About Hunter Hall - Our Team - Directors - Hunter Hall International Limited


Peter James MacDonald Hall AM - B.A.
Peter James MacDonald Hall AM - B.A.
Executive Director, Executive Chairman
Mr Hall is Executive Director and Chairman of the Company. He is also Executive Director and Chairman of Hunter Hall Global Value Limited and a Director of Hunter Hall International Ethical Fund plc, both of which are also publicly listed entities. He is Chief Investment Officer of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited and Executive Director and Chairman of Hunter Hall International (UK) Limited. With regards to Hunter Hall International Limited, he is a Trustee of the Charitable Trust, a member of the Charities Committee and of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Mr Hall is also Deputy Chairman of Prospect Publishing, a Patron of the Asian Rhino Project and Sea Shepherd UK, a Director of the International Rhino Foundation, a member of the Sydney Film Festival Council and a Trustee of the Bedales Grants Trust Fund and of the ABC Trust, a UK based charity.

Mr Hall has 28 years experience in investment markets. Previously he was Investment Manager of Hancock & Gore Limited, Portfolio Manager and Analyst with Mercantile Mutual Holdings Limited, Industrial Analyst with Pembroke Securities Limited, Investment Analyst with New Zealand South British Insurance Limited and a journalist with John Fairfax & Sons Limited.

Mr Hall completed the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management Program in 2003.

Mr Hall was awarded Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in 2010 for his philanthropic contributions to society and his service to the finance management industry.
William Wayne Hawkins
William Wayne Hawkins - B.Ec., F Fin, FAICD
Deputy Chairman, Lead Non-Executive Director
Mr Hawkins is Deputy Chairman and Lead Non-Executive Director of the Company. He is also Chairman and Non-executive Director of Hunter Hall International Ethical Fund plc, also a publicly listed entity, and of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited. He is Chairman of the Hunter Hall Risk Management Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

Mr Hawkins has over 43 years experience in investment management. Previously he was Funds Manager and Investment Analyst with City Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, Group Investment Manager with New Zealand South British Insurance, Chief Executive of NZI Investment Services Limited, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director (Funds Management) with Oceanic Capital Corporation Group..
David Barclay Buckland - B.Com., M.App.Fin., F.Fin, FCPA, FCIS
David Barclay Buckland - B.Com., M.App.Fin., F Fin, FCPA, FCIS
Executive Director
Mr Buckland is Executive Director of the Company. He is also Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited and a Director of Bennelong Administration Services Pty Limited.

Mr Buckland was apppointed Chief Executive Officer of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited in 2001, when Funds Under Management were under $200m.

Mr Buckland has 27 years of industry experience with ten years in stockbroking in Sydney and London and the balance in funds management. Previously he was a Director of JP Morgan Securities, Research Analyst at Statton Securities and Portfolio Manager - Equities, as well as Investment Managerm at NZI Corporation where he was responsible for over $1b of investment funds.

Mr Buckland completed the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management Program in 2006.
Mark Benedict Forstmann
Mark Benedict Forstmann - B.Sc., B.A. (Comm.)
Non-executive Director
Mr Forstmann is a Non-executive Director of the Company. He is also Non-executive Director of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited. He is a member of the Audit Committee and of the Risk Management Committee.

Mr Forstmann has 23 years experience in investment markets including equities, currencies and fixed interest. Between 1986 and 1994 he worked at Bank America and Banque Indosuez in Sydney and Paris. At Banque Indosuez he was primarily involved in proprietary trading of bonds and currencies in Australian and European markets. Since 1995 he has focused on film and television production.

In December 2009, Mr Forstmann was appointed to the board of the Nature Conservation Trust of NSW. Since 2006 he has been a climate change ambassador with The Climate Project, the affiliation between the Australian Conservation Foundation and Al Gore.
Suzanne Mary Daniel
Suzanne Mary Daniel - M.A. (Journalism), B.A. (Comm), ATCL, AAICD
Non-executive Director

Ms Daniel is a Non-executive Director of the Company. She is also a Trustee of the Hunter Hall Charitable Trust, Chairman of the Hunter Hall Charities Committee and is a member of the Hunter Hall Risk Management Committee and Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

Ms Daniel also sits on the board of the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme and serves on the Governance Committee of Kincoppal - Rose Bay. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Daniel is a communication consultant having worked for many years in journalism and public affairs. She has previously worked for The United Nations, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Sydney Morning Herald, the British Broadcasting Corporation and Hill and Knowlton. She has been awarded a Vincent Fairfax Fellowship through the St James Ethics Centre, a program that aims to foster ethics in leadership.

Naomi Edwards
Naomi Edwards - BSc (Hons), FIA, FIAA, FNZCA, MAICD
Non-executive Director

Ms Edwards is a Non-executive Director of the Company. She is also a Non-executive Director of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited.

Ms Edwards was Director of Australian Ethical Investments from 2005 to 2011, and Chairman from 2007 to 2011. Previously, Ms Edwards was a Partner at Deloitte, running its financial services industry group, a Director at Trowbridge Consulting, and worked as an actuarial consultant with firms in London, New Zealand and Australia. Ms Edwards has also worked as an economics advisor to the Australian Greens.

Ms Edwards holds a first class honours degree in mathematics from the University of Canterbury and is a Fellow of The Institute of Actuaries (London).

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