Priya is a Finance Manager at Stafford and works in the Real Assets team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Priya trained and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant at EY in Los Angeles and London where she focused on real estate, hospitality, construction and asset managers.
Read MorePhil Davey is responsible for helping to tell the Stafford story globally, through public relations and communications activities more broadly.
Until recently, Phil worked as a public relations consultant for nearly 20 years, specialising in profile building and issues management across the finance sector and civil society in Australia and globally. He has successfully managed media relations for some of the biggest M&A deals in Australian history, through multiple Royal Commissions and for numerous significant and highly contested public campaigns to improve public policy settings for working people in retirement.
Phil has an honours degree from the University of Sydney.
Elisa Dunisha is part of the Stafford Infrastructure team and is primarily involved in investment research, due diligence, and transaction execution.
Before transitioning to the infrastructure team, Elisa was a member of the Sustainability Team, where she worked closely with Stafford's Investment teams to integrate ESG factors into the investment process.
Prior to joining Stafford, Elisa worked as a Senior Consultant for Avanntive Consulting and at the same time served as a back-stopper expert in a joint capacity-building project with Roland Berger Gmbh.
She holds a Master of Arts in Corporate Finance from Toulouse School of Management, France and a BSc in Finance from the University of Tirana.
Read MoreEmma is a Financial Accountant at Stafford working in the Real Assets Team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Emma initially worked in Assurance at both PwC, Jersey and Deloitte, Cape Town where she focused on asset management, trust and fiduciary services. More recently, Emma was a Junior Client Relationship Manager at Stonehage Fleming, Jersey working in the family office division with UHNW clients.
She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa), and holds both a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town.
Sarah is Stafford’s Head of HR, and responsible for defining our people related strategies to ensure we attract, develop and retain our talent.
Prior to joining Stafford, Sarah worked at Insight Investment in both London and New York offices and across several HR specialisms.
Sarah holds a BA in History and Classics at Swansea University and an MA in Human Resource Management at London Metropolitan University.
Read MoreKurt is responsible for relationship management, sourcing and due diligence for sustainable investments.
Prior to Stafford, Kurt worked for Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets as Senior Vice President. He also spent several years identifying clean tech ventures and technologies, incubating start-ups for launch and growth, and consulting with sustainable start-ups.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Read MoreFintan is an Assistant Financial Accountant with Stafford and assists the operations of the real asset funds. This predominantly includes cash management, reporting, investor relations and administration duties.
Prior to joining Stafford, Fintan worked with Ernst & Young and Aventum Group Limited working as a Business Tax Advisory Intern and a Finance Assistant respectively.
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 MoreYannick is a Finance Manager at Stafford and is responsible for the operation of the PE EU funds including reporting, cash management, investor relations, assisting the investment team and administration.
Prior to joining Stafford, Yannick worked as a manager for PwC, where he delivered audits for both publicly listed and privately-owned companies. More specifically, he predominantly focused on the asset management space and worked on corporate asset managers, (fund of) funds, including private equity, and proprietary trading firms.
Yannick holds Master degrees in Applied Economics, Insurance and Accountancy & Audit at Catholic University of Leuven (KUL).
Read MoreLane French is a part of the Stafford Infrastructure team and is primarily involved in investment research, due diligence, transaction execution, and originations in the US.
Prior to joining Stafford, Lane was at Beneficient underwriting secondaries investments in energy and infrastructure. Before that, he worked as a Senior Analyst at BP Capital Fund Advisors and an Equity Research Associate at Baird.
Read MoreRick is involved in relationship management, due diligence and negotiation.
He was previously Managing Director for Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets which advised on over $7 billion of assets, including private funds, secondary investments and co-investments. Prior to co-founding MIMPM global private equity and real asset operations, Rick was Vice President at Pacific Corporate Group.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelors degree from the United States Naval Academy.
Read MoreMichael is Head of Fund Operations, and is responsible for the operation of the timberland, infrastructure and agriculture and food funds, including reporting, cash management, investor relations, assisting the investment team and administration.
Prior to joining Stafford, he worked in the oil and gas industry.
He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales whilst at Stafford and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Sheffield.
Read MoreWilliam manages various global investments for Stafford Infrastructure and contributes to Stafford Sustainable Capital investment activities. He has more than 10 years of industry experience and has held senior management roles with Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets, Swiss Re, and the Asian Development Bank, where he was responsible for sourcing, due diligence, and financing projects in the infrastructure and renewables sectors. William has a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and both a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from The National Superior School of Hydraulics of Grenoble, France.
Read MoreMarek is an Investment Manager focused on investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence and monitoring of investment performance.
Prior to Stafford, he was the Forestry Director at Green Resources, a vertically integrated forest products company operating across East Africa. Previously, Marek was a Principal with Pöyry Management Consulting where he led a team providing advisory services to a wide range of stakeholders in the forest sector.
He holds Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Stellenbosch.
Read MoreRon is responsible for sourcing and due diligence of private markets investments.
He was previously a Principal at Sweetwater Capital Partners, a boutique private equity secondaries firm. Prior to Sweetwater, Ron held investment roles at StepStone Global and Signal Peak Ventures.
Ron holds an MBA from Mannheim University in Germany and a BA in economics from Villanova University.
Read MoreJack is an Associate in Stafford's Timberland business. Jack is responsible for portfolio management and client development across Stafford’s global investor base. Jack has a strong experience working with a variety of institutional clients to realise their investment targets across Real Asset sectors.
Prior to Stafford, Jack was at Manulife Investment Management, located in Brisbane Australia, responsible for delivering the analysis and development of the Australian and New Zealand Agricultural and Timberland portfolios.
He holds a Masters in Agribusiness from the University of Queensland supported by a Bachelors of Business, Finance and International Business from Queensland University of Technology.
Marta Jankovic is the Head of Sustainability at Stafford. Marta works closely with Stafford’s Investment Teams and is focused on shaping Stafford’s sustainable investing strategy, fostering engagement with clients, policy and industry stakeholders.
Prior to Stafford, Marta was responsible for the delivery of client responsible investment policy objectives at APG Asset Management, representing the Responsible Investment team on the Committee for Investment Proposals, and later advised APG’s Private Markets teams on implementation of EU sustainability regulation (SFDR). Marta was also a Director in the Stewardship team at BlackRock.
Marta holds a Masters of Arts in EU Law from King’s College London and a Bachelors of Arts (German Studies) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, in Sydney.
William Javaux is part of the Sustainability Team and supports the implementation of Stafford’s sustainability strategy and objectives, including the firm's Net Zero commitments and ESG integration effort.
Prior to joining Stafford, William worked for ESG Book and Iceberg Data Lab where he supported investment firms with integrating ESG, climate and biodiversity data within the investment process.
William holds a MSc in Climate Change Management & Finance from Imperial College London and both a BSc and MSc in Business Engineering from the Louvain School of Management.
Theo de Jager is Stafford’s Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to joining Stafford Theo worked for Deloitte where he initially delivered audits for publicly listed and privately-owned companies. More recently, Theo focussed on IT based financial solutions and delivered and implemented business process improvement, data migration, mergers and restructuring projects.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor degree in Financial Accounting from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Read MorePedro is a Data Technician and is involved in data analysis process, business support and reporting.
Prior to joining Stafford, Pedro assisted in the development of research in the optimization in forest management.
Pedro is a qualified Environmental Technician and Forest Engineer and is currently enrolled for a postgraduate in Business Intelligence, Big Data and Analytics - Data Science
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