Matt is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce at Sydney University. He is pursuing majors in Finance and Agricultural Economics. He was awarded first place in Agricultural Finance and Risk in 2017 and achieved the second-highest mark in Commodity Market Price Analysis in 2016. Matt is also an academic tutor at a University of Sydney college.

Matt is currently an Associate Analyst for Aesir Capital.

Rishabh is finance and law graduate from the University of Sydney. After achieving a near-perfect SAT score in high school, he was awarded the prestigious  ‘Outstanding Achievement Scholarship’ for the duration of his studies.  In addition to  maintaining a Distinction average throughout his degree, Rishabh ranked second in Financial Risk Management for 2016.

Rishabh has also completed summer internships at National Australia Bank (Sydney) and Alchemy Capital Management (Mumbai), working in global institutional banking and equity research, respectively.

Rishabh is currently an Associate Analyst for Aesir Capital .

Jessica started her career contracting for Schneider Electric and Optus in Administration positions. With a year and half experience Jessica joined Aesir Capital with a keen interest in progressing her career as a personal assistant.

Jessica studied a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) at the Australian Catholic University.

Sam began his career at Fidelity Investments in Boston in summer 2012, working closely with Fidelity’s small cap team first as a generalist during his internship then as an industrials analyst full-time. Sam moved with Fidelity to Sydney in February 2014 to be their lead analyst on small cap natural resources. Sam’s quantitative metrics when leaving were some of the best in the firm, with over 50% annualised value-add and a buy/sell recommendation accuracy of ~77%.  Sam also worked closely with the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team at Fidelity to underwrite two large transactions in small cap resources that were both immediately value accretive for the firm.

Most recently, Sam worked at Platinum Asset Management (ASX: PTM) where he was the youngest analyst on the investments team, focusing on consumer/healthcare. Sam’s largest contributions to the flagship fund were his recommendations on Wynn Resorts and McDonalds. Kerr Neilson, the head PM for the International Fund, wrote about the success of both positions in his quarterly letters to investors.

Sam holds a BA in Neuroscience from Amherst College in the United States.

Damian has significant financial markets and corporate advisory experience having worked in corporate finance/stockbroking for over 10 years, specialising in advising micro and small-cap companies, the ASX listing process, ECM transactions and the implementation of growth strategy.

Prior to founding Aesir Capital in 2016, Damian was a Director of Corporate Finance at Asia Principal Capital working primarily with technology companies in the unlisted space, focussing on financing, commercialisation and productisation. During this period, Damian worked to finance technologies being commercialised out of Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto.

Damian started his corporate finance career based in Perth, Western Australia, where he was primarily focused on natural resources and oil & gas sectors.

In addition to being a Director at Aesir Capital, Damian is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed Minbos Resources and a non-executive director at Antilles Oil and Gas.

Damian holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

David is a finance industry expert with more than 17 years’ experience as an advisor, stockbroker and manager across the financial services industry. Most recently David was a Director of Corporate Finance at Asia Principal Capital and before that spent over 13 years with Macquarie Bank in their Private Wealth Division as an Associate Director. In that role David advised both retail, and high-net-worth, sophisticated investors on a range of investment strategies in both listed and unlisted equities and equity derivatives.

Over almost 20 years, David has built a strong franchise in identifying, advising and capitalising smaller, emerging growth companies across a diverse range of sectors from mining and mineral exploration to consumer goods and software/disruptive technology. David has built an enviable reputation for high-quality, successful outcomes for his clients.

David holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), and was awarded the Furnace Engineering prize for most outstanding final year thesis entitled “Optimisation of Commercial Refrigeration Systems”. David is currently a director of Aesir Capital.