

Mba, Accounting And Finance

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance