Jungwoo is responsible for business development efforts in Asia.
Prior to Stafford, he served as Managing Director at Timber Capital, a boutique investment management firm specializing in fund solutions. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance as well as Accounting from Seoul University.
Read MoreDan makes primary commitments to private equity funds in Australia and New Zealand (over $500m since joining in 2007). He sits on Investment Advisory Boards of a range of private equity funds. He also makes co-investments alongside the private equity funds, and acquires secondary private equity fund interests. Prior to joining Stafford, Dan spent three years in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he advised companies on mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings.
Read MoreKarina is an Associate in Stafford’s Private Equity team and based in Sydney. She is responsible for evaluating co-investment and secondary investment opportunities, as well as conducting due diligence on private equity managers and funds.
Karina began her career as a commercial and tax lawyer, before working most recently at a management consultant in London, specialising in private equity. While in this role, she advised mid-to-large cap private equity funds on the commercial aspects of their transactions, as well as working on post-deal value creation plans and strategies.
Karina holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne and has been admitted to practice in the State of Victoria.
Read MoreRyan Franz is an Investment Director in Stafford’s Private Markets team.
Prior to joining Stafford Ryan worked at Audant Investments, a Sydney-based family office, where he was focused on private capital investments. Ryan has a private equity and investment banking background and has worked across numerous industry sectors including Industrials, Technology, Real Estate and Agriculture.
He has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Masters of Science in Property Studies from the University of Cape Town.
Read MoreBrett Himbury is Chairman of Stafford Capital Partners.
Brett is Non Executive Director and Senior Advisor to a number of Commercial, Charitable and Community Organisations. This follows a successful executive career spanning over 38 years in financial services. Brett was most recently CEO of IFM Investors for ten years where he led the transformation of the firm from A$20Bn to A$167Bn, with 89% of products and mandates outperforming on behalf of over 450 institutional clients across 23 countries.
Brett has an MBA (Exec) from the AGSM, University of NSW, and works closely with the team at Stafford providing strategic advice and support globally.
Read MoreYoon Ku Kang is an Assistant Manager in Stafford's Client Solutions team in Asia.
Yoon Ku initially joined Stafford as an intern at the Seoul office before joining full time. Prior to Stafford, he interned as an equities analyst at Meritz Asset Management where he conducted due diligence on the Korean healthcare sector.
Yoon Ku attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and majored in Biomedical Engineering.
Mark works as Finance Assistant based in Sydney and focused on Fund Operations and Investment Support as well as other key duties for Stafford’s Australian Private Equity business.
Prior to joining Stafford, Mark worked at One Investment Group and Mainstream Group Holdings Limited in registry division.
Mark holds a Master of Commerce in Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce in Professional Accounting from Macquarie University, Sydney.
Read MoreGraeme is an experienced company director and executive with over thirty years' experience in banking and financial services.
Graeme has occupied numerous senior positions within the Commonwealth Bank of Australia involving audit, property investment, finance, operations and compliance. Graeme is a director of Solutions in Business Pty Ltd, a company that specialises in providing advice to the funds management industry. Graeme also currently acts as an independent director and executive director for a number of companies and as an external member on a number of compliance committees.
Graeme's qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, Postgraduate Diploma in Banking Management and a Masters of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management. Graeme is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Read MoreElysse Morgan is Head of Client Solutions in Australia and New Zealand.
Elysse is responsible for the business development and capital raising activities in this region.
Prior to Stafford, Elysse led a career in journalism, working for media outlets such as ABC and Sky News in Australia. Elysse, most recently hosted Australia’s leading nightly business program, The Business, where she interviewed high-profile business leaders, superannuation CIOs and other key industry leaders.
Elysse has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Broadcast) and is based in Sydney.
Geoff is a co-founder and non-executive director of Stafford Capital Partners, and is the company’s largest shareholder. He was the founding Chairman from 2000 – 2021. Prior to this, he founded Pantheon Ventures’ Asia Pacific operations before it was acquired by Pantheon. Geoff serves on several of Stafford’s Investment Committees, as well as a continuing role on the company’s Strategy and Remuneration Committees. He holds Bachelor degrees in law and accounting from the University of Canterbury (BComm/LLB(Hons)), a Masters degree in Management (MS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan Fellow), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a New Zealand Harkness Fellow.
Read MoreDaan is involved in relationship management, investment sourcing, due diligence, negotiation and research for investments in timber.
Daan was previously with URS as a senior consultant specialising in timberland appraisals and environmental audits.
He holds a Bachelor degree in forestry with honours from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in applied finance (FINSIA).
Read MoreChris is responsible for the operation of Stafford Private Equity’s funds, including cash management, processing of corporate actions and performance monitoring of investments. Prior to joining Stafford, Chris worked at Computershare for six years where he was a project manager in the corporate actions division. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from Kaplan.
Read MoreDan is an Vice President with Stafford’s Timberland team. His focus areas are market analysis, investment due diligence and operational management of timberland investments.
Prior to Stafford, Dan worked as a Forestry, ArcGIS and Bioenergy Analyst at Pöyry in both New Zealand and Australia. His experience includes: forest appraisals, asset due diligence, market trends and analysis and forecasting with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science from the University of Canterbury.
Stephen is involved in relationship management, strategy formulation and investment sourcing and evaluation for Private Equity in Australia and New Zealand. He co-founded Stafford Capital Partners in 2000.
Prior to Stafford Capital Partners, Stephen spent over 10 years at Macquarie Bank’s Asset Management Division, where he established and invested its $220 million private equity program. Stephen joined Macquarie Bank when it acquired Risk Averse Money Managers, of which he was an owner and director.
Read MoreJohn is an Investment Manager involved in investment research, due diligence, portfolio management and marketing.
Prior to joining Stafford, John was at Grant Thornton Australia managing a broad range of clients across various industries. He has over ten years of experience in providing taxation and advisory services to private and entrepreneurial clients.
He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Sydney.
Read MoreAmy Zhao is Portfolio Analyst with Stafford Timberland. Her focus areas are portfolio management, investment modelling, and investor reporting.
Prior to Stafford, Amy worked as a Senior Portfolio Analyst at Challenger where she was responsible for origination, due diligence, portfolio management, and credit reporting.
Amy is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and holds a Master of Accounting from the University of New South Wales.
