Senior Management
Board Members
MICHAEL FLEMING
Non-Executive Group Chair
Chair, MSC Trustees
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 Risk 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
STUART HOWARD
Chair, MSC Certane
- 25 years’ of management and operational experience in the financial services industries in both Australia and New Zealand
- Previous roles include head of the Australian Executor Trustees corporate trust business
PHIL JOSEPH
Non-Executive Director, MSC Certane
- Over 40 years’ experience in the Corporate Trust industry
- Prior experience establishing & building corporate trust businesses for Perpetual, Guardian and AET
ROBERT SZYSZKO
Group CFO
Director, MSC Abacus
Director, MSC Abacus
- Over 25 years’ experience in funds management & investment banking
- Senior roles previously held with Merricks Capital, AE Capital & Barclays
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
MEL GHADBAN
Director, MSC Advisory
- Over 20 years’ experience in financial services in Australia, Asia and the middle east
- Background in Wealth and Funds Management, Family Office operations and Executive Leadership roles
- Bachelor of international business and diploma financial services
LAUREE BLAIR
General Counsel &
Company Secretary
Company Secretary
- 20 years’ experience as a financial services lawyer
- Previous legal roles at a listed entity, national law firm and ASIC
Senior Executives
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 & Custody
- Over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry
- Previous roles with Telstra Super, Victorian Funds Management Corporation and AIA Australia
- Graduate Certificate in Compliance Management, Certified Compliance Professional Accreditation Course
SACHIN TOKHI
General Manager,
MSC Abacus
MSC Abacus
- Over 20 years’ experience in payments and fund administration
- Senior roles previously held with Link Market services, Computershare and Registry Direct
ADAM SWANWICK
General Manager, Risk & Compliance
- Over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry
- Previous roles with Telstra Super, Victorian Funds Management Corporation and AIA Australia
- Graduate Certificate in Compliance Management, Certified Compliance Professional Accreditation Course
BRENDA BADZA
Senior Manager, Process & System Development
- Over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry
- Previous roles with Australian Unity, CBA and Western Union Business Solutions
- Executive MBA, Master of International Relations, and Bachelor of Accounting
ROSE O’ROURKE
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
ANDRE DARMAWAN
Relationship Manager
- Over 14 years’ experience in banking & financial services
- Previous roles; Bank of America; investment banking operations and portfolio management.
- Bachelor of Science, Finance
STEVEN WOODS
Account Manager
- Over 17 years’ experience in the financial services industry
- Extensive experience in Debt Capital Markets
- Previous roles with Perpetual Corporate Trust in Treasury team and ABN Amro
JOHN PRANATA
Account Manager
- Over 10 years’ experience in financial services
- Trustee & custody services for superannuation, credit, mortgage and P2P funds.
- Master’s degree in accounting, CPA Extension
- Bachelor of Economics, Finance