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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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