Investment Team
Marcus Bogdan
Chief Investment Officer
Richard Colquhoun
Portfolio Manager
Marcus graduated from the University of Melbourne holding undergraduate and graduate qualifications in the Arts, Law, Business and Economics faculties, later receiving a Law Masters degree specialising in Competition and Corporate Law. Marcus is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a
graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
In 1992, Marcus commenced his investment career as a Graduate Research Analyst at McIntosh/Merrill...
Richard has more than 24 years experience in financial markets encompassing equities research, advisory, asset allocation and portfolio management. Richard’s experience includes research analyst at Merrill Lynch, institutional equities at Deutsche Bank, portfolio manager at Antares Equities and AMP Capital Investors. Richard has covered industrials and small caps, asset allocation, equity income strategies and long/short strategies. Richard holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics from the University of Newcastle.
Will Kent
Research Analyst
Matthew Clunies-Ross
Investment Committee
Will supports the investment team conducting company and industry research at both a qualitative and quantitative level. Will is also involved in the development and maintenance of Blackmore Capital's portfolio and risk management systems. Will is in his final year of Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne.
Matthew is one of the founding partners and currently the Head of Alternative Funds Management at Artesian Capital Management, which was founded in 2004 with capital from ANZ private equity and the partners. He is also the CIO of the Artesian Australian Corporate Bond Fund and a managing partner of Artesian Venture Partners. Prior to Artesian...
Sophia Grammenos
Advisory Board
Gilles Plante
Investment Committee
Gilles is a Managing Partner of Artesian Capital Management and Executive Director of Venture Crowd. Before joining Artesian in 2017, Gilles was at ANZ Bank for over 20 years in roles including Deputy CEO International & Institutional Banking, CEO Asia Pacific, and Global Head of Financial Markets.
Sophia has 20+ years experience in the financial services industry including asset management, wealth advisory and property development & investment. Sophia has worked within start-up environments and large wealth management groups managing in excess of $10bln+ of capital....