Timothy has almost two decades of experience working in financial markets. During this time he has successfully built and led investment businesses across a number of asset classes. Prior to co-founding Mantis Funds, Timothy held senior investment roles at CFSGAM, Perpetual and Morphic Asset Management. Aside from his role as Managing Director of Mantis, Timothy currently serves on the board of Payreq Pty Ltd and Forum Care Ltd.
Timothy has two daughters and a wife who doesn’t like him going to the gym.
David has over 35 years’ experience working in financial markets in Australia and Asia. Prior to joining Mantis Funds, David was responsible for building and managing UBS’s Prime Brokerage and Listed Derivatives business in Australia before relocating to Hong Kong to head the APAC Prime Services and Listed Derivatives business. Following UBS, David joined Royal Bank of Scotland to Head the APAC Prime Services and Listed Derivatives business. He later joined State Street Bank and Trust to establish the Asian Listed Derivatives Business.
David has two adult children and having spent decades wining and dining clients in Asia is very content to be on the buyside.
Damien has over 30 years’ experience working in financial markets and over 20 years as a fund marketer. Prior to co-founding Mantis Funds, Damien has consulted and successfully raised funds for Ascalon Capital (a westpac subsidiary), Ramius Capital LLC (a New York based Alternative Manager), Kapstream Capital (a Sydney based Credit Manager), Caliburn Capital (a UK based Fund of Funds manager) and Mariner Group (a New York based alternative asset fund manager). He has also held Senior Executive roles at Pengana Capital, Colonial First State Asset Management, ANZ McCaughans and Deutsche Bank AG. Damien serves on the board of Integrated Portfolio Solutions Pty Ltd.
Damien has three grandchildren and recently remarried a reigning iron woman champion.
Anthony has over 17 years’ experience in the financial markets. Prior to Mantis Funds, Anthony held senior roles in Operations at Tricom Equities, Head of Operations at KIS Capital Partners, an Asia Long Short Hedge Fund, where he spent 9 years managing day-to-day operations. Anthony was most recently Head of Institutional Client Services at AMP Capital, covering Australia’s largest Super Funds.
Kwame has over 18 years’ experience across private wealth sales trading and investment management. Prior to joining Mantis Funds, Kwame held roles at JBWere overseeing the General Advice equities trading desk, Bank of New York Mellon, where he covered the Sales Trading carve out in London, later returning to wealth management at Barclays Private Bank, managing the top one percent of UK domiciled family offices. In 2019 Kwame migrated back to Australia, where he was responsible for cross-asset dealing and portfolio management at Australian Standfirst Asset Management.
Mike is part of the Mantis Funds distribution team, focused on growing funds under management across wholesale, family office, and institutional channels. He has over 30 years’ experience across institutional sales and investment management. Before joining Mantis Funds, Mike held roles at GO.FARM as Head of Distribution, building relationships for natural capital and associated service providers for private equity natural capital, Kleinwort Benson Bank in Singapore, building a fixed Income business of Asian clients, at BNP Paribas establishing the firms fixed income presence in Australia, covering institutional clients across flow rate products and structured products. In 2023, Mike introduced Payton Capital to Institutional investors in Australia and Asia, sourcing capital for CRED Funds.
Rachel is part of the Mantis Funds distribution team focused on digital marketing and design. Rachel has over 10 years experience as a design professional with in-depth experience in branding and digital design. Rachel previously worked with financial services clients such as Climate Asset Management, Westpac and St. George Bank. Her focus is in creating well thought-out designs with strong visual aesthetics to improve the user experience and understanding of complex information.
