Jon Evans Email & Phone Number

Sydney

• Founder and creator of privately owned asset management business.• Investment manager for the Australian Smart Beta Fund™, the Global Discretionary Fund and the Disruptive Technologies Fund• Venture capital, new issuance and secondary placement investorKey Achievements• Established propriety business, created management processes, developed risk and control procedures, set up technical infrastructure and online strategy.• Created the Australian Smart Beta Fund™ and invented advanced modelling and screening methods to achieve a 8.4% outperformance of the ASX 200 Accumulation Index since inception.• Presented and marketed the product across Asia.• Developed extensive network of Asia wide investors through fund promotion, capital introductions, private equity and venture capital investment

Sydney, Australia

- Head of Markets Division- Delivering award winning service to HNW and UHNW clients for Westpac and St George Private Bank- Director in charge of trading and execution in all listed instruments- Implementer of client strategies- Presenter and market commentator- International Equities project business sponsor

Tokyo, Japan

Managing Director and Head of Dealing, JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.• Head of Tokyo Trading Division reporting directly to International head of asset management.• Oversaw the execution process, managing cross-cultural dealing team, implementing critical process change.• Engaged with key business stakeholders; risk, compliance, legal, technology, vendors, exchange officials, regulators, brokers, fund managers, clients.• Represented the firm externally; marketing investor products, commission management and presenting management reports to the board of directors.Key Achievements• Implemented electronic order routing drastically reducing dealer error and improved efficiencies leading to a 9-fold increase in turnover despite lower head count. • Business sponsor for global order routing enabling immediate improvement in execution costs and greater specialisation of dealer skills.• Transformed trading process by installing enhanced technology platform establishing algorithmic trading methods that cut commission rates by 60%• Managed dealing team through desk merger with no disruption to business.• Created and promoted the use of trade cost analysis, presenting to fund managers demonstrating improved trading process and enabling investor behaviour change.

Sydney, Australia

Head of the Asia dealing team for the asset management business.

Economics, Econometrics And Quantitative Economics,

Financial Modelling