Michael is a founding Director of Fairview Equity Partners and has over 30 years' experience in financial markets. Before founding Fairview Equity Partners, Michael was a Senior Investment Manager within Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management for a number of years with a broad range of sector responsibilities. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs JBWere Michael was a leading sell-side analyst for over a decade including several years as the number one healthcare sector analyst.

Leo Barry joined Fairview in early 2015 as a Senior Investment Manager and has over 15 years’ experience working professionally in financial markets. Leo adds further depth and capability to the team in terms of company contact and analysis and provides an additional voice to the collaborative process. Prior to joining Fairview, Leo was a small and mid-cap broker and a key member of the Institutional Equity Team at Merrill Lynch, where he covered a broad range of sectors. Leo was recognised as a leading broker within the finance industry and in 2013 won the East Coles award for the best small and mid-cap dealer.

Tim Hall joined Fairview in January 2017 as a Senior Investment Manager and has over 25 years’ experience in financial markets. Tim was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Bennelong Long Short Equity Management with responsibility for companies outside the ASX top 100. Previously he worked for 12 years at Acorn Capital, Australia’s first dedicated microcap manager, becoming Head of Research during a time in which Acorn grew funds under management from $30m to over $1.2bn. He has also worked as a sell-side analyst at Credit Suisse and HSBC, both in the UK and Australia, across various sectors and market cap ranges. Tim further enhances our team at Fairview with his experience in portfolio construction and rigorous process discipline.

Ben Chan joined Fairview in August 2024 as a Portfolio Manager and has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets. Ben was most recently a portfolio manager in the Australian equities team at Schroders Investment Management Australia. Prior to his role at Schroders, Ben spent eight years at Evans & Partners, initially in equity research and the last 5 years as a portfolio manager for the concentrated Australian equities product. Ben started his career in equities markets in 2004 with Goldman Sachs in the research team and subsequently spent 7 years on the sell side at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Over his career, Ben has developed strong expertise across the ASX listed Basic Industrials universe.