Mark joined the Bennelong Foundation Investment Committee in 2023. He is a CFA® charterholder with more than 36 years of experience in the financial services industry in Australia, London and New York. Mark is the Chairman of Kardinia Capital, a long/short equity fund he founded in 2006. He is also a Director of Bennelong Natural Capital, an emerging real asset fund manager. The first 15 years of his career were spent as a stockbroker with ANZ McCaughan, Ord Minnett and JPMorgan. Mark holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.

Scott joined the Bennelong Foundation Investment Committee in 2023. He is the Managing Director of Hume Partners Property (Formerly Bennelong Property Funds Management) and has 40 years of experience in the property industry spanning funds management, property development, marketing and sales, leasing, asset management, valuations consultancy and project financing. Scott was previously Victorian State Manager for ASX listed Valad Property Group and prior to that National Head of Coles Myer Limited’s Property Group. From 1999 to 2002 Scott was Executive Director Multiplex Developments, following a long and successful career in commercial real estate.

Carena Shankar is Co-founder and Chairperson of the Bennelong Foundation, and a founding Trustee of the Bennelong Foundation UK. She is an Executive Director of the Bangarra Family Office. Carena has a degree in economics and has worked in various areas including hospitality, finance, television production and property. Carena has previously held non-executive directorships with the Australian Opera Capital Fund, Asialink and Noosa Chances.

Jeff is the Co-founder and founding Chairman of the Bennelong Foundation and a founding Trustee of the Bennelong Foundation UK. He is the founder and founding Chairman of the Bangarra Group and the Bangarra Family Office, a group of private businesses with extensive international operations in the wealth, funds management and property ownership sectors. Jeff has degrees in law, accounting and business and spent his early career in Australian manufacturing, retailing and investment banking before establishing international businesses. Jeff was appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia (General Division) in 2019 as part of the Australia Day honours 'for significant service to the community through philanthropic initiatives'.

Laura Cochrane joined the Bennelong Foundation as CEO in 2023. Prior to this, she led National Australia Bank’s philanthropic portfolio, overseeing the NAB Foundation and volunteering and giving programs for the organisation’s 30,000 employees. Laura has previously held roles managing corporate communications at National Australia Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland and worked as a journalist for Euromoney Institutional Investor and Bloomberg News in Australia and the UK. She has a degree in Arts (Communications) and is a graduate of the Australian Insitute of Company Directors.

Maurice joined the Bennelong Foundation UK as Trustee in 2022. He has worked extensively in refugee protection and homelessness including senior leadership roles at Shelter, the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust, Asylum Aid and the British Refugee Council, where he was Chief Executive from 2012 until his retirement in 2020. Maurice is presently a Trustee of the NGOs Migrant Voice and the European Network on Statelessness, having previously chaired the Governing Boards of Innisfree Housing Association and his local primary school in Hackney. He was made a Patron of the charity Action Foundation in 2016 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Edinburgh in 2017 in recognition of his humanitarian work with refugees.

Kelly Chapman commenced her professional association with the Bangarra Group in 2007 through her involvement in the Bennelong Foundation Youth Committee. She became a Non-Executive Director of the Bangarra Family Office in 2009 and joined the Bennelong Foundation board in 2020. Kelly is the Founder and Chair of the Studio 64 Group and a Non-Executive Director of Sanpoint Pty Ltd. While residing in Western Australia, Kelly joined the senior management team of Hawaiian Pty Ltd, a leading private equity property company and is currently the Managing Director of Western Australian property group, Rpoint Properties.

Christine Fleer joined the Bennelong Foundation as Non-Executive Director in 2019 and is the Board's responsible person. She is a Partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler, providing strategic advice to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and family groups, as well as to global hedge funds, listed companies and insolvency administrators. She is a member of the Boards of the National Theatre St Kilda, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, the TarraWarra Museum of Art and the Besen Family Foundation.

Phil is a Non-Executive Director of Bangarra Family Office and the Bennelong Foundation. Phil is also the Chief Executive Officer of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA), Convener of the National Council for International Education and a member of the Higher Education Standards Panel, New Colombo Plan Steering Committee and the Education Visa Consultative Committee. Phil was a Member of the Victorian State Parliament, Australia, for 18 years.

Liem joined the Bennelong Foundation in 2022 as Grants Manager. He is on the Committee of Management for CultureSpring, a Peer Educator for the Dancewize Program (part of Harm Reduction Victoria) and a Community Mentor for the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation GOAL Program. He is a Partner of the OKIRU Collective, which hosts a podcast sharing stories of social and cultural identity and overcoming struggles.

With a BA Honours in French Studies, Elaine has travelled and taught in several countries including schools in Japan and a refugee program in Thailand.

She also has several years’ experience in local government, working in a senior role for Democratic Services and managing Elections in the UK.

As Administrative Coordinator for the Bangarra Group, Elaine enjoys combining her administrative knowledge with her involvement in supporting the work of the Bennelong Foundation.

Peter has close to 15 years of experience investing in and managing infrastructure asset companies across Australia, Europe and the US. Over this time he has been actively involved in a number of large privatisations and secondary market transactions in infrastructure companies and has contributed to actively managing the operations of investment companies. Peter has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and is also a CFA® Charterholder.

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Jeff has 24 years of experience in financial services. He joined Bennelong Funds Management in June 2012 and is responsible for the finance, operations and IT teams. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also on the Board of Melbourne-based charitable agency Family Life.

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David has more than 20 years of funds management industry experience. He has also worked in sales and account management roles with global investment firm GMO and Vertex Capital and started his career at BT Funds Management in Sydney.

In her current role as Head of Retail and Wholesale Distribution at Bennelong Funds Management, Jodie is responsible for the management of account directors and associated distribution functions. Prior to this role, she was Bennelong's Account Director for Investments in Queensland for 10 years. Jodie has more than 27 years of experience in the financial services industry, working across business development and practice manager roles at Challenger Financial Services Group and AIW Dealer Services.

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Stuart joined Bennelong Funds Management in 2017 and is responsible for managing research house and asset consultant relationships, as well as driving the breadth and depth of the businesses-related fund ratings. With over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Stuart has held various management roles focused on research and ratings of managed funds, delivering quality funds and portfolio construction insights to financial advisers, and providing fund and strategy recommendations to superannuation trustees. Stuart holds a Bachelor of Economics and a post graduate management degree.

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Scott is the Head of Compliance at Bennelong and has more than 23 years of experience in funds management. He is responsible for the implementation of the compliance and risk management framework and ongoing AFSL monitoring and supervision responsibilities. Scott has been a member of the PACE Committee for over six years and been heavily involved with several of the Pitch In events since joining the Committee. Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), both from Deakin University, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

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