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Lord Michael Hintze

Chief Executive Officer

Deltroit Asset Management

UK

Lord Michael Hintze

Chief Executive Officer

Deltroit Asset Management

UK

Lord Hintze is the Founder and CEO of Deltroit Asset Management (UK) LLP (‘Deltroit’) and has directly managed the Deltroit Directional Opportunities Fund as the Portfolio Manager since its inception in 2005.

Prior to founding Deltroit in 2023, Lord Hintze founded CQS, a leading alternative credit platform with peak assets of $22bn. Previously, Lord Hintze held a number of senior roles at CSFB and Goldman Sachs. He began his career in finance in 1982 with Salomon Brothers, New York, after working as an Electrical Design Engineer in Australia, where he had also served as a Captain in the Australian army.

A fluent Russian speaker, Lord Hintze holds a BSc in Physics and Pure Mathematics and a BEng in Electrical Engineering both from the University of Sydney. He also holds an MSc in Acoustics from the University of New South Wales, an MBA from Harvard Business School, received a DBA (honoris) from the University of New South Wales and a DEng (honoris causa) from the University of Sydney.

Conference Years:
2025
UK
UK
Dan Loeb

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Third Point

USA

Dan Loeb

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Third Point

USA

Appearing via livestream

Daniel S. Loeb is CEO and Founder of Third Point LLC, a $21 billion asset management firm started in 1995. Third Point’s flagship hedge fund invests primarily in public equity and credit securities. Third Point also offers dedicated corporate, private, and structured credit funds and owns TP Birch Grove, a credit asset manager with an over $5 billion CLO business. Third Point also owns Malibu Re, a life and annuity reinsurance business.


Mr. Loeb has served on several publicly traded company boards and actively engaged with numerous global corporations to improve governance and shareholder returns.


Mr. Loeb is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System, where he established the Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease in memory of his late father. He is a long-time Trustee and former Board Chair of Success Academies, a public charter school network. In 2022, Mr. Loeb was honored by the UJA Federation of New York with the Gustave L. Levy Award. He was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award for his philanthropic service by the Manhattan Institute and received Columbia University’s John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. Mr. Loeb graduated from Columbia University with an A.B. in Economics.

Conference Years:
2023
2025
USA
USA
Anthony Scaramucci

Founder and Managing Partner

SkyBridge Capital

USA

Anthony Scaramucci

Founder and Managing Partner

SkyBridge Capital

USA

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.

 

Heis co-host of two podcasts, “The Rest Is Politics US” and “Open Book,” and author of six books, including most recently “The Little Book of Bitcoin.”

 

Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co.

 

In 2022, Scaramucci was ranked #47 in Cointelegraph’s Top 100 Influencers in Crypto and Blockchain. In 2016,he was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The 100 Most PowerfulPeople in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s New York Financial Services “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

 

Scaramucci served on President Donald J. Trump’s Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee in 2016 before serving briefly as White House Communications Director.

 

Scaramucci, a native of Long Island, New York, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Matthew McLennan

Co-Head of Global Value Team and Portfolio Manager

First Eagle Investments

USA

Matthew McLennan

Co-Head of Global Value Team and Portfolio Manager

First Eagle Investments

USA

Matthew McLennan is co-head of the Global Value team and a portfolio manager of the Global Value, Global Equity, International Value, International Equity and US Value strategies.

Prior to joining First Eagle in September 2008, Matt worked for Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London, where he served as co-portfolio manager of Global Equity Partners, a group he co-founded in 2003 that ran a focused global equity portfolio for offshore private wealth clients. Earlier in his career, Matt was equity chief investment officer of the investment strategy group for Goldman Sachs’ private client business. He joined Goldman Sachs in Sydney in 1994.

Matt started his career in 1991 in Brisbane, Australia, with the Queensland Investment Corporation and was ultimately responsible for the firm’s international equity exposure. He was born in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and grew up in Queensland, Australia. He earned a bachelor of commerce with first-class honors and master of international commercial law from the University of Queensland. He was also awarded a doctor of business, honoris causa, by the University of Queensland, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Matt is interested in the field of education, and he is a trustee emeritus (and former president of the Board of Trustees) of the Trinity School in New York City. He serves on the Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and as a board member of the University of Queensland in the United States of America. He is also a board member of the Library of America.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Mohammed Anjarwala

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Advent Global Opportunities

USA

Mohammed Anjarwala

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Advent Global Opportunities

USA

Mohammed Anjarwala is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Advent Global Opportunities, the public equity arm of Advent International. Mohammed has been investing across public and private markets for Advent for more than 15 years. He began his Advent career as a member of the private equity team. In 2015, he co-founded Advent Global Opportunities and has been leading that team since. Prior to Advent, Mohammed was an investor at SFW Capital and Bain Capital. He started his career at Bain & Company as a management consultant.

Mohammed has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, where he now serves as a Trustee.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Paul Bassat

Co-Founder and Partner

Square Peg

AUS

Paul Bassat

Co-Founder and Partner

Square Peg

AUS

Paul is a Co-Founder and Partner of Square Peg. He is passionate about backing founders building the next generation of global startups seeking to improve our community.

In 1997, he co-founded SEEK, which operates market-leading businesses in the online employment and vocational education markets and became one of Australia’s first globally leading startups.

In 2012, Paul co-founded Square Peg with a mission to support the next generation of founders seeking to build global businesses. At the time, there was no venture capital market in Australia and Square Peg has played an important role in transforming its startup ecosystem. He has led investments in Airwallex, Athena, Constantinople, Rokt, UpGuard, Zeller and others over the past 12 years and is inspired and energised by the dedication, talent and resilience of their founders and teams.

In 2023, Paul founded AMPLIFY and serves as Chair. AMPLIFY is a non-partisan community organisation where Australian’s from all walks of life get to have their say on the most important issues facing the country. Paul has been a Commissioner of the Australian Football League (AFL) since 2012, served on the Wesfarmers board from 2012-2018 and, together with his wife and three children, serves on the board of the P&S Bassat Foundation.

Conference Years:
2024
2025
AUS
AUS
Bruce Buchanan

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairperson

Rokt

USA

Bruce Buchanan

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairperson

Rokt

USA

Bruce Buchanan is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairperson of Rokt.

The seed idea for Rokt grew from Bruce’s time working as CEO for Jetstar. Bruce identified that taking a consumer on a purchase journey with a personally relevant checkout experience presented a significant opportunity, being underserved by the technology community, and so he set about building the solution. Prior to joining Jetstar, Bruce worked for The Boston Consulting Group for five years, where he was regarded as one of the global leaders in their consumer practice area.

Bruce has a Civil Engineering Degree from The University of New South Wales, and a Master of Business Administration from The Australian Graduate School of Management and the Anderson School at UCLA.

Bruce currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and children and their dogs, Izzy and Milo.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Dr Eleanor Drummond

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and the Bluesand Principal Research Fellow

Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney

AUS

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and the Bluesand Principal Research Fellow

Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney

AUS

Dr Eleanor Drummond is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience and the Bluesand Principal Research Fellow at the Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney. She obtained her PhD from the University of Western Australia in 2012.


Her research focuses on understanding the cause of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, with the long-term goal of identifying new drug targets and diagnostic biomarkers. She has been awarded multiple national and international awards for her research, including the Early Career Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association (USA) in 2021 and the Mid-Career Achievement Award from the Australian Dementia Network in 2024. Her research has been supported by TDM Foundation, Bluesand Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association, Rainwater Charitable Foundation, NIH, and the Kennards Hire Foundation.

Conference Years:
2025
AUS
AUS
Nick Griffin

Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Munro Partners

AUS

Nick Griffin

Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Munro Partners

AUS

With over 30 years of experience in financial markets—two decades of which have been in global equities—Nick Griffin is a founding partner and the Chief Investment Officer at Munro Partners. He developed Munro’s proprietary investment process and is responsible for selecting companies for the firm’s core global growth mandates, including both Absolute Return and Long Only strategies. In his role, Nick also leads the investment team and shapes the direction of the team’s research efforts.
Career highlights include:

  • Head of International Strategy for the K2 Select International Absolute Return Fund from 2005 to 2015.
  • Senior Analyst (Global Oil and Gas) at Deutsche Bank UK from 2000 to 2005.
  • Manager of Australian Equities for Commonwealth Financial Services from 1996 to 1999.


Another highlight of Nick’s career was when he moved to Edinburgh Scotland, where he had the privilege of working alongside some of the world's best global investors, which fuelled his passion for investing in international markets. These experiences ultimately inspired the founding of Munro Partners, and Munro’s mission to be your global growth investor. When he’s not managing stocks, Nick enjoys fly fishing, hiking, playing golf, and spending time with his family.

Conference Years:
2024
2022
2021
2020
2019
AUS
AUS
Ben Hensman

Portfolio Manager

Square Peg

AUS

Ben Hensman

Portfolio Manager

Square Peg

AUS

Ben is the Portfolio Manager of Square Peg’s listed equities strategy, the Global Tech Fund.


Ben joined Square Peg in 2016 and has significant experience and passion for investing in tech across all stages. Ben spent the early years of his career at Fidelity International as an Investment Analyst researching listed tech, media and telco businesses. Ben spent five years in Square Peg’s venture capital team working closely with early-stage founders before launching the Global Tech Fund in 2021.


Outside of Square Peg, Ben is passionate about youth mental health. He is a Non-Executive Director of Smiling Mind, a not-for-profit focused on kids in schools and in the home. Ben holds a dual-degree of Bachelor of Commerce (BCom. Fin.) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB).

Conference Years:
2025
AUS
AUS
Prof. Samuel Harvey

Executive Director and Chief Scientist

Black Dog Institute

AUS

Prof. Samuel Harvey

Executive Director and Chief Scientist

Black Dog Institute

AUS

Prof. Samuel Harvey is the Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the Black Dog Institute. Originally from Adelaide, Sam initially trained and worked as a General Practitioner before pursuing his passion for mental health through training as a Psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. Since returning to Australia in 2012, Sam has established new programs of research focused on workplace mental health, new treatments for depression, and the overlap between physical and mental health. His research is internationally recognised, with agencies such as the World Health Organisation looking to him for advice on how to create more mentally healthy workplaces. In addition to his research, Sam continues to work clinically as a Psychiatrist. He led the establishment of a specialist mental health service for Emergency Service workers who responded to the 2019/2020 Black Summer Bushfires and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conference Years:
2021
2025
AUS
AUS
Qiao Ma

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Munro Partners

AUS

Qiao Ma

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Munro Partners

AUS

Qiao Ma joined Munro Partners in February 2023 and is the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Munro Global Growth Small & Mid Cap Fund. She is responsible for championing stock ideas and managing these positions within each of the Munro’s strategies – absolute return, long only and climate.


Prior to joining Munro, Qiao was a portfolio manager at the Melbourne-based Cooper Investors and has spent nearly a decade with well-known hedge funds in New York City, including Coatue Management and Jericho Capital.


Key career highlights include:

  • Over 15 years of financial services experience.
  • 2018-2023, Portfolio Manager, Cooper Investors, Melbourne
  • 2017-2018, Sector Head – Internet and Technology, Cooper Investors, Melbourne
  • 2015-2016, Head of Asia Pacific, Jericho Capital, New York
  • 2010-2014, Analyst, Coatue Management, New York

Qiao holds a dual degree of Bachelor of Science, Commerce (B.Sc) and Economics from the University of Virginia and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School.

Conference Years:
2020
2021
2025
AUS
AUS
Samir Mehta

Fund Manager

J O Hambro Capital Management

SG

Samir Mehta

Fund Manager

J O Hambro Capital Management

SG

Samir has over 34 years' industry experience and joined JOHCM in May 2011.


Prior to joining JOHCM, he was a Partner and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at a firm specialising in Asian equities – Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. Samir was previously at Lloyd George Management where he worked as CIO. Prior to joining LGM, he worked at Peregrine Securities and ANZ Grindlays Bank for close to eight years as an Analyst specialising in India.


Samir is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BCom from Bombay University.

Conference Years:
2024
2025
SG
SG
Emerson Moore

Founder and Portfolio Manager

Ampfield Management

USA

Emerson Moore

Founder and Portfolio Manager

Ampfield Management

USA

Emerson Moore founded Ampfield Management in 2016 and serves as its Portfolio Manager.  He represents Ampfield Management on the Election Committee of Momentum Group.  Previously, Emerson worked at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, where he focused on the business services sector.  Emerson began his career in investment banking at Citi.  Emerson is a graduate of Princeton University.


Outside of work, Emerson is an avid racquet sportsman, skier, and student of history, and is working on his surfing and kitesurfing.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Nick Mowbray

Co-Founder

ZURU

NZ

Nick Mowbray

Co-Founder

ZURU

NZ

At just 18 and 22, brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray co-founded ZURU from a tiny apartment in China - armed with ambition and grit, not funding. Two decades later, ZURU is a global powerhouse in toys, consumer goods, and tech-driven construction, with 30+ offices, distribution in 120+ countries, and nearly $4 billion in annual revenue.


Nick and Mat have launched world-leading toy brands like Bunch O Balloons, X-Shot, and Mini Brands, disrupting the industry through relentless innovation, automation, and speed. In 2018, they expanded into consumer goods with ZURU Edge, building challenger brands like MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, and Daise Beauty. Their consumer-first approach made ZURU the third-largest contributor to U.S. CPG growth in 2024, earning major retailer accolades.


Their latest venture, ZURU Tech, uses robotics, AI, and proprietary 3D design to revolutionize housing - making it faster, smarter, and more sustainable. Bold and visionary, the brothers continue to redefine industries worldwide.

Conference Years:
2025
NZ
NZ
Robert Mullin

Founder & Chief Investment Officer

Marathon Resource Advisors

USA

Robert Mullin

Founder & Chief Investment Officer

Marathon Resource Advisors

USA

Robert Mullin is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Marathon Resource Advisors and has been investing in the energy and natural resource sector since 1994. Over the last three plus decades, he has been a portfolio manager at the Franklin/Templeton Group, The Cypress Funds and Tocqueville Asset Management, as well as running his own firms focused on the sector. 

Mr. Mullin received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991. He was born and raised in Northern California, lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children and enjoys cooking, keeping up with his relentlessly athletic kids and attending the French Open whenever possible.

In 2022, Mr. Mulin established the Marathon Statera Project, which allocates a portion of fund management and performance fees to causes focused on global conservation and food security, as well as supporting Bay Area female immigrant food businesses and local youth development.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Maggie O'Neill

Chief Operating Officer

Hearts & Minds Investments

AUS

Maggie O'Neill

Chief Operating Officer

Hearts & Minds Investments

AUS

Maggie O’Neill is a founding team member of Hearts & Minds, playing a key role in growing the organisation into one of Australia’s leading corporate givers, on track to donate $100 million to Australian medical research within its first 10 years.

Maggie is Chief Operating Officer of Hearts & Minds Investments Limited (HM1), an $800m+ ASXlisted global equities fund with a dual purpose: delivering investment returns while accelerating medical breakthroughs through long-term funding and strategic partnerships. She has also been a driving force in delivering and shaping Sohn Hearts & Minds since day one.

Maggie started her career at UBS, gaining multidisciplinary experience across asset management, wealth management, and corporate communications.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Leadership and Commerce (Macquarie University), and has completed executive education at Stanford Graduate School of Business, as well as postgraduate studies in Creative Intelligence at UTS.

Conference Years:
2025
AUS
AUS
Ajay Rajadhyaksha

Global Chairman of Research

Barclays

USA

Ajay Rajadhyaksha

Global Chairman of Research

Barclays

USA

Ajay Rajadhyaksha is Global Chairman of Research at Barclays, based in New York. He drives the global macro research and strategy effort, including economics, rates, FX, commodities, emerging markets and asset allocation.

Since joining Barclays in 2005, Ajay has held various positions, including Head of Macro Research, Co-Head of FICC Research and, before that, Head of US Fixed Income Research and US and European Securitised Research.

From 2014 to 2022, Ajay was a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, where he advised the US Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chair on macroeconomic topics.

Conference Years:
2024
2025
USA
USA
Vihari Ross

Portfolio Manager

Antipodes Partners

AUS

Vihari Ross

Portfolio Manager

Antipodes Partners

AUS

Vihari Ross is a portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners, working across global equities strategies for the A$21 billion firm. She has more than 20 years’ experience in global markets.


Before joining Antipodes, she spent over 15 years at Magellan Financial Group, where she was Head of Research and led a 30-person global research team. During her time there, she designed and managed the Magellan Core Global strategy. Earlier at Magellan, she covered financials and consumer sectors and served as Sector Head of Franchises (Consumer).


Vihari began her career at Commonwealth Investment Management in strategy and research, later joining Ausbil Dexia from 2003 to 2007 as an analyst covering financials and consumer sectors, with additional responsibility for quantitative analysis.


She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Studies and Finance) and a Master of Commerce (Finance) from UNSW and is an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries.

Conference Years:
2024
2025
AUS
AUS
Peter Rutter

Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder

Life Cycle Investment Partners

UK

Peter Rutter

Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder

Life Cycle Investment Partners

UK

Peter is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder of Life Cycle Investment Partners. He has been co-managing Global Equity portfolios successfully for over 20 years and leading the current Life Cycle Global Equity team for over a decade.


Prior to LCIP, Peter was Head of Equities at Royal London Asset Management, and other notable experience includes being; Partner at Ironbridge Capital Management, Director at Waverton Investment Management, and Analyst at Deutsche Asset Management.


Peter is a CFA Charterholder, has a CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing, a Chartered Management Accountant ACMA, and a first-class with distinction degree in Geography (MA) from the University of Cambridge.

Conference Years:
2025
UK
UK
Lauren Taylor Wolfe

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Impactive Capital

USA

Lauren Taylor Wolfe

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Impactive Capital

USA

Lauren Taylor Wolfe is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Impactive Capital, a $3 billion active impact investing firm. Impactive Capital helps companies allocate capital effectively and ethically to drive lasting, sustainable, profitable, and valuable businesses. Before founding Impactive Capital Lauren was a Managing Director at Blue Harbour Group, where she led investments in the technology, consumer, business, and healthcare services industries. Prior to that, she was a Portfolio Manager at SIAR Capital, where she invested in small capitalisation public and private companies.


Lauren received an MBA from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University. She has served on several boards, including Envestnet Inc. and HD Supply, is on the Steering Committee of 30% Club, and is an Angel Member of 100 Women in Finance.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Josh Wolfe

Co-Founder and Partner

Lux Capital

USA

Josh Wolfe

Co-Founder and Partner

Lux Capital

USA

Josh co-founded Lux Capital to support scientists and entrepreneurs who pursue counter-conventional solutions to the most vexing puzzles of our time in order to lead us into a brighter future. The more ambitious the project, the better—like, say, creating matter from light.


Josh is a Director at Aera Therapeutics, Cajal Neuroscience, Eikon Therapeutics, Impulse Labs, Kallyope, Osmo, Variant Bio, and helped lead the firm’s investments in Anduril, Echodyne, Planet, Hadrian, Osmo and Resilience. Josh is a Westinghouse semi-finalist and published scientist. He previously worked in investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney and in capital markets at Merrill Lynch.


Josh is a term member at The Council on Foreign Relations, a Trustee at the Santa Fe Institute, and Chairman of Coney Island Prep charter school, where he grew up in Brooklyn. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Economics and Finance.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA
Eric Wong

Chief Investment Officer

Stillpoint Investments

USA

Eric Wong

Chief Investment Officer

Stillpoint Investments

USA

Eric Wong is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Stillpoint Investments, with over twenty years of experience in China’s capital markets. He previously spent more than a decade at Blue Ridge Capital, the hedge fund founded by John Griffin, where he served as Managing Director and led Asia research from Beijing and New York. In addition to overseeing public equity investments, he also led the divestment of the firm’s private equity holdings in China.


Eric began his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley China. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and an Asia Society Asia 21 Fellow, and serves on the boards of the American Mandarin Society and Global Women Asia. He holds a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Conference Years:
2025
USA
USA

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