Senior Management

Board Members

MICHAEL FLEMING
Non-Executive Group Chair
Chair, MSC Trustees
  • 30 years Corporate, wholesale and retail trusteeship experience
  • Previously Group Compliance Manager for Equity Trustees
MATTHEW FLETCHER
Group Managing Director
  • 30 years investment banking and funds management experience
  • Founder of MSC Group
  • Senior management roles previously held with HBOS/Lloyds and NAB in London
SHELLEY BROWN
Group Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
  • Over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry
  • Career executive at NAB with senior roles held in credit risk, regulatory compliance, and securitisation & finance
RUTH MCLELLAND
Non-Executive Director, MSC Trustees
  • 20 years’ experience with Australian and global fund managers and trustees
  • Previous roles include General Counsel, Co Sec, Head of Risk & Compliance
  • Not for profit Board Member
STEVEN O’CONNELL
Non-Executive Director, MSC Trustees
  • 20 years’ experience with Australian and global fund managers and trustees
  • Previously headed Compliance & Risk Management functions for several large multi-national asset managers
PHIL JOSEPH
Non-Executive Chair,
MSC Certane
  • Over 40 years’ experience in the Corporate Trust industry
  • Prior experience establishing & building corporate trust businesses for Perpetual, Guardian and AET
HONEY YEE
Director, MSC Group Singapore
  • 30 years’ experience in financial services and accounting
  • Fund administration specialist with previous roles held with BNP Paribas, State Street and Basiz Fund Services
LAUREE BLAIR
General Counsel &
Company Secretary
  • 20 years’ experience as a financial services lawyer
  • Previous legal roles at a listed entity, national law firm and ASIC

Senior Executives

AARON FINLAYSON
Chief Financial Officer
  • 20 years’ experience in investment banking, corporate finance, and funds management
  • Former CFO at a hedge fund and tech company
  • Holds Law and Management degrees, plus a Grad Dip in Applied Finance & Investment
KYLIE HOLBROOK
General Manager, Funds
  • Over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry
  • Previous roles with Equity Trustees and Perpetual Corporate Trust
  • Chartered Accountant and Bachelor of Business, Accounting
CHRIS MORPETH
General Manager,
Corporate Trust and Custody
  • Over 20 years of financial services industry experience, focused on corporate trust, custody, investment operations and projects
  • Senior roles previously held with MUFG and One Investment Group
  • CFA Charterholder, Executive MBA and Bachelor of Economics
SACHIN TOKHI
General Manager,
MSC Abacus
  • Over 20 years’ experience in payments and fund administration
  • Senior roles previously held with Link Market services, Computershare and Registry Direct
ANGELO FRANCIS
General Manager,
Fund Accounting
  • Over 19 years’ experience in funds management
  • Previously lead fund Accounting teams and managing outsourced fund administration functions.
  • AFSL, Risk & compliance committee member
BEAU DE LA GARDE
Senior Manager,
Risk & Compliance
  • Over 10 years’ experience in the financial services industry
  • Previous roles with NAB and family offices
  • Master of Applied Finance
SHERIDAN HANDLEY
Senior Legal Counsel
  • Over eight years’ experience as a financial services lawyer
  • Previous legal roles at national law firm
ROSE O’ROURKE
Senior Operations Manager
  • Over 24 years’ experience in the provision of trustee and custody services to corporate clients
  • Manages the Sydney operations team and service provider relationships
  • Previous roles at Guardian Trust and JP Morgan Trust Australia

Client Management

SAMUEL MULLAVEY
Business Development Manager
  • Over 10 years’ experience in the financial services and funds management industry
  • Previous roles held with NAB, Vanguard and within Venture Capital
DARREN GRANTHAM
Senior Relationship Manager
  • Over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, trustee, administration, and funds management
  • Previous roles with Equity Trustees, Concord Capital, JP Morgan and State Street.
  • Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting
PINA SPATHIS
Senior Relationship Manager
  • Over 32 years’ experience in financial services, corporate trustee, custody and administration services
  • Previously at Permanent Trustee, Burns Philip, BT.
  • Certificate & Diploma of Accounting
REBECCA MCGRATH
Relationship Manager
  • Over 18 years’ financial services experience
  • Extensive background in operations, products & portfolio administration
  • Bachelor of Business, Marketing
KERRY NGAI
Relationship Manager
  • Over 15 years’ experience in financial services
  • Previously Link Market Services and Macquarie Bank, (treasury operations & WRAP services)
  • Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science
VADIM SAFANIEV
Relationship Manager
  • Over 20 years experience within the financial services and property development sectors
  • Previous roles held at Macquarie Bank, Commonwealth Bank (Institutional Banking Markets) and Deutsche Bank
PAUL WAAKA
Relationship Manager
  • Over 25 years in financial services both in Australia and Overseas.
  • Extensive experience in Administration, Relationship Management and Distribution roles.
  • Previous roles held at HESTA (Superannuation Fund), MUFG (Link Group), Trustees Executors.
SHANE RITCHIE
Relationship Manager
  • More than 30 years’ experience in the financial services & funds management industry
  • Extensive operational and management experience across wide variety of domestic and global asset classes
  • Previously held senior roles at One Investment Group, Mainstream BPO, DASH Technology and State Street Global Markets