Thomas Choi

Perpetual is one of Australia’s most experienced investment and trustee groups, with an enduring passion for protecting and growing our clients’ wealth.

Our vision is to be the leading provider of wealth management products and services to financially successful investors and their advisers, and to be the leading corporate trustee.

Founded in Sydney in 1886 as Perpetual Trustees, we’ve helped generations of Australians invest and manage their wealth through all market conditions.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Damien joined Perpetual in January 2003 and is the Head of Multi Manager for Perpetual’s Select multi-manager fund. As Head of the Multi Manager funds, he is responsible for the Perpetual multi-manager investment process, manager research and selection and ensuring that the multi-manager funds are invested in line with approved policies. Prior to joining Perpetual, Damien held a number of positions at ING Investment Management. From January 2000, he was a Portfolio Manager for Optimix Investment Management, ING’s multi-manager group, where he was responsible for manager research and blending and contributing to the tactical asset allocation strategy. Damien received a Bachelor of Economics degree from Sydney University and is an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia, having completed his Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. In 2006, Damien completed his Masters in Applied Finance with Macquarie University.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Vince is the Portfolio Manager for 30% of the Industrial Share strategy and Senior Analyst covering mainly large cap industrial companies, in particular banks, property trusts and telecommunications.

He joined Perpetual in July 2007 as an Analyst and since that time has covered the chemicals, diversified financials, banking, telecommunications, building materials and REITS sectors.

Prior to joining Perpetual, Vince was a senior portfolio manager / analyst in the large cap Australian equities team at Deutsche Asset Management and led the top 100 equities team. In addition, he had stock research responsibilities across a large number of sectors. He also worked in corporate finance and foreign currency for Monte Paschi Australia Limited.

Vince has a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Economics and Finance.

Nathan is the Portfolio Manager for the Ethical SRI strategy and an Analyst, covering mainly small cap industrial companies across a range of sectors.

Nathan rejoined Perpetual in October 2010 as an Analyst, having previously spent six years with the company from 1997 to 2003 in relationship management and business development roles. In July 2011 he took on portfolio management responsibilities.

Nathan has 11 years experience outside of Perpetual, which most recently included a seven-year period with 452 Capital from 2003 to 2010. At 452 Capital he began as a Dealer, and after two years, moved into an Analyst role where he covered industrials, financials and small caps over the next five years. Nathan’s career in financial markets began in 1994 at the Australian Stock Exchange, where he was an Index Analyst.

Nathan has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA and is a Fellow of FINSIA.

Stuart has been at Perpetual since July 2010 and works in the role of Product Manager, Diversified Strategies. He is responsible for product management and development of the Perpetual diversified funds and works closely with the portfolio management team providing operational and commercial support. Stuart has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Adelaide and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning. He is also a candidate in the CFA program.

Michael has been Head of Credit since joining Perpetual in August 2004. He is responsible for the ongoing strategic review and development of process, reviewing the weekly credit process and reviewing the analysis of all new credit securities.

Michael has over 24 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked as the first Head of Credit at Macquarie Funds Management, spending six years developing its credit investment processes and building the business from inception to over $7 billion in funds under management. Prior to this, he spent seven years as Divisional Director in Corporate Banking and four years as second in charge to the Head of Macquarie Bank Credit. Earlier, he had spent five years as a Credit Analyst with Westpac Corporate Banking.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Charlie is Deputy Head of Equities and Portfolio Manager for 70% of the Industrial Share strategy and 100% of the Australian Sustainability strategy. He also analyses a small number of stocks in the healthcare and gaming sectors.

Charlie joined Perpetual Investments in May 1999 as an Analyst covering a broad range of sectors, and assumed portfolio management responsibilities from 2002.

Charlie began his career as a Graduate Trainee at Schroder Investment Management in London. After five years he relocated to Australia and joined Platinum Asset Management as an Analyst focusing on global telecommunication companies.

Charlie studied modern history at New College, Oxford and has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours). He is also an Associate of the Society of Investment Professional (part of the CFA).

Paul is the Portfolio Manager for the SHARE-PLUS Long-Short strategy, the Pure Equity Alpha strategy and the Concentrated Equity strategy.

Paul rejoined Perpetual Investments in February 2010 as a Portfolio Manager, having previously spent seven years with Perpetual. He began his career with Perpetual in 1994 in a back office role, moving into a dealing role after three years, working his way up to the Head Dealer role.

Between stints at Perpetual, Paul spent seven years working at CPH/Ellerston Capital, where he had portfolio management responsibilities for an Australian long/short strategy for the first four years and a global long/short strategy for the last three years.

Paul has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Jack is the Portfolio Manager of the Smaller Companies strategy and an Analyst covering small cap companies across a range of sectors.

Jack joined Perpetual in November 2001 as an Investment Administrator and Equity Dealer. After four years, he moved into an Analyst role focusing on small cap industrial companies. Jack took on portfolio management responsibilities in June 2010.

Prior to joining Perpetual, Jack gained two years industry experience working in London as an Equities Dealer and Investment Administrator at both Salomon Smith Barney and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Jack has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Theo joined Perpetual in June 2003 and is portfolio manager for Perpetual’s Select multi-manager funds. As portfolio manager, he is part of the team responsible for the Perpetual multi-manager investment process, including areas such as manager research and selection, portfolio construction and researching new opportunities across various asset classes. Prior to joining Perpetual, Theo was a portfolio manager for Optimix Investment Management multi-manager group. At Optimix he was responsible for Australian equity manager research and selection, portfolio construction and tactical asset allocation. Theo received a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Technology Sydney in 1999 and completed his Masters in Applied Finance with Macquarie University in 2006.

Vivek has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual Investments in August 2004 and is responsible for credit analysis, portfolio construction and trading.

Vivek has over 15 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked for eight years at Macquarie Bank as an Analyst, Compliance Manager, Assistant Portfolio Manager (Fixed Interest & Currency) and Credit Analyst. Prior to that he spent four years as an accountant/auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC).

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Matt is Head of Equities and responsible for the strategic direction of the equities business and oversight of all investment strategies. He also provides support and mentoring to the analysts and portfolio managers in the team. Matt is the Portfolio Manager for the Australian Share strategy, the Pure Value Share strategy and the Global Resources strategy. In the past he has managed the Smaller Companies strategy and 50% of the Industrial Shares strategy.

Matt joined Perpetual Investments in August 1993 as an Equities Dealer, before becoming an Analyst in 1997 and Portfolio Manager in 1998.

Prior to joining Perpetual, he worked as a Board Broker on the Australian Option Market and as a Cash/Bills Dealer at Lumley Corporation.

Matt has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Nathan is the Portfolio Manager for the Ethical SRI strategy and an Analyst, covering mainly small cap industrial companies across a range of sectors.

Nathan rejoined Perpetual in October 2010 as an Analyst, having previously spent six years with the company from 1997 to 2003 in relationship management and business development roles. In July 2011 he took on portfolio management responsibilities.

Nathan has 11 years experience outside of Perpetual, which most recently included a seven-year period with 452 Capital from 2003 to 2010. At 452 Capital he began as a Dealer, and after two years, moved into an Analyst role where he covered industrials, financials and small caps over the next five years. Nathan’s career in financial markets began in 1994 at the Australian Stock Exchange, where he was an Index Analyst.

Nathan has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA and is a Fellow of FINSIA.

Greg has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual in August 2004. He is responsible for running the weekly credit process, researching non-structured issues (eg corporates, banks, infrastructure) and trades fixed rate securities.

Greg has over 14 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked at Macquarie Bank in financial operations, debt markets research and fixed income investment management. Prior to that he worked as an accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Vivek has been Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst since joining Perpetual Investments in August 2004 and is responsible for credit analysis, portfolio construction and trading.

Vivek has over 15 years industry experience and prior to joining Perpetual worked for eight years at Macquarie Bank as an Analyst, Compliance Manager, Assistant Portfolio Manager (Fixed Interest & Currency) and Credit Analyst. Prior to that he spent four years as an accountant/auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC).

Anthony is the Portfolio Manager for the Property Securities strategy and Property Income strategy, as well as the Analyst covering Australian and Asian listed and unlisted property trusts.

Anthony joined Perpetual in December 1996 as a Trust Officer in the Private Clients business. From 2003 to 2006, Anthony worked as a Quantitative Analyst, running the Passive Property Fund.

In 2006, Anthony transferred into the Equities team as an Analyst, where he covered property trusts, and the healthcare, information technology, consumer discretionary, industrials and financials sectors. In 2008, Anthony became dedicated solely to property, taking on portfolio management responsibilities.

Anthony has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Certified Financial Analyst.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Jack is the Portfolio Manager of the Smaller Companies strategy and an Analyst covering small cap companies across a range of sectors.

Jack joined Perpetual in November 2001 as an Investment Administrator and Equity Dealer. After four years, he moved into an Analyst role focusing on small cap industrial companies. Jack took on portfolio management responsibilities in June 2010.

Prior to joining Perpetual, Jack gained two years industry experience working in London as an Equities Dealer and Investment Administrator at both Salomon Smith Barney and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Jack has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Thomas joined Perpetual in March 2008 and joined the credit team in May 2010.

Thomas’ focus is on cash dealing and management of liquidity within portfolios.  He also supports Perpetual’s TAA process which includes quantitative analysis and sector rotation, as well as analytical support for our Credit Scoring process. 

Thomas’ most recent role was within Perpetual’s Research and Analytics Team. In this role he was dedicated to supporting the Credit Team, provision of investment analytics such as attribution and portfolio analysis, and the active asset allocation process for Perpetual’s balanced funds.

Thomas comes from an investment management background having previously worked in a number of investment roles, including time at the hedge fund manager Prodigal as an Investment Analyst, and CMC Markets where he was a dealer on the trading desk.

Matthew is Perpetual Investment’s Head of Investment Markets Research. In his role, Matthew conducts research on and acts as an external voice on the Australian and global economies, financial markets and portfolio strategies.

Matthew has extensive financial industry experience as an economist, investment strategist and central banker. Prior to joining Perpetual Investments in 2005, he worked as an Investment Research Manager at ING Investment Management and before that he was a Senior Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he gained significant experience in monetary policy formulation. Matthew has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle and a Masters Degree in Economics (Finance and Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Pablo is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of Perpetual’s Responsible Investment Framework. Pablo chairs the Investor Group on the Climate Change Research working group, and is a member of both the Low Carbon Finance and the Financial Services Council ESG working groups.

Prior to this role, Pablo joined Perpetual in 2007 as a Risk Manager in the Risk Group and has over nine years financial services industry experience.

Pablo has a diploma of superannuation and a certificate IV in financial planning. He is in the process of completing a graduate certificate in sustainability with the Harvard extension school.