Meet the team

Jeffrey Browne is the Chairman of MA Financial Group.

Jeffrey has over 25 years of experience as a commercial lawyer including as principal of Browne & Co Solicitors and Consultants, a practice he founded early in his career.

Jeffrey is Chairman of Premoso Pty Ltd (owner of business of “Holden Special Vehicles”) and has been involved with Holden Special Vehicles since 2001 as a Non-Executive Director. He is the former Chairman at carsales.com Ltd, stepping down in 2018.

Between 2010 and 2013 Jeffrey also held the position of Managing Director of Nine Network Australia, where he served as Executive Director from 2006.

Jeffrey holds a degree in Arts from La Trobe University, Melbourne and a degree in Law from Monash University, Melbourne.

Andrew Pridham AO is the Group Vice Chairman of MA Financial Group. 

Andrew has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking and is the former Executive Chairman of Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan Australia where he completed many major M&A, equity raising and other advisory transactions and played a leading role in the significant growth of J.P. Morgan’s Australian business.

Andrew also spent 12 years at UBS where he held senior roles including Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking and Head of Investment Banking for Australasia working in London and Singapore and was a member of the UBS Global Investment Banking Management Committee. 

In 2009 he co-founded MA Financial Group.  MA Financial Group was initially a 50:50 joint venture between NYSE listed global investment bank Moelis & Company and its Australian executives.  

Andrew has been a director of AFL club the Sydney Swans since 2002 and the Chairman since 2013. He was raised in Adelaide and is an Alumnus of the University of South Australia.

Alexandra Goodfellow is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of MA Financial Group.

Alexandra has over 30 years’ experience in human capital consulting across Board, CEO, Financial Services and Property within Australia, Asia and the UK.

Alexandra is currently Vice Chairman Australasia at Korn Ferry.

Alexandra is a member of the Funding Committee for the Westmead Children’s Hospital Grace Ward, a Non-Executive Director of the Sydney Swans, and a Mentor with the Minerva Network. Alexandra was a Founding Member of the Tiffany Red Cross Committee, and previously Advisory Committee Member for Women in Payments.

Simon Kelly is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of MA Financial Group.

Simon has over 30 years’ experience in strategic, financial and general management across a range of Australian listed and unlisted consumer facing businesses.

He is currently Chief Executive Officer of technology start-up, NoahFace. He has previously served in C-Suite level roles at ASX listed Ardent Leisure, Virgin Australia, Nine Entertainment Co., Aristocrat Leisure and Goodman Fielder. He has extensive experience operating in complex regulatory environments, driving business transformation, M&A and capital markets.

Simon spent 10 years with PWC, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Nikki Warburton is an Independent Non-Executive Director of MA Financial Group.

Nikki is a highly experienced Senior Executive and Board Director with a strong track record of delivering tangible business results – from business strategy to change management – across a range of industries including automotive, sport, marketing and media. She has more than 30 years’ providing consumer, brand, and marketing advice to growing businesses.

She is currently on the Board of Directors for GWS Giants, Car Expert, and is a Mentor for The Marketing Academy. Most recently Nikki was Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at Audi, where she developed the Customer and Digital strategy roadmap to accelerate digital, data and customer maturity, seeing a 10% uplift in repurchase year on year. Nikki was also a Group Director at AUSTAR Entertainment and was part of the executive team who sold AUSTAR to Foxtel for more than $2 billion.  

Ken Moelis is the Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company. Ken has over 40 years of experience both as an investment banker and an executive, having served in various significant leadership roles where he has been responsible for the innovation and growth of franchises across the industry.

Prior to founding Moelis & Company, Ken was President of UBS Investment Bank and previously Joint Global Head of Investment Banking. Before joining UBS, Ken was Head of Corporate Finance at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He began his investment banking career at Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Ken holds a B.S. in Economics and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Business Council, Business Roundtable and the WSJ CEO Council and currently serves on the Wharton Board of Advisors and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Board of Advisors. He was formerly Board Chair and Director on the Tourette Association of America and served on the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania for 10 years.

Kate Pilcher Ciafone is Chief Operating Officer of Investment Banking and a founding member of Moelis & Company.

Kate has been in the investment banking industry for almost 20 years as both a banker and operations executive.  As a founding member of Moelis & Company, Kate has played a vital role in establishing, shaping and enhancing nearly every aspect of Moelis & Company’s management and operations.

Prior to Moelis & Company, Kate worked in the UBS Investment Bank Office of the CEO and President, where she helped to analyze growth opportunities and develop strategy for the firm. She began her investment banking career in the Financial Institutions Group at UBS Investment Bank.

Kate holds a B.S. in Commerce with distinction from The McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

Julian is Joint Chief Executive Officer of MA Financial Group and was one of the founders of the company in 2009. 

Julian has nearly 20 years of experience providing M&A and capital markets advice to real estate and funds management companies. 

Julian was previously a senior member of JP Morgan’s Asia Pacific real estate investment banking team, and prior to that was a member of UBS’ Australian real estate research team

Julian has a Bachelor of Business (Property) and a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from the University of South Australia.

Chris Wyke is Joint Chief Executive Officer of MA Financial Group and was one of the founders of the company in 2009.  

Chris has over 20 years’ industry experience, including extensive private equity, turnaround, restructuring, M&A, equity and debt capital markets transactions.

Chris has been involved with a broad range of clients and transactions, most recently the sale of TEN Network Holdings to CBS, the restructure and recapitalisation of both BIS Industries (A$1.1bn) and Slater and Gordon (A$730m), the purchase of the GE Consumer finance business (A$8.2bn), the reorganisations and control transactions of both Boart Longyear (US$352m), and Billabong (US$495m), the distressed acquisitions of both I-Med (A$1bn) and Channel 9 (A$3.4bn) on behalf of a syndicate of Special Situation / Private Equity investors.

Chris previously worked in investment banking for J.P. Morgan and UBS in London, Singapore and Sydney.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Economics with Honours from University College London.

Alan Reid is a Managing Director at MA Financial Group and is responsible for the company’s business in Greater China.

Alan has over 30 years’ experience.

Alan was the Minister Commercial and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Beijing and the Principal of Intercedent – a business in China advising on inbound and outbound investments.

Alan was an Aussie Rules Football player with the Essendon and Geelong teams.

Alan is a Juris LLB graduate from the University of Western Australia.

Alan is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Enda Stankard is a Managing Director at MA Financial Group.

Enda is an Asset Management specialist and has over 18 years’ experience in investment banking and asset management.

Enda has been with Asset Management since its inception and has extensive experience of the SIV program as well as significant asset management experience in the real estate, private equity and other sectors

Enda has previously worked for Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie Bank and ING Real Estate Investment Management in London and Sydney.

Enda has a first-class honour degree in Business Studies and French (majoring in Economics and Finance).

Alice Tang is the Chief Operating Officer of MA Financial Group Asset Management and is responsible for setting and managing the operations for the asset management division. This includes overseeing corporate governance, funds management operations, client services and the technology platform.

Alice has over 20 years’ financial services experience.

Alice was previously at the Macquarie Group for 16 years working across transaction execution, operations and risk management in funds management, investment banking, retail banking and equity investments.

Alice holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Co-Op) from the University of New South Wales and a MBA (Exec) from the Australian Graduate School of Management, member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Jimmy Fong is responsible for client services, fund marketing and business development.

He has over 10 years’ experience in the private wealth and the wealth management sector, managing client relationships and servicing Ultra High Net Worth clients by providing financial advice on managed funds, bonds, investment and insurance products.

Previously, Jimmy held the position of Senior Banker at OCBC Wing Hang Bank servicing private wealth clients. Jimmy has also worked at HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.   

Jimmy holds a Bachelor of Economics with Honors from the City University of Hong Kong.

He is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, the Shanghai dialect and English.

Tim was appointed as Client Director and is responsible for providing investment advice to high net worth clients, distribution channels development and fund marketing. 

Tim joined MA Financial Group bringing along over 10 years of experience in private wealth management, asset management and credit analytics.

He was previously working in a Multi-family office, where Tim was responsible for the firm’s discretionary portfolios and investment advisory for UHNWs and institutional clients. Prior to that, Tim was a consultant for a credit related fintech start-up in Hong Kong. Previously, Tim was a Private banker with Nomura International and Citibank.

Tim graduated from the University of Reading with a bachelor degree in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing.

Tim speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Teresa is the General Manager of MA Asset Management and has primary responsibility for the oversight of regulated activities in Hong Kong.

Teresa previously worked at Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong) for over 15 years as a tax consultancy services professional.  She advised senior executives and their companies on US and Hong Kong tax issues.  Prior to joining MA Financial Group, she worked at the Hong Kong office of the RHB Group,  her clients included institutional clients and high net worth individuals.

Teresa holds a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Finance, from University of Auckland, New Zealand and a Master Degree in Business Administration from the University of Bradford in the UK. She is a Chartered Accountant and a member of Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand and The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant.

Teresa is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Denise is a Distribution Director at MA Asset Management (Hong Kong) and is responsible for fund distribution and business development.​

Denise has over 10 years’ experience across extensive functions in private banking and wealth management. Prior to joining MA Financial Group, Denise was a fund specialist for product development and provided investment fund solutions for HNW clients at Haitong International. Prior to that, she was at Investment Services of BNP Paribas Wealth Management, working closely with CIO and product teams for comprehensive wealth management investment strategy and product marketing in APAC.​

Denise holds a Bachelor degree of Arts from the University of Hong Kong (major in Geography and minor in Economics), and a Master degree of International and Public Affairs from the University of Hong Kong.  ​

She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. 

Joanne is a Client Service Associate at MA Financial Group and mainly serves the Hong Kong business.

Prior to joining MA Financial Group, Joanne worked for PCCW Media in their marketing team and she has also worked at Orix Banking Ltd’s Loan and Vehicle Finance Department

Joanne holds a Bachelor of Event Management from Edinburgh Napier University.

Joanne is fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin.