About

Building long-term wealth

At Human Financial, we believe wealth management should be accessible, transparent, and built around real human needs.

We’re an independent investment and technology firm based in Australia, bringing together decades of institutional experience with fresh thinking and a focus on accessibility. Our goal is to give advisers and investors the tools, strategies, and structures they need to achieve long-term financial wellbeing.

Management

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    Andrew Barry, CQF

    Chief Executive Officer

    Andrew has more than two decades of experience in investment management and financial technology. As CEO of Human Financial, he is focused on integrating technology innovation with institutional-grade investment management to deliver smarter, data-led outcomes for investors.

    Before joining Human Financial, Andrew was the CEO and CIO of Alpha Beta, a quantitative investment manager operating institutional quantitative and statistical arbitrage hedge funds across global markets from offices in Sydney, Hong Kong, and London. At Alpha Beta, he oversaw the development of advanced data analytics and algorithmic trading systems that powered the firm’s global strategies.

    Earlier in his career, Andrew managed multi-asset macro hedge fund portfolios for firms including Coronation and Sable in London.

    Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and a CQF. His career reflects a consistent focus on the intersection of finance, data science and technology innovation.

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    Angus Sippe, CFA

    Chief Investment Officer

    Angus is Chief Investment Officer of Human Financial and heads up the development of investment strategies and designs. He has 20 years of investment management experience, focused on global multi-asset & OCIO investing for large pension funds and insurers.

    Previously he was a senior multi-asset portfolio manager at Schroders, responsible for $7 billion in absolute return, benchmark relative and ESG sustainable products; and was one of five voting members on Schroders' Global Asset Allocation committee, responsible for guiding asset allocation for portfolios in excess of $250 billion.

    Angus holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering and Project Management (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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    Ateeth A Rungta

    Head of Distribution

    Ateeth leads Human Financial’s Distribution function, providing support and service for financial advisers. He has 25 years of experience in financial services, including sales management, operations management, investment advisory and retirement planning.

    Before joining Human Financial, he was Head of Distribution for the Wealth division of ClearView. He has had significant exposure to the financial advice industry, notably as COO for Matrix Planning Solutions.

    Ateeth has a BComm, MBA and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning (ADFP).

    Email: ateetha.rungta@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone:     0418 671 320

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    Brendan Scarf, CFA

    Head of Structuring

    Brendan has over 20 years of global financial industry experience in structured finance, private credit and equity, derivatives, trading and structured investments.

    Previously, as Head of Structuring at Deutsche Bank in Sydney, he oversaw in excess of $6 billion in structured credit and equity transactions. Before joining Deutsche, Brendan worked at Macquarie in Sydney, London and New York across a wide variety of structured equity, credit and derivative transactions.

    Brendan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Civil Engineering and Project Management (Advanced Mathematics) (Hons); and is a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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    Chang Liu, PhD

    Chief Technology Officer

    Chang leads the architecture and development of Human Financial’s technology platform. With deep expertise in secure algorithm design and large-scale system architecture, he has been a driving force behind the creation and integration of Human Financial’s core infrastructure, including Human Financial’s adviser and client portals, the Human Financial Administration System (HFAS), the Human Financial Portfolio and Risk Management System (PARMS), and HF’s internal CRM system.

    Before joining Human Financial, Chang was part of Alpha Beta, a global systematic quantitative hedge fund, where he specialised in high-performance computing and advanced trading algorithms.

    Chang holds two PhDs in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology, underscoring his exceptional technical depth and commitment to innovation.

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    Grace Lin

    Head of Operations

    Grace has over 15 years of experience in operations management, fund accounting and unit pricing. Previously she managed the unit pricing and fund accounting teams in Royal Bank of Canada (RBC, now Citigroup), JPMorgan and StatePlus (now Aware Super); and operations team at Wilson Asset Management (WAM).

    Her track record includes the successful implementation of large-scale projects, including registry system transition at StatePlus, fund accounting and valuation system migration at Link Market Services, outsourcing of RBC unit pricing functions to Malaysia, and the launch of two new trust funds at WAM.

    Grace has a BComm degree.

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    Vasco Gil

    Head of Product

    Vasco is an experienced Product executive with over 23 years’ experience working within both global and Australian fund managers across product management, product development, and product business management.

    His previous roles include Senior Product Consultant at Global X ETFs, Head of Products APAC Platform Management at UBS, Senior Product Manager at UBS, Product Manager at Russell Investments, and several product-facing roles at AMP and AMP Capital. He also has significant experience working in the Australian and APAC region across listed and unlisted financial products and services, varied fund structures and both traditional and alternatives asset classes.

    Vasco has a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA and a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from UTS.

Distribution

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    Ateeth A Rungta

    Head of Distribution

    Ateeth leads Human Financial’s Distribution function, providing support and service for financial advisers. He has 25 years of experience in financial services, including sales management, operations management, investment advisory and retirement planning.

    Before joining Human Financial, he was Head of Distribution for the Wealth division of ClearView. He has had significant exposure to the financial advice industry, notably as COO for Matrix Planning Solutions.

    Ateeth has a BComm, MBA and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning (ADFP).

    Email: ateetha.rungta@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone:     0418 671 320

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    Mark Tully

    Business Development Manager

    Mark Tully brings more than four decades of experience in the Australian financial services industry. With a career spanning investment management, platform development, and distribution strategy,

    Before joining Human Financial, Mark served as distribution director at Mi Funds Management, responsible for expanding market reach and building strategic partnerships. Earlier, he spent 23 years at Colonial First State, in leadership roles across both investment and platform divisions. His experience also includes key positions at AMP, in both retail and institutional financial services.

    Email: mark.tully@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone: 0418 440 205

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    Matt Shir

    Business Development Manager

    Matt Shir is Business Development Manager for Human Financial, servicing the needs of advisers and their clients, and building new distribution opportunities.

    Matt has 20 years of financial services experience, centred on practice and business development.  Previously, he was a BDM for Clearview Wealth, focusing on inhouse platform and investment solutions for Open Market advisers. Prior experience includes nine years as a Business Development Manager for IOOF and for ANZ Wealth, focusing on new business opportunities.

    Email: matt.shir@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone: 0482 181 377

Board & Governance

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    David Goodsall

    Chair, HFML

    David is former EY Senior Partner, and head of their Financial Risk Management practice. He is Past President of the Institute of Actuaries, and has over 30 years as independent director and Board advisor. David has deep experience across investment management, wealth management and insurance, including product development, corporate structuring, regulatory, financial and risk management.

    David is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; a Fellow (Life Insurance, Superannuation and General Insurance) of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia; and holds a BA in Actuarial Studies.

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    Mark Blair

    Director, HFML

    Mark Blair is a director of Human Financial Management Limited, the Responsible Entity for Human Financial’s investment products.

    Mark has over 30 years of experience in financial services and has previously held a number of executive, strategic and governance roles. Most recently, he was head of EQT’s superannuation business. In earlier experience he was head of KPMG's Sydney retirement practice, and director of strategy at Russell Investments.

    Mark has a BSc in Mathematics, with Statistics.

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    Jillian Haggerty

    Chair, Compliance Committee

    Jillian has 25 years’ global experience as a financial services governance, risk and compliance professional, advising funds management, life insurance, superannuation and financial advice boards and executives. Previously, Jillian was GM Operational Risk and Compliance at Challenger Limited.

    She was Executive Director on the Public Offer Superannuation Fund, the Trustee of the Life Company’s domestic and international property, equity and alternative assets, and a wholesale Investment Management business specialising in derivative overlay strategies.

    Jillian is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, and received a Bachelors’ Degree in Education.

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    Justin Gross

    Compliance Committee member

    Justin has over 25 years’ extensive experience in the funds and financial services sector in Europe and APAC, advising trustees, managers and corporates on regulatory, compliance and governance matters. Previously, Justin practised accounting, tax and law in private practice with top tier firms including PwC, Simmons & Simmons, Baker McKenzie and recently Withers. He was also in-house corporate counsel to The Trust Company Limited (merged with Perpetual), an ASX listed financial intermediary.

    Justin holds Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) degrees

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    Stephen Bowey

    Director, Human Financial

    Stephen has over three decades experience in financial services, in Australia, SE Asia, Europe and Africa. Previously he was Partner at LeapFrog Investments, the private equity investor in financial services twice named by Fortune as one of the top Companies to Change the World.

    His earlier experience includes senior strategy and marketing roles at Old Mutual, a leading investment manager and life insurer; and as executive director at a sovereign-owned investment manager.

    Stephen holds both BA and MBA degrees.

Our team

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    Alice Kim

    Head of Projects

    Alice Kim drives Human Financial’s client services function, including the service centre, customer research, quality testing and maintenance. She brings extensive experience in superannuation, service and operations.

    Alice’s focus is on ensuring that Human Financial delivers a highly personalised experience for both investor and adviser, cutting through the complexity that often characterises the investment industry.

    Alice holds a Bachelors’ degree in International Studies.

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    Andrew Barry, CQF

    Chief Executive Officer

    Andrew has more than two decades of experience in investment management and financial technology. As CEO of Human Financial, he is focused on integrating technology innovation with institutional-grade investment management to deliver smarter, data-led outcomes for investors.

    Before joining Human Financial, Andrew was the CEO and CIO of Alpha Beta, a quantitative investment manager operating institutional quantitative and statistical arbitrage hedge funds across global markets from offices in Sydney, Hong Kong, and London. At Alpha Beta, he oversaw the development of advanced data analytics and algorithmic trading systems that powered the firm’s global strategies.

    Earlier in his career, Andrew managed multi-asset macro hedge fund portfolios for firms including Coronation and Sable in London.

    Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and a CQF. His career reflects a consistent focus on the intersection of finance, data science and technology innovation.

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    Angus Sippe, CFA

    Chief Investment Officer

    Angus is Chief Investment Officer of Human Financial and heads up the development of investment strategies and designs. He has 20 years of investment management experience, focused on global multi-asset & OCIO investing for large pension funds and insurers.

    Previously he was a senior multi-asset portfolio manager at Schroders, responsible for $7 billion in absolute return, benchmark relative and ESG sustainable products; and was one of five voting members on Schroders' Global Asset Allocation committee, responsible for guiding asset allocation for portfolios in excess of $250 billion.

    Angus holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering and Project Management (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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    Ateeth A Rungta

    Head of Distribution

    Ateeth leads Human Financial’s Distribution function, providing support and service for financial advisers. He has 25 years of experience in financial services, including sales management, operations management, investment advisory and retirement planning.

    Before joining Human Financial, he was Head of Distribution for the Wealth division of ClearView. He has had significant exposure to the financial advice industry, notably as COO for Matrix Planning Solutions.

    Ateeth has a BComm, MBA and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning (ADFP).

    Email: ateetha.rungta@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone:     0418 671 320

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    Bea Brabante

    Head of UX/UI

    Bea Brabante is responsible for creative content and brings a decade of experience to her role, with proficiencies in UI design and digital design.

    Her extensive background includes freelance work for a range of Australian businesses and entrepreneurs, creating design solutions driven by a customer-first approach. She works collaboratively with the technology team to ensure the user experience for all products is engaging, accessible and productive.

    Bea holds a BMediaArts (Hons).

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    Brendan Scarf, CFA

    Head of Structuring

    Brendan has over 20 years of global financial industry experience in structured finance, private credit and equity, derivatives, trading and structured investments.

    Previously, as Head of Structuring at Deutsche Bank in Sydney, he oversaw in excess of $6 billion in structured credit and equity transactions. Before joining Deutsche, Brendan worked at Macquarie in Sydney, London and New York across a wide variety of structured equity, credit and derivative transactions.

    Brendan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Civil Engineering and Project Management (Advanced Mathematics) (Hons); and is a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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    Chang Liu, PhD

    Chief Technology Officer

    Chang leads the architecture and development of Human Financial’s technology platform. With deep expertise in secure algorithm design and large-scale system architecture, he has been a driving force behind the creation and integration of Human Financial’s core infrastructure, including Human Financial’s adviser and client portals, the Human Financial Administration System (HFAS), the Human Financial Portfolio and Risk Management System (PARMS), and HF’s internal CRM system.

    Before joining Human Financial, Chang was part of Alpha Beta, a global systematic quantitative hedge fund, where he specialised in high-performance computing and advanced trading algorithms.

    Chang holds two PhDs in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology, underscoring his exceptional technical depth and commitment to innovation.

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    David Goodsall

    Chair, HFML

    David is former EY Senior Partner, and head of their Financial Risk Management practice. He is Past President of the Institute of Actuaries, and has over 30 years as independent director and Board advisor. David has deep experience across investment management, wealth management and insurance, including product development, corporate structuring, regulatory, financial and risk management.

    David is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; a Fellow (Life Insurance, Superannuation and General Insurance) of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia; and holds a BA in Actuarial Studies.

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    Grace Lin

    Head of Operations

    Grace has over 15 years of experience in operations management, fund accounting and unit pricing. Previously she managed the unit pricing and fund accounting teams in Royal Bank of Canada (RBC, now Citigroup), JPMorgan and StatePlus (now Aware Super); and operations team at Wilson Asset Management (WAM).

    Her track record includes the successful implementation of large-scale projects, including registry system transition at StatePlus, fund accounting and valuation system migration at Link Market Services, outsourcing of RBC unit pricing functions to Malaysia, and the launch of two new trust funds at WAM.

    Grace has a BComm degree.

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    Jillian Haggerty

    Chair, Compliance Committee

    Jillian has 25 years’ global experience as a financial services governance, risk and compliance professional, advising funds management, life insurance, superannuation and financial advice boards and executives. Previously, Jillian was GM Operational Risk and Compliance at Challenger Limited.

    She was Executive Director on the Public Offer Superannuation Fund, the Trustee of the Life Company’s domestic and international property, equity and alternative assets, and a wholesale Investment Management business specialising in derivative overlay strategies.

    Jillian is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, and received a Bachelors’ Degree in Education.

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    Justin Gross

    Compliance Committee member

    Justin has over 25 years’ extensive experience in the funds and financial services sector in Europe and APAC, advising trustees, managers and corporates on regulatory, compliance and governance matters. Previously, Justin practised accounting, tax and law in private practice with top tier firms including PwC, Simmons & Simmons, Baker McKenzie and recently Withers. He was also in-house corporate counsel to The Trust Company Limited (merged with Perpetual), an ASX listed financial intermediary.

    Justin holds Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) degrees

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    Luka Beda

    Client Service Executive

    Luka joined Human Financial in 2025 from Ord Minnett, where he was an analyst in the Private Wealth Management division, responsible for HNWI & UNHWI relationship management, equity research, equity trading, portfolio management support and overall client servicing.

    With a Bachelors’ degree in Finance, Luka is playing a key role in delivering the personalised service levels at the core of Human Financial’s proposition.

    Luka has a Bachelor of Finance and is working towards CFA certification.

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    Mark Blair

    Director, HFML

    Mark Blair is a director of Human Financial Management Limited, the Responsible Entity for Human Financial’s investment products.

    Mark has over 30 years of experience in financial services and has previously held a number of executive, strategic and governance roles. Most recently, he was head of EQT’s superannuation business. In earlier experience he was head of KPMG's Sydney retirement practice, and director of strategy at Russell Investments.

    Mark has a BSc in Mathematics, with Statistics.

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    Mark Tully

    Business Development Manager

    Mark Tully brings more than four decades of experience in the Australian financial services industry. With a career spanning investment management, platform development, and distribution strategy,

    Before joining Human Financial, Mark served as distribution director at Mi Funds Management, responsible for expanding market reach and building strategic partnerships. Earlier, he spent 23 years at Colonial First State, in leadership roles across both investment and platform divisions. His experience also includes key positions at AMP, in both retail and institutional financial services.

    Email: mark.tully@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone: 0418 440 205

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    Matt Shir

    Business Development Manager

    Matt Shir is Business Development Manager for Human Financial, servicing the needs of advisers and their clients, and building new distribution opportunities.

    Matt has 20 years of financial services experience, centred on practice and business development.  Previously, he was a BDM for Clearview Wealth, focusing on inhouse platform and investment solutions for Open Market advisers. Prior experience includes nine years as a Business Development Manager for IOOF and for ANZ Wealth, focusing on new business opportunities.

    Email: matt.shir@humanfinancial.com.au
    Phone: 0482 181 377

  • Phuong Bui

    Full-stack Developer

    Phuong brings 10 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on JavaScript and ecosystem technologies for building responsive websites compatible with popular browsers. Over the last four years, Phuong has been a member of the Human Financial team as a full-stack developer.

    Phuong holds a Master of Information Technology.

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    Ridley de Lange

    Quantitative Analyst

    Ridley joined Human Financial’s investment team in 2025. With a degree in Actuarial Studies and Applied Finance from Macquarie University, he is applying his skills as a Quantitative Analyst to support the team in designing intelligent investment products and delivering outstanding performance.

    Ridley expects to complete Bachelors’ degrees in both Actuarial Studies and Applied Finance in November 2025

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    Stephen Bowey

    Director, Human Financial

    Stephen has over three decades experience in financial services, in Australia, SE Asia, Europe and Africa. Previously he was Partner at LeapFrog Investments, the private equity investor in financial services twice named by Fortune as one of the top Companies to Change the World.

    His earlier experience includes senior strategy and marketing roles at Old Mutual, a leading investment manager and life insurer; and as executive director at a sovereign-owned investment manager.

    Stephen holds both BA and MBA degrees.

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    Vasco Gil

    Head of Product

    Vasco is an experienced Product executive with over 23 years’ experience working within both global and Australian fund managers across product management, product development, and product business management.

    His previous roles include Senior Product Consultant at Global X ETFs, Head of Products APAC Platform Management at UBS, Senior Product Manager at UBS, Product Manager at Russell Investments, and several product-facing roles at AMP and AMP Capital. He also has significant experience working in the Australian and APAC region across listed and unlisted financial products and services, varied fund structures and both traditional and alternatives asset classes.

    Vasco has a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA and a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from UTS.