Jonathan Horton is the Founder and Managing Partner of NWQ. Jonathan has over 25 years’ experience in international capital markets. Prior to founding NWQ, Jonathan spent time with Lehman Brothers and UBS (Paine Webber) in the US, and later established his own asset management firm in San Francisco, which he sold in 2006. During this time he developed experience in asset management, portfolio construction, derivative and cash markets trading, and credit and risk analysis. Jonathan currently serves as Chief Investment Officer of NWQ. Jonathan has served on a number of charitable boards in Australia and the United States. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Western Australia.

Stephen has more than three decades experience working in the financial markets industry including more than 25 years at Deutsche Bank. Among other things, he was responsible for overseeing proprietary traders and identifying hedge funds in which Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Division would make investments. Stephen held the position of Managing Director in Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Division. In this capacity he held a number of senior roles including Deutsche Bank’s Joint Head of Global Markets in Australia, Head of Global Foreign Proprietary Risk in London, and Head of Fixed Income in Australia.

Sharon has more than 25 years’ experience in financial markets, having worked in stockbroking houses as an equity analyst covering an array of sectors and for a family office. As the former Chief Investment Officer for WA’s largest superannuation fund ($12bn), Sharon has accumulated significant experience in the strategy, structure and implementation of multi-asset, multi-manager portfolios.

Glenn is a graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His professional career in the Reserve Bank of Australia spanned three and a half decades. He joined the RBA as a junior economist in 1980 and in the 1990s he held senior policy advising positions in the economics and markets areas, and was closely involved in designing and establishing Australia’s highly successful monetary policy framework in the early 1990s. From 1996 Glenn was Assistant Governor (Economic). He was appointed Deputy Governor and member of the Reserve Bank Board in 2001. In September 2006, he was appointed Governor and Chair of the Reserve Bank Board and of the Payments System Board. Glenn was reappointed in 2013, serving a total of ten years as Governor of Australia’s central bank. In June 2016 Glenn was made a Companion in the Order of Australia, for services to central banking and finance, and to the community. He was been awarded honorary doctorates by Western University, Canada and the University of Sydney, Australia. Retiring from the Reserve Bank in September 2016 after nearly 37 years of service, he now pursues private interests, including in aviation and financial services.

Stephen served as the Chief Operating Officer of Regal Funds Management Pty Limited. He joined Regal Funds Management Pty in 2005. Previously, Stephen served as a Software Engineer of Global Equities and Derivatives Division at Deutsche Bank and as a Software Engineer for six years across the finance, telecommunications and electronics industries. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of New South Wales.