Our People
Investment Team
David Slack - Managing Partner, CIO, Investment Manager, Small Companies
With more than 33 years experience, David Slack has made a significant contribution to the Australian funds management industry. Notably he was the co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Portfolio Partners, which had $5.3 billion in funds under management when it was sold to Norwich Union in 1998. Prior to that, David was a founding executive director of County NatWest Investment Management, where he was Head of Australian Equities. He was formerly a non-executive director of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation and until early 2007 its deputy Chairman and Chair of the Board Investment Committee. David has a Bachelor of Economics degree with Honours and is a Fellow of FINSIA.
Rohan Walsh - Partner, Investment Manager, Australian Equities
Rohan Walsh has 23 years investment experience. Prior to joining Karara, he headed the Australian Equities team at INVESCO (formerly County NatWest Investment Management), where he worked for 18 years. He was responsible for developing the team and overseeing the investment process. Australian Equity performance under Rohan’s guidance was rated top quartile over three, five and seven year periods. Rohan began his career working in the petroleum exploration industry before joining Barclays Bank and then gaining experience in the investment management division of a subsidiary of the State Bank of Victoria. Rohan has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in petroleum geology and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA.
Luke Sinclair - Partner, Investment Manager, Australian Equities
Luke Sinclair has 16 years investment experience. Prior to joining Karara, he was an Investment Manager in the Australian Equities team at INVESCO (formerly County NatWest Investment Management) for eight years and worked closely with Rohan Walsh. Before joining INVESCO, Luke was an Investment Manager at Jardine Fleming Asset Management responsible for Australian Equity Portfolios. He has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours, a Masters of Arts degree and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Nick Greenway - Investment Manager, Small Companies
Nick Greenway joined Karara as Investment Manager in May 2010. Nick has over 13 years investment markets experience. Prior to joining Karara, Nick worked for more than eight years as a portfolio manager and analyst focusing on listed Australian small companies, most recently with Patriot Asset Management where he was also managing director and co-founder, and prior to that with Patriot Managed Accounts.
Prior to joining Patriot, Nick worked as an investment banker with UBS Warburg Corporate Finance and Merrill Lynch where he held the position of Vice President Investment Banking. Nick has a Bachelor of Laws degree with Honours and a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Shane Delphine - Investment Manager, Australian Equities
Shane Delphine joined Karara as Investment Manager in January 2009. Shane has over 13 years investment market experience. Shane worked for more than eight years in the Australian equities team at INVESCO Australia - including over 7 years with Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair. During his tenure at INVESCO, Shane progressed successively through roles as a Quantitative Analyst, Investment Analyst and Investment Manager in the Australian equities team. Prior to joining INVESCO, Shane held roles as an analyst at Frontier Investment Consulting and an equity options market maker at Optiver Australia. Shane holds an Honours Degree in Science, a Graduate Diploma in Economic Studies and a Masters Degree in Economics - all conferred by Monash University.
Peter Kormendy - Investment Analyst, Small Companies
Peter Kormendy has 9 years investment experience. He joined Karara Capital, formerly Bell Asset Management, as a Small Companies analyst in February 2005, previously having worked as a sell side analyst for 4 years in Consumer Goods with Deutsche Bank and ABN AMRO in Sydney. Peter holds Bachelor degrees in Economics and Commerce, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Akshay Chopra - Investment Analyst, Australian Equities
Akshay Chopra has 10 years investment experience. He joined Karara as an Australian equity analyst in December 2005 having previously worked as an investment consultant at research firm Intech from 2001. Prior to joining Intech, Akshay worked for Mellon Global. In his previous role at Intech, Akshay was involved in fund manager selection, asset allocation strategy, portfolio construction and investment research, working with some of Australia’s largest pension funds. Akshay holds a Bachelor of Banking & Finance from Monash University and has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance from the University of Melbourne.
Phillip Weinberg - Equities Dealer
Phillip joined Karara in December 2008. He previously worked for nabCapital, where he spent 3 years trading foreign exchange options and a year in Institutional Banking. Phillip holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance) from Monash University.