Chris Donohoe (CEO, Chairman)
Chris is the founder of Seed Partnerships. Chris has CEO experience in funds management and considerable experience in the initiation, capital raising and management of Listed Investment Companies. Chris was a member of the investment committee of the Future Generation Global Investment Company, after serving as the co-CEO in the company’s inaugural year. Prior to forming Seed Partnerships in May 2015, Chris was the CEO, Board Director and Compliance Committee Member at PM CAPITAL Limited. He was also the CEO and Director of the PM CAPITAL Global Opportunities Fund Limited (listed in December 2013) and PM CAPITAL Asian Opportunities Fund Limited (listed in May 2014). Prior to a 14-year career in funds management, Chris gained several years’ experience trading in the derivatives and bond markets. Chris is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Masters of Business in Finance, majoring in Funds Management, from the University of Technology, Sydney.
William Spraggett (Director)
Will is a Partner and Director of Seed Partnerships and was previously Head of Listed Managed Investments (LMI) at Bell Potter Securities. In that role he was responsible for the LMI research function including the author of the highly regarded LIC Weekly and Quarterly, and actively involved in a large number of capital raisings in the Listed Investment Company space. Prior to that appointment Will was an Equities Analyst with Bell Potter Securities and IWL Limited, and an Analyst with Goldman Sachs International. Will Spraggett is a passionate financial services executive with over 20 years’ experience in the industry. Will is a director of ClimateWorks Australia. Will holds a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Economics and Finance, and has passed Level II of the CFA Program.
Fraser McAusland (Partner)
Fraser is a Partner at Seed Partnerships, having joined in 2016, and has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Seed, Fraser held the position of Head of Investment Sales at BT Financial Group, running the business and team responsible for the listed and unlisted equity structured products issued by Westpac Bank. Fraser formerly held senior positions at domestic and international investment banks including ABN AMRO (Royal Banks of Scotland) and Macquarie Bank, where he was responsible for the distribution of equity derivative solutions to UHNW Individuals, Private Banks, Independent Financial Advisers, and other financial intermediaries. Fraser also acts as Head of Compliance at Seed Partnerships.
Nicholas Morris (Partner)
Nick has over twelve years of experience in capital markets and financial services. Most recently Nick worked in the Corporate Finance team at Ord Minnett where he was responsible for executing wide variety of capital raisings, including public and private transactions across debt, equity and hybrid structures. Prior to joining Ord Minnett, Nick worked in Suncorp Bank’s Treasury team where he spent time in Funding, Sales and Balance Sheet Management teams. Prior to Suncorp, Nick worked as an investment analyst for a boutique private equity firm.
Adam Curtis (Investment Director)
Adam has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets. Having graduated with an International Business degree in 1997, Adam joined Bankers Trust working in the funds management and margin lending business. In 2000, Adam moved to London and joined the Bank of New York for the next two years, where he worked on the fixed income desk and serviced a range of institutional clients across mainland Europe. Upon returning to Australia, Adam was hired by a specialised Asset Consultancy based in Sydney, CPG Advisory. He worked there for nearly five years, providing advisory services and consulting on the investment portfolios of some of the firm’s largest wholesale clients across a range of industries. In August 2008, Adam was recruited into Perpetual’s Income and Multi Sector business where as Senior Investment Specialist he covered Perpetual’s capabilities across multi – strategy portfolios, fixed income and alternative investments. In 2016, Adam was appointed as the Head of the Investment Specialists of Perpetual Investments. He has completed the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst and is currently a member of CIMA Society of Australia.
Advisory Committee
Craig Hughes (non-executive)
Craig is a director of Pharus Advisory Group, with over 20 years experience in business advisory and financial services. Craig specialises in taxation, accounting and business advisory services across a range of industries including agriculture, wholesale trade and property.
Prior to working at Pharus, Craig was a partner at Moore Stephens Business Advisory and Partner at HLB Mann Judd. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Commerce Accounting from University of Western Sydney. Craig is also the current Chairman of the Harvest Hotels Pub Fund.
David Willington (non-executive)
David is the founder and Managing Director of Mannagum Capital, a company that provides advice and capital to clients on a diverse range of corporate transactions. David has 25 years of experience in corporate finance and has significant international experience on transactions with enterprise values of between A$10m – A$2b. David was previously a Senior Equity Partner for 11 years at Deloitte Corporate Finance where he was responsible for advising clients on major merger, acquisition and capital raising processes.
Prior to that David was a senior investment banker at Citigroup and N M Rothschild & Sons. David is a Chartered Accountant, Fellow of FINSIA, has a Masters of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce.