Our Team
Matthew Kidman
Matthew worked as a portfolio manager/CIO at Wilson Asset Management for 13 years between 1998 and 2011, helping to build the business and excellent long-term investment track record, achieving 18% p.a over the period.
Prior to joining Wilsons’, Matthew worked as a finance journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald between the years 1994 and 1998, and in 1997 was made business editor.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Law and Economics from Macquarie University, Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance FINSIA.
Gary Joffe
Gary worked at Consolidated Press Holdings (“CPH”) and Ellerston Capital for 10 years between 2001 and 2011. Gary joined CPH as part of its investment team managing a portfolio of listed and private investments which grew over several years to become the foundation for Ellerston Capital. Ellerston Capital managed the public equity and managed fund investments for the Packer family as well as third party investors and grew to in excess of $4bn of funds under management.
Prior to joining CPH, Gary worked at Citigroup in its investment banking business in both Sydney and New York.
Gary holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from FINSIA and is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Michael Carmody
Michael is a senior member of the investment and management team at Centennial Asset Management. Michael worked at Merrill Lynch as a Healthcare Analyst for 10 years between 2000 and 2010.
Most recently, he was employed at Morgan Stanley within the Institutional Equities team with responsibility for establishing and growing the Emerging Companies business.
He has more than 22 years’ experience working in the Australian equities market.