Chris has over 25 years’ experience servicing institutional, intermediary and high-net-worth clients across Australia and Asia, spanning a broad range of asset classes. He has led sales and marketing functions for leading global asset managers and also founded an Asia-Pacific-based asset management business.

Prior to joining Vantage, Chris was Head of Distribution at Aura, where he was responsible for capital raising across alternative assets, leading the wealth business, and managing the firm’s high-net-worth client base.

Before Aura, Chris held senior roles at BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs JBWere, where he was responsible for the engagement and management of asset management clients. During this time, he focused primarily on raising capital for alternative strategies, including hedge funds, quantitative and algorithmic strategies, property, credit and private equity.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA. He has previously held qualifications from the ASCPA (CPA), Type 1, 4 and 9 licences from the SFC (Hong Kong), CMFAS accreditation to deal and advise in financial securities in Singapore, as well as RG146 certification in Australia.