An Art Investment and Retail Fund
An Art Investment and Retail Fund
David is the founder of MillhouseIAG and of Corporation Builders. He has a quality academic background with degrees in science, business and law.
He is an expert in capitalisation planning for emerging growth companies, and is experienced in the raising of capital in the public and private equity markets in Australia and other countries, including Singapore, Germany and the United States.
He was Visiting Lecturer at the American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, USA. He was the Foundation General Manager of UniQuest Ltd, the technology commercialisation vehicle of the University of Queensland. He is a Certified Member of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He is one of the founding practitioners of venture capital in Australia and is an Australian member of the Asia Pacific Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, based in Singapore and Hong Kong.
He is also an experienced Company Director in several countries and a Trustee of the Bond University Foundation.
John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He practised for twenty years, specialising in the areas of business development, management and tax consultancy. Following the sale of his practice in 1978 John ventured into commerce. He established and took equity interest in companies in construction and property development as well as medical and pharmaceutical fields.
In 1983 John moved to England and subsequently was appointed as managing director of a specialist advertising group that was suffering financial problems. Following a successful restructure and restoration to profitability he moved to new assignments in Gibraltar and Spain. Upon returning to Australia in the mid 90s John has been involved in management consultancies, mainly assisting businesses in financial difficulties.
In 2002 he and Stephen Law established The Huntley Group which provides managed investment services to investors, developers and promoters of managed investments in Australia.
The Huntley Group holds an Australian Financial Services Licence and acts as responsible entity, custodian, trustee and/or manager for over 40 managed investment projects approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and regulated by the Corporations Act.
Stephen holds a Diploma of Law and is admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He is a Fellow of the Australian Insurance Institute.
He has had more than 20 years experience as a company secretary and corporate counsel specialising in corporate and administrative management of small to medium sized listed public companies. In addition to company secretarial functions, he has been widely involved in the development of managed investment schemes and the preparation of prospectuses for public offerings.
Emeritus Professor Graham Swain AM is the retired Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney and Chief Executive Officer UWS Hawkesbury.
He was formerly Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College; foundation Dean of Applied Science of Riverina College of Advanced Education; Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Agronomy at University of New England and Research Supervisor/Research Agronomist at Wollongbar Agricultural Research Station of NSW Department of Agriculture. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland.
Graham was appointed a Member of The Order of Australia (AM) in 1991 and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (FAIAST) in 1979. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD). In May 2000 the University of Western Sydney conferred on him a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa (Hon. D. Lit.). In 1993 he was the fi rst to be awarded the title of Emeritus Professor by the Board of Governors of the University of Western Sydney. Since retirement he has served as a director of three agricultural production companies.