Executive Team

Manesh Nathoo

CEO

• Manesh Nathoo is the Founder of Alpha Vista and inventor of the Alpha Vista System (AVS).
• 25+ years global business experience, 15 years within asset consulting with a focus on developing bespoke data analytic, risk analytic and financial models that encompass quantitative, fundamental and technical analysis approaches for alpha generation and risk management
• 8 years spent on R&D related to AVS
• Worked across numerous successful bespoke analytics platforms including:
  • Dynamic Vista Cycle, a patentable pattern recognition system for the "Forecasting of Recursive Cyclical Motions" in market and economic data
  • Development of a proprietary Exchange Traded Options (ETO) analytic with Bloomberg for volatility arbitrage
  • Development of the internationally acclaimed DeMark analytics suite on Bloomberg
• A recognised industry thought leader, having been hosted by regulators, exchanges, financial institutions and business forums to share insights on international trade, investment trends, analytics, modern securities analysis and valuation techniques.
• 16 years post-graduate teaching in Applied Finance at FINSIA and later at Kaplan Professional.
• Awarded "Practitioner of the Year" by Kaplan Institute for domain expertise in asset valuation.
• Holding:
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Cum Laude) University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • MBA (Cum Laude) Bond University, Australia
  • Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) (FFIN)

Eric Siegloff

CIO

Investment management professional with 30 years of global industry experience within Financial Services.

Multi-Asset Strategy & Portfolio Management, Dynamic Asset Allocation, Quantitative Strategies, Risk & Diagnostics, Global Equities, Global Trading, Responsible & Sustainable Investing (ESG).

• Past Directorships and Significant Roles include:
  • Nanuk Asset Management CEO (AU)
  • NNIP Investment Partners Deputy Global CIO (NL)
  • ING Investment Management CIO Asia Pacific (HK)
  • ING Investment Management CIO Macro Strategies & Implementation (AU)
  • BNP Paribas Head of Research (AU)
  • Barclays de Zoette Wedd Chief Economist, Head of Economics & Strategy (AU)
• Holding:
  • Bachelor of Economics (Hons) University of Tasmania
  • Advanced Management Programme INSEAD
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)

Michael Spurr

CFO and COO

24 years experience within professional and financial services, covering accounting, wealth management and financial advice.

• Inaugural CEO, CFO and Managing Director - Countplus Limited (ASX: CUP)
• General Manager Count Financial - Wealth Management Advice- Self-Employed Advisers, Commonwealth Bank
• Chief Financial Officer -  Count Financial Limited (formerly ASX listed)
• Holding:
  • Bachelor of Commerce (USyd)
  • Fellow of FINSIA
  • Fellow of CPA Australia

Shlomo (Stephen) Rubinstein

Co-founder and CTO

Financial Services technology executive with extensive experience in a broad range of positions architecting and implementing software and infrastructure solutions.

• Multiple executive and senior management positions in established and start-up companies
• Designed and managed Application Development for a suite of security analysis and monitoring tools business subsequently sold for over US$30 million
• Holding:
  • MBA Coursework (Columbia University)
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Columbia University)

Brett Boynton

Corporate Strategy

Investment banker and private equity professional with 20 years of international experience in capital markets & corporate finance.

• Current Directorships:
  • Signature Gold Founder and CEO
  • Chrysos Corporation Founding Director
• Past Directorships and Significant Roles include:
  • Credit Suisse Australia Investment Banker
  • UBS London & New York Investment Banker
  • FBR Capital Banker Private Equity
• Holding:
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
  • B.Com Econ & Accounting University of Cape Town
  • MBA (Duke University)

Mark Robertson

Senior Portfolio Manager

Mark has 21 years' experience in portfolio management, trading, risk management and strategy development with a broad knowledge gained through managing Currency, Global Equity, Global Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Multi Strategy portfolios.  He has  utilised both Fundamental and Quantitative approaches for trading physical and derivative instruments.

• Significant roles have included:
  • Head of Multi-Strategy Funds, London Aviva Investors
  • Head of Multi-Asset Portfolios, The Netherlands NN Investment Partners
  • Senior Portfolio Manager, Multi-Asset & Global Equity, Australia ING Investment Management
  • Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset, Australia UBS Global Asset Management
• Holding:
  • Masters of Applied Finance, Macquarie University
  • Bachelor of Science, Waikato University