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Ben Gilbert

Ben Gilbert

Head of Australian Research.

Ben leads Jarden’s Australian research team and consumer sector coverage, developing independent and thought provoking insights to inform investor strategy.

Carlos Cacho

Carlos Cacho

Chief Economist, Equity Research.

Carlos Cacho is Chief Economist for Jarden in Australia. Prior to joining Jarden, Carlos spent three years as Australian Economist at UBS Australia, and previously five years at Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

Anderson Chow

Anderson Chow

Head of Industrials, Equity Research.

Anderson has worked in the financial industry for 23 years. Most recently he was the Global Head of Industrials Research for HSBC based in Hong Kong for about 10 years, coordinating a team of 22 analysts in Asia and Europe.

Kieren Chidgey

Kieren Chidgey

Head of Financials, Equity Research.

Kieren is Head of Financials Research at Jarden in Australia. He has more than 15 years’ equity research experience covering the Australian Insurance and Diversified Financial sectors and has been consistently recognised as a top-rated analyst by leading institutional surveys.

Lou Pirenc

Lou Pirenc

Head of Property and REITs, Equity Research.

Lou has enjoyed a 20-year career in Research and Finance across 3 continents including 18 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was most recently Global Head of Data for the global Research department, based in New York. Prior to this, he was Head of Research for Australia as well as leading coverage for the REITs sector in Sydney.

Steven Wheen

Steven Wheen

Head of Healthcare, Equity Research.

Steve leads Jarden's healthcare team in Australia. Steve commenced his career in financial services at Arthur Anderson, and after completing his Professional Year with the Institute of Chartered Accountants he relocated to London where he worked in fixed income and equities at Salomon Brothers.

Nizar Torlakovic

Nizar Torlakovic

Head of Data Strategy, Equity Research.

Nizar joins Jarden with a long career in Research and Data, including 15 years of equities research experience in the Australian market.

Andrew MacFarlane

Andrew MacFarlane

Vice President, Equity Research.

Andy has over 10 years experience in Real Estate & Finance industries spanning equity research, private equity, and capital transactions.

Ben Brownette

Ben Brownette

Vice President, Equity Research.

Ben has over 10 years experience in equities research, most recently at CLSA and Deutsche Bank and seven years at CBA Institutional Equities.

Elise Kennedy

Elise Kennedy

Vice President, Equity Research.

Elise Kennedy leads the Australian Research team covering Technology and Internet.

Elizabeth Miliatis

Elizabeth Miliatis

Vice President, Equity Research.

Elizabeth provides industry-leading and thought provoking equity research and insights.

Jakob Cakarnis

Jakob Cakarnis

Director, Equity Research.

Jakob Cakarnis has 10 years experience in the Finance Industry working initially as a Graduate within Macquarie Bank and as an Equity Research Analyst with Citi.

Jeff Cai

Jeff Cai

Vice President, Equity Research.

Jeff has over 10 years experience in equity and credit research, mainly focusing on Banks and Diversified Financials.

Joe Pardea

Joe Pardea

Director, Equity Research.

Joe is a Supervisory Analyst at Jarden Australia. He has more than 20 years’ experience across equity research, including in Supervisory Analyst, Business Manager and stock coverage roles.

Keegan Booysen

Keegan Booysen

Vice President, Equity Research.

Keegan produces research across the retail, food & beverage industries. Keegan's role is analysing the consumer sector and identifying key thematics that define the longer term prospects within his coverage.

Matthew Johnston

Matthew Johnston

Vice President, Equity Research.

Matthew specialises in analysing emerging ASX companies to identify attractive investment opportunities for clients.

Michaela Jamison

Michaela Jamison

Head of ESG Research, Equity Research.

Michaela joins Jarden from Westpac Institutional Bank where she has spent the past 5.5 years working in roles as Portfolio Manager and Senior Credit Analyst across both the corporate sector and real estate.

Nik Burns

Nik Burns

Director, Equity Research.

Nik brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his role as Head of Energy, including 10 years as a sell side research analyst and 18 years in the Australian upstream oil and gas sector.

Olivia Salmon

Olivia Salmon

Vice President, Equity Research.

Olivia has over a decade’s experience in institutional equities, having previously worked in sales and trading, equities research and funds management.

Wassim Kisirwani

Wassim Kisirwani

Director, Equity Research.

Wassim is responsible for researching listed companies on the NZX and ASX, and helping clients identify attractive investment opportunities.