People: HFA Holdings Limited (HFA.AX)
HFA.AX on Australia Stock Exchange
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young, Spencer | 2009 | Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Stoney, Amber | 2008 | Chief Financial Officer | |
| White, Robert | 2007 | Company Secretary; Joint Managing Director, HFA Asset Management Limited | |
| Hill, Joanne | 2008 | Joint Company Secretary | |
| McGould, Sean | 2008 | Executive Director | |
| Martinis, Oscar | 2007 | Joint Managing Director of HFA Asset Management Limited | |
| Esteban, F. | 2008 | Independent Non-Executive Director | |
| Larum, John | 2008 | Independent Non-Executive Director | |
| Shepherd, Michael | 2009 | Non-Executive Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Young, Spencer | Mr. Spencer M. Young is Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of HFA Holdings Limited. Spencer founded HFA in 1998. He has over 18 years of alternate asset class investment experience and close relationships with a network of international hedge funds and domestic research and rating agencies. Spencer holds a B.Eng (U.Qld) and an MBA from Harvard. He has held several senior investment positions including Executive Director of Rothschild Australia Private Equity and Lend Lease Corporation’s senior executive in the USA for venture capital and private equity investments. An experienced Company Director, his recent directorships have included Tremblant Capital, a significant New York based hedge fund. He was appointed Non-Executive Director April 13, 2007 to September 18, 2007. and appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director September 18, 2007. |
| Stoney, Amber | Ms. Amber Stoney is Chief Financial Officer of HFA Holdings Limited. Ms. Stoney was appointed to the position of company secretary on March 15, 2005 and resigned as company secretary on November 20, 2008. Amber previously worked for KPMG specialising in providing assurance and advisory services to the funds management industry, particularly in relation to accounting, operational and regulatory compliance issues. Her qualification is BCom (Hons) CA. |
| White, Robert | Mr. Robert White BBus is Company Secretary of HFA Holdings Limited and Joint Managing Director, HFA Asset Management Limited. He was appointed as joint company secretary on February 15, 2007. Robert holds the position of Head of Corporate. Robert is responsible for corporate and special projects and select day to day operations within HFA including foreign exchange hedging, product development and implementation. Robert has over 14 years experience in the financial services industry working within both the institutional and retail market segments in the UK, Europe and Australia. Robert is the joint managing director of HFA Asset Management Limited, and is also the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of HFA Accelerator Plus Limited. |
| Hill, Joanne | Ms. Joanne Hill was appointed to the position of Joint Company Secretary on November 20, 2008. Joanne is a qualified solicitor. Joanne has over ten years experience in the financial services sector and prior to joining HFA in 2007 held senior legal advisory positions in both ASX and NZX listed financial services companies. Her qualification is BA, LLB. |
| McGould, Sean | Mr. Sean McGould was appointed as Executive Director of HFA Holdings Limited on January 3, 2008. Sean is the co-founder of Lighthouse and serves as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He supports the investment team in the manager search, selection and review process and is the Chairperson of the Investment Committee. Sean has been overseeing all aspects of the portfolios since August 1996. Sean joined Asset Management Advisors (“AMA”), a multi-family office as Chief Investment Officer in August 1996. Lighthouse was formally spun out of AMA in 1999. For the past 15 years, Sean has been investing in various alternative investment strategies. Prior to founding Lighthouse, Sean was the Director of the Outside Trader Investment Program at Trout Trading Management Company and was responsible for the allocation of the fund's assets to external alternative asset strategies. Prior to Trout, Sean worked for Price Waterhouse and passed the Certified Public Accountant examination. |
| Martinis, Oscar | Mr. Oscar Martinis is Joint Managing Director of HFA Asset Management Limited. He is responsible for the distribution of HFA Products through financial intermediaries. He has held positions as State Manager Business Development and Investment Services Manager for organisations including Westpac Financial Services and Rothschild Australia Asset Management Limited. He has 16 years experience in the funds management industry spanning Fund Accounting, Professional Custody, Training and Development and Distribution. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business and has undertaken studies with the Securities Institute of Australia. |
| Esteban, F. | Mr. F. P. Esteban was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of HFA Holdings Limited on June 18, 2008. Andy holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting. He is an Associate of the Australian Society of CPA’s and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has 30 years experience in the financial services industry, of which 21 years were with Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd. In December 1999 he established FP Esteban and Associates, a private business specialising in implementing and monitoring risk management and compliance frameworks in the financial services industry. He has provided compliance consulting services to a number of organisations including UBS Global Asset Management for their funds management operations in Australia and South East Asia operations located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and China and was appointed an Independent Director of three of their hedge fund companies based in Hong Kong. From July 2005 until June 2008 he was also an independent Director of Credit Suisse Asset Management (Australia) Ltd. He is currently a member of compliance committees or risk and audit committees for a range of managed investment schemes, superannuation, insurance and infrastructure products. He is Chairperson of Audit and Risk Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee. |
| Larum, John | Mr. John Larum has been appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director of HFA Holdings Limited., since December 12, 2008. John has extensive experience in the financial services industry having held a range of senior positions including, President of China Business for UBS Global Asset Management, Chief Executive Officer of UBS Global Asset Management (Australia), and Chief Economist for UBS Warburg (Australia). Prior to joining UBS, he spent more than a decade with the Federal Treasury in Canberra, where he rose to the position of Assistant Secretary, Domestic Economy Branch, Economic Division. John holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Econometrics) from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Economics from the Australian National University. He is Member of Remuneration Committee and Member of Audit and Risk Committee. |
| Shepherd, Michael | Mr. Michael Shepherd is the Non-Executive Independent Director of HFA Holdings Ltd. He has extensive experience in financial markets and the financial services industry having held a range of senior positions including Vice Chairman of ASX Limited, Chairman of the ASX Market Rules Committee, and Directorships with Australian Clearing House Pty Ltd, SFE Corporation Limited, SFE Clearing Corporation Pty Ltd and Austraclear Limited. Currently Mr. Shepherd is a Director of ASX Market Supervision Pty Ltd, Chairman of the Shepherd Centre and is an independent Compliance Committee Member for UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) Limited. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Young, Spencer | 300,616 |
| Stoney, Amber | 375,857 |
| White, Robert | 553,677 |
| Hill, Joanne | -- |
| McGould, Sean | 355,418 |
| Martinis, Oscar | 553,496 |
| Esteban, F. | -- |
| Larum, John | -- |
| Shepherd, Michael | -- |
As Of 29 Jun 2009
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Young, Spencer | 0 | 0 |
| Stoney, Amber | 0 | 0 |
| White, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Hill, Joanne | 0 | 0 |
| McGould, Sean | 0 | 0 |
| Martinis, Oscar | 0 | 0 |
| Esteban, F. | 0 | 0 |
| Larum, John | 0 | 0 |
| Shepherd, Michael | 0 | 0 |





