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Peter is Founder and Managing Partner of Kings Gate Capital Partners and KGCP International and has over 25 years' experience in the North American and Australasian Asset Management industry. Prior to Kings Gate Capital Partners, Peter led the National Distribution team for Zurich Life and Investments focusing on the Retail Advised and Superannuation channels.

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Prior to that, Peter was Managing Director, Head of Distribution for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) where he led the Institutional, Retail, ETF and client service teams for 5 years. Peter was also a member of the Australian and APAC Executive Committees. During his tenure, SSGA grew to become the largest Funds Manager in Australia with in excess of $120 Billion under management.

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Prior to that, Peter, was responsible for institutional business at BT Investment Management for 7 years (now Pendal Asset Management) as well as holding a similar role at American Express Asset Management now Columbia Threadneedle, Minneapolis Minnesota.

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Peters experience in financial markets includes currency, currency option trading in Toronto, New Zealand and Australia, as well equity sales trading in New York. Peter has an undergraduate degree in Criminology and a Masters in Finance from University of Technology Sydney.

Sean has over 15 years' experience in the financial services industry including private equity, consulting, financial advice as well as financial media and investor education events. More recently he was Sales Director at a global media, publishing and events organisation, responsible for investor education connecting best-in-class global and domestic fund managers with investors across multiple channels. Clients included Institutional investors Family Offices, UHNW - Private Wealth Advisers, Consultants, Researchers, Academics, Politicians and industry associations. For over a decade, Sean created, hosted, chaired and sold investor education events, along with hosting and participating on numerous advisory boards. Through these forums he would showcase investors best ideas and strategies across all asset classes including liquid and illiquid investments, with particular expertise and interest in alternatives, private markets and impact investing.

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Sean's experience has provided him with deep and long-standing relationships through-out the Australian, and New Zealand Superannuation and Advisory markets, across all levels of the capital raising decision matrix. His relationships span from c-suite, advisory boards, investment committees, trustees, to allocators. Sean has created a reputation for building long term partnerships, connections and trust in the pursuit of positively impacting the flow of capital amongst the industry's influencers and decision makers.

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Sean holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking, Finance & Risk Management from Griffith University in Australia and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management, Psychology & Sociology from NMMU in South Africa

Alex has over 17 years of experience in the financial services industry within Australia having worked across both the retail and wholesale sectors. Alexs’s clients include Family Office investors, Multi Family offices, Private Wealth firms, Private Banks, and Asset Consultants nationally.

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More recently he was the Head of Distribution for NorthStar Impact and Inspire Impact, focused on the growth of the Impact space specifically with-in the Equities and Disability Housing space.

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Prior to that Alex was the Head of Private Wealth and Banking Sales for Pengana Capital a boutique Australian asset manager where he built out the distribution offering over 5 years post the departure of NAB Asset as Pengana’s distribution partner.

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Alex holds a Bachelor of Business (Property Valuation) from the University of Western Sydney.

Max Toovey is the Founder and Managing Director of Marlborough Capital, a private equity investment and real estate development firm. Max is an active venture capital investor with international investments in Software, AgTech and MedTech. Max identifies and partners with best in class founders to create value within their business.

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Before founding Marlborough, Max was a Portfolio Manager at Duxton Capital (Australia), a private equity firm with $1 billion funds under management. He’s a lead member with successful execution in all aspects of private equity including: fundraising, asset sourcing, due diligence, acquisitions and exits (IPO and Trade Sales). Max has managed investments in excess of $500 million across F&B, water and infrastructure assets. He has international transactional experience and served on boards on operating companies in Australia, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Max previously worked at KPMG Australia and also worked at a technology start-up in the Netherlands that was later acquired.

Graeme Bibby is an Advisory Board Member of Kings Gate Capital Partners and has over 25 years investment management experience. During his industry tenure Graeme has been responsible for managing and advising on listed and unlisted assets across manager of manager portfolios and multiple asset classes and sectors including superannuation, funds management, asset consulting. insurance and wealth management. Graeme is currently CIO of Partners Wealth Group, a Melbourne UHNW Advisory firm and prior to that, Chief Investment Officer of Mutual Trust, one of Australia's largest multi-family office and wealth management firms and CIO of AIA Insurance Australia for 8 years.

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He is founder of The Personal CIO Project and Bibby Investment Research working with CIO's and their teams from across the industry, to help them better understand asset allocation, structuring and risk/return metrics. Graeme holds an MBA from University of Newcastle, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) and a Finsia Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and investments. Graeme was also a Board Member of the CFA Society Melbourne for 10 years, 4 of which he was President.

Founder of “Alexandrite Decisions” and president of “Fadia Survive & Thrive” with 24+ years’ experience in the investment world, including over a decade as a strategic adviser to one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, and as a consultant to the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

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She has been also an investor and a mentor in a number of the United Nations’ mentorship initiatives for VC globally, with a focus on investment readiness, innovation, and ESG. Rania is a member of the executive education board at the Wharton School and the Aspen Global Leadership Network, where she was featured by the Asset International Magazine as one of the world’s brightest “forty under forty” investment stars, and designated a “Woman of Influence” by the Women Speakers Association.

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Keith is an Advisory Board Member of Kingsgate Capital Partners with over 30 years' experience in professional services. Keith is currently a director in KPMG's Enterprise practice, based in Sydney, and also consults to Family Offices and High Net Worth individuals through his own consultancy. He is the appointed representative on a number of family boards and investment committees and in the past, has held Board positions at the National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation and The Funding Network's Sydney Leadership Council. He has also been a contributing editor and co- author to several publications focused on Family Office creation and development.

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Keith's work with KPMG focuses on the Private Client market working directly with high net wealth families on matters associated with succession, inter-generational wealth management and philanthropy.

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Keith holds a Masters Degree in Taxation from the University of Sydney.

Martin is the Founder of Acclinate LLC, a consulting firm focused on the investment management industry. Acclinate was founded with the premise that the industry is in the early stages of exponential changes.

He previously held senior management positions at a number of global asset managers including Aegon Asset Management, Westwood Management, Calamos Investments and Bank of Ireland Asset Management.

Martin uses his direct industry experience to support the growth, technology and operational objectives of asset managers, wealth managers and fintechs.

Martin is also an investor in a group of asset and wealth management focused fintechs. He sits on a number of advisory boards for both asset managers and fintechs.

Martin received a BCom (Banking and Finance) degree from University College Dublin. He is a charterholder of both the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst programs.

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Andrew has over 20 years experience in financial markets from time with NAB, Westpac Institutional Bank, UBS and BT Private. During this time, he worked across a range of markets in trading, sales, and operational roles in major financial centers of London, Zurick, New York and Singapore before returning to Melbourne with his family.

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The majority of his career was spent with UBS working in various divisions of the Investment bank primarily focused on providing services and market access to advisors and direct UHNW clients of UBS Wealth Management. More recently he returned to Australia working with Westpac Institution Bank before being invited to join BT Private Wealth in its curated investment division.

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Andrew provides investment and asset consulting services to a number of single family offices across Melbourne and Sydney as well as portfolio construction services to a dedicated group of HNW individuals. He holds a B Fin (Hons) from La Trobe University.

Mark is an Advisory Board Member of Kingsgate Capital Partners and is a Managing Partner at Arrkene Pty Ltd, a consulting entity with focus on the financial services industry. He is also an Investment Committee member of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and an Advisor to the Art Gallery of NSW Foundation Finance Committee. Mark was Managing Director at both Citi Bank and Goldman Sachs. He also served as a Trustee of Goldman Sachs Superannuation Fund which had top decile performance during his tenure.

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Previously Mark was General Manager and founding Partner of MST Capital, a discretionary Global Macro Fund in Sydney Australia, overseeing operations, governance, marketing and distribution. Mark's vast experience includes working at Drexel Burnham Lambert, working on the CBOE and CME Floors, Branch Manager of Prudential Securities in Singapore and Head of Desk for derivatives in London and Derivative Research Analyst in Chicago.

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Mark holds an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia, a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST).

Nathan has over 20 years of investment management experience and is currently managing a $2bn Liquid Alternatives portfolio at one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds.  Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager and Director of Research for Fulcrum Alternative Strategies in London and before that, a Senior Analyst in Robeco's fund of hedge fund unit in Rotterdam and New York.  Nathan began his career with Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, an institutional investment consultant in Minneapolis.

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Nathan is a CAIA charter holder and serves as Co-Head of the Executive Committee of CAIA Australia.  He holds a BA in International Studies and Philosophy from Macalester College.

Joanne is an expert panel member at Kings Gate Capital Partners with has over 25 years experience in responsible investment and corporate sustainability and is currently Head of Sustainability at New Forests Investment Management. Prior to this, Joanne led the Responsible Investment team at HESTA, in charge of developing the strategic direction of the fund's program across listed and unlisted asset classes as well as overseeing its implementation. This includes the assessment of ESG issues in investment processes and decision making as well as ESG capabilities and ESG outcomes of investment portfolios. She has also worked at the board level to incorporate ESG into HESTA's investment beliefs and strategic objectives of the fund.

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Joanne also developed the investment strategy and procedure for HESTA's impact investment program. Prior to this, Joanne was the Executive Director of the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia & New Zealand (IGCC) and authored the most recent IGCC publication Zero Emissions/Sustainable Returns: Strategies for Achieving Net Zero Emissions (February 2020).

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Joanne has an Honors Degree in Economics from the University of Melbourne and a Master's Degree in Environmental Science from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Ben has over 25 years of experience in business development, debt capital markets, corporate banking, and alternative asset management. Most recently serving as a Strategic Advisor & Founder of digital asset manager Flowtrack based in the US and spearheading the growth and fund raising of Elementum Advisors from zero to US$4.5bn in AUM as a Partner and Head of Business Development from 2009 to 2020. Ben is based in Chicago.

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Ben has also worked at multi-strategy hedge fund Stark Investments and JPMorgan and predecessor organizations for over a decade. He has a keen awareness of the financial markets and an ability to position complex investment strategies to meet the varying objectives of investors across the globe. He received his B.S. in Finance and International Business with a minor in Spanish from Marquette University.

Peter has over 20 years’ experience leading and driving the marketing strategy for respected asset managers including Macquarie Investment Management and QIC.  He won Best Integrated Marketing Campaign at the 2019 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising & Sales Excellence MAX Awards.

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