Salter Brothers Emerging Companies Limited (ASX:SB2)

John is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Salter Brothers Asset Management Pty Ltd. John established KPMG’s Australian consulting business and was Chairman of Consulting for Asia Pacific before leading the divestment and subsequent merger of the business into Bearing Point in the region. John commenced his career with Peat Marwick over 30 years ago as a graduate accountant, having completed a commerce degree. John is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Australian Society of Public Accountants, achieving Fellowship status in both organisations.

George is a Director of Salter Brothers Asset Management and an Investment Advisor for Salter Brothers Immigration Investment Funds.

He has over 25 years’ experience as an Economist, Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director (MD) across all asset classes, at various global and domestic firms including UBS, Equity Trustees, HSBC Asset Management and Macquarie Group.

Additional current roles include MD, Head of Research, Investments & Advisory at K2 Asset Management, Non-Executive Director and Investment Committee (IC) Chair at ESSSuper, IC at Paua Wealth Management, Advisory Board Chair at the International Centre for Financial Services, part-time lecturer and Visiting Fellow at The University of Adelaide, Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics.

George holds a Bachelor of Economics, Hon. Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. Portfolio Management Executive Certificate from the AGSM at the University of New South Wales, Executive Certificate in Management & Leadership from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Investment Decisions & Behavioural Finance Program at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government and the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association Accreditation, PS146.

Chris is an Non-Executive Director of Salter Brothers Asset Management. He has 30 years experience in the property industry, half of which has been in leading Australian and overseas property groups in real estate investment and development.

Chris is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Bahrain Real Estate Investment (Edamah) B.S.C., the real estate arm of the Bahrain Sovereign Wealth Fund, and is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of Edamah, together with the overall management, operation and performance.

Prior to his time at Edamah, Chris was the Chief Executive Officer of Lewis Land Group (LLG), a private family real estate Group, and Australia’s oldest private property developer.  Before joining LLG, Chris was the Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Industrial Trust (CIT), a listed real estate investment trust listed on the Singapore Exchange, and prior to joining CIT he was the Chief Executive Officer (Asia) of Macarthur Cook Limited, and ASX listed real estate management business.

Robert is a Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Salter Brothers and has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry.

Prior to co-founding Salter Brothers, Robert was a Senior Investment Advisor at Macquarie Bank Limited. He provided investment advice to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals in the Asia Pacific region, encompassing asset allocation, structuring and investment selection. Before this, he held similar roles as a Director with UBS Wealth Management and also at Merrill Lynch Private. Prior to his career as an investment advisor, Robert worked overseas, principally in Switzerland, as the Deals Desk Head for the Metals and Minerals Division of Trafigura Beheer BV, a physical commodity trader. Robert was responsible for the management of the Global Derivatives book encompassing both the hedging of physical price risk and all proprietary trading activities.

Robert is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne), is PS146 Accredited and was an Accredited Derivatives Advisor Levels 1 & 2 with Macquarie Equities.

Paul is the Managing Director of Salter Brothers, Salter Brothers Hotel Group and the Chief Executive Officer of Salter Brothers Immigration Investment (previously Atlas Capital Group). He also leads the Company’s mergers and acquisitions practice and has been involved in most of the capital raising and investments undertaken by the Group.

Prior to this role, Paul had extensive management and corporate finance experience working as Chief Financial Officer for Damovo Australia, Ericsson Corporate Networks and ACTTAB Ltd and with KPMG and Ernst & Young in corporate finance and consulting.

Paul’s strength and expertise is in the areas of hotels and gaming, information technology, telecommunications, digital and traditional media. Paul holds a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne), is a member of the Institute of Company Directors and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).

Robert is the Company Secretary of Salter Brothers Asset Management as well as other entities owned directly or indirectly by Salter Family Holdings Pty Ltd. 

Robert is a chartered accountant and has practiced for 20+ years.